Caineville

Caineville, Utah

Caineville, Utah

Unincorporated community in the state of Utah, United States

Caineville is an unincorporated community in central Wayne County, Utah, United States.[1]

Quick Facts Country, State ...

The community is located east of Capitol Reef National Park and west of Hanksville, along the Fremont River and Utah State Route 24. The settlement was named after John T. Caine[2] and was founded by Elijah Cutler Behunin, whom the LDS Church sent there in 1882 to open the area for settlement.[3]

Swing Arm City is a 2,600-acre off-highway vehicle area near Caineville.[4]

Demographics

More information Census, Pop. ...

See also

flag Utah portal

References

  1. [1]
    "Caineville". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. [2]
    Hunt, Charles B.; Averitt, Paul; Miller, Ralph L. (1953). "Geology and Geography of the Henry Mountains Region, Utah". Professional Paper (228). United States Geological Survey: 21. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. [3]
    Van Cott, John W. (1990). Utah Place Names: A Comprehensive Guide to the Origins of Geographic Names: A Compilation. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press. pp. 61–62. ISBN 978-0-87480-345-7. OCLC 797284427. Retrieved February 9, 2018.
  4. [4]
    Ambrose Martos (February 25, 2020). "Where You Can Motocross Utah's Biggest Natural Jumps and Ridgeline Singletrack". Men's Journal.
  5. [5]
    "Census of Population and Housing". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 8, 2006. Retrieved November 18, 2011.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Caineville, Utah.


Stub icon

This article about a location in Utah is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Caineville, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.