Corinne, Utah
| Corinne, Utah | |
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Corinne Methodist Episcopal Church
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| Nickname(s): "Gateway to the Golden Spike" | |
 Location in Box Elder County and the state of Utah |
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 Location of Utah in the United States |
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| Coordinates: 41°32′55″N 112°6′50″W / 41.54861°N 112.11389°WCoordinates: 41°32′55″N 112°6′50″W / 41.54861°N 112.11389°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Utah |
| County | Box Elder |
| Founded | 1869 |
| Incorporated | February 18, 1870 |
| Founded by | Mark A. Gilmore |
| Named for | Corinne Williamson |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3.9 sq mi (10.1 km2) |
| • Land | 3.8 sq mi (9.9 km2) |
| • Water | 0.08 sq mi (0.2 km2) |
| Elevation | 4,226 ft (1,288 m) |
| Population (2012 est.) | |
| • Total | 690 |
| • Density | 181/sq mi (69.7/km2) |
| Time zone | MST (UTC-7) |
| • Summer (DST) | MDT (UTC-6) |
| ZIP code | 84307 |
| Area code | 435 |
| FIPS code | 49-15830 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1439951 |
| Website | corinnecity |
Corinne is a city in Box Elder County, Utah, United States. The population was 685 at the 2010 census.
Corinne is located in southeastern Box Elder County, on the west side of the Bear River. It is the last town on the river before it enters the marsh complexes leading to the Great Salt Lake. Brigham City is 6 miles (9.7 km) to the southeast, and Bear River City is 5 miles (8 km) to the north.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 3.9 square miles (10.1 km2), of which 3.8 square miles (9.9 km2) is land and 0.08 square miles (0.2 km2), or 1.53%, is water.
For almost ten years from its founding on 25 March 1869, the town of Corinne prospered as the unofficial "Gentile Capital of Utah". As the Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroads approached their historic meeting place at Promontory Summit early in 1869, a group of former Union Army officers and some determined non-Mormon merchants from Salt Lake City decided to locate a Gentile town on the Union Pacific line, believing that the town could compete economically and politically with the Saints of Utah. They chose a location about six miles west of Brigham City on the west bank of the Bear River where the railroad crossed that stream. Named by one of the founders (General J. A. Williamson) for his fourteen-year-old daughter, Corinne was designed to be the freight-transfer point for the shipment of goods and supplies to the mining towns of western Montana along the Montana Trail.
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