Rockport, Utah

Coordinates: 40°45′40″N 111°23′17″W / 40.76111°N 111.38806°W / 40.76111; -111.38806
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Rockport
Ghost town
Rockport is located in Utah
Rockport
Rockport
Location of Rockport in Utah
Rockport is located in the United States
Rockport
Rockport
Rockport (the United States)
Coordinates: 40°45′40″N 111°23′17″W / 40.76111°N 111.38806°W / 40.76111; -111.38806
CountryUnited States
StateUtah
CountySummit
Established1860
Abandoned1953

Rockport is a ghost town in a narrow part of Weber Valley at the mouth of Three Mile Canyon in Summit County, Utah, United States. Located 4 miles (6.4 km) south of Wanship, it was inhabited for nearly a century before the creation of Rockport Reservoir, which covered almost the whole townsite.

Today, the area is home to the Lake Rockport Estates subdivision/development.

History

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
1870113—
188012712.4%
18901334.7%
190014710.5%
1910116−21.1%
1920101−12.9%
19301097.9%
194091−16.5%
195083−8.8%

The first

Black Hawk War caused widespread fear of Ute attacks, the colony was completely evacuated to Wanship. The next year they moved back,[1] but built a rock wall around the entire settlement for defense.[3] This wall, 2 feet (0.61 m) thick and 8 feet (2.4 m) high,[1] changed Enoch City's name again, to Rock Fort. Once the Ute troubles had passed, the wall was torn down and used to construct other buildings. No longer a fort, the town received its permanent name, Rockport.[3]

In 1872 a concrete building, made with Portland cement produced in nearby Hoytsville, was erected to house the first store in town,[1] a general store which doubled as the post office.[4] A rock quarry was developed, producing stone for many area buildings. A good source of fuller's earth was found in Rockport,[1] and there was also a sawmill.[4]

For many years the population of Rockport stayed over 100, but it finally declined in the 1940s. The post office and school were closed, but there were still 27 families living here in the 1950s when the government decided to construct the Wanship Dam. Despite the protests of these families and the majority of Summit County voters in a 1952 special election,

Lagoon Amusement Park in Farmington
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See also

References

  1. ^
    ISBN 0-914740-30-X
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  2. ISBN 0-913738-46-8
    . Retrieved July 16, 2012.
  3. ^
    ISBN 0-942688-01-5
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  4. ^ a b c Thompson, pp.49–50.
  5. ^ Hampshire, pp.250–254.
  6. ^ "Cemetery Database". Utah State History. Utah Department of Community and Culture. Archived from the original on November 15, 2010. Retrieved December 7, 2010.

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