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''[[United States Genealogy|United States]]''> ''[[Utah Genealogy|Utah]]''> ''[[Emery County, Utah Genealogy|Emery County]]''> ''Mohrland'' | |||
== History == | == History == | ||
Mohrland, Utah "was a coalmining town three miles south of Hiawatha on upper Cedar Creek. The four leading organizers of the town were Mays, Orem, Heiner, and Rice. The town name is a combination of the first initials of their names with land added to the end. In 1938 the mines were shut down and the town was abandoned." <ref>John W. Van Cott, ''Utah Place Names: A Comprehensive Guide To the Origins of Geographic Names'' (Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 1990), 254.</ref> | Mohrland, Utah "was a coalmining town three miles south of Hiawatha on upper Cedar Creek. The four leading organizers of the town were Mays, Orem, Heiner, and Rice. The town name is a combination of the first initials of their names with "land" added to the end. In 1938 the mines were shut down and the town was abandoned." <ref>John W. Van Cott, ''Utah Place Names: A Comprehensive Guide To the Origins of Geographic Names'' (Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 1990), 254.</ref> | ||
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Wikipedia (http://www.wikipedia.com: accessed 3 March 2010), [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohrland,_Utah "Mohrland, Utah."] | |||
Wikipedia (http://www.wikipedia.com: accessed 3 March 2010), [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohrland,_Utah "Mohrland, Utah."] | |||
== Resources == | == Resources == | ||
==== Cemeteries ==== | |||
== | == Websites == | ||
*[http://sites.rootsweb.com/~utemery/index.html The Emery County UT GenWeb Project], a member of [http://sites.rootsweb.com/~utgenweb/index.html The UTGenWeb Project], an affiliate of [[USGenWeb|The USGenWeb Project]] | |||
*{{FSC|Utah%2C+Emery|subject|disp=FamilySearch Catalog}} | |||
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[[Category:Emery_County, Utah]] | |||
[[Category:Emery_County]] | |||
Latest revision as of 00:19, 6 December 2022
United States> Utah> Emery County> Mohrland
History[edit | edit source]
Mohrland, Utah "was a coalmining town three miles south of Hiawatha on upper Cedar Creek. The four leading organizers of the town were Mays, Orem, Heiner, and Rice. The town name is a combination of the first initials of their names with "land" added to the end. In 1938 the mines were shut down and the town was abandoned." [1]
Wikipedia (http://www.wikipedia.com: accessed 3 March 2010), "Mohrland, Utah."
Resources[edit | edit source]
Cemeteries[edit | edit source]
Websites[edit | edit source]
- The Emery County UT GenWeb Project, a member of The UTGenWeb Project, an affiliate of The USGenWeb Project
- FamilySearch Catalog
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ John W. Van Cott, Utah Place Names: A Comprehensive Guide To the Origins of Geographic Names (Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 1990), 254.