Lucin, Utah

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Lucin, Utah is a small, remote unincorporated community in northwestern Utah best known historically as a railroad siding and water stop for trains crossing the Great Salt Lake Desert.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf populated place
unincorporated community
climateType arid
continent North America
coordinateSystem geographic coordinates
country United States
county Box Elder County
declineReason end of steam locomotive era
developmentEra late 19th century
elevationApprox 1300
elevationUnit meter
featureType ghost town
GNISFeatureID 1437623
hasAreaCode 435
hasPostalCodeType ZIP code
hasRailInfrastructure rail siding
historicalFunction support point for transcontinental rail traffic
historicalRole railroad siding
water stop
inhabitedStatus sparsely populated
landUse rural
locatedIn Box Elder County, Utah
Great Basin
Utah
northwestern Utah
locatedInDesert Great Salt Lake Desert
locatedNear Nevada–Utah border
locatedWestOf Great Salt Lake
nearestMajorCity Salt Lake City
nearestStateBorder Nevada
nearStructure Lucin Cutoff
notableFor desert rail watering stop
railroad history
partOf Great Basin region
linked to: Great Basin

Great Salt Lake Desert region
populationTrend largely abandoned
region Intermountain West
remoteness remote settlement
servedAs watering point for steam locomotives
servedRailroad Central Pacific Railroad
Southern Pacific Railroad
Western Pacific Railroad
state Utah
surroundedBy Great Salt Lake Desert playa
timezone Mountain Time Zone
timezoneDST Mountain Daylight Time
transportationType rail stop

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Box Elder County, Utah contains Lucin, Utah