Caineville, Utah | |
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 Abandoned former church/schoolhouse | |
  Caineville, Utah Caineville, Utah (the United States) Show map of the United States | |
| Coordinates:38°19′59″N111°01′08″W / 38.33306°N 111.01889°W /38.33306; -111.01889 | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Utah |
| County | Wayne |
| Settled | 1882 |
| Founded by | Elijah Cutler Behunin |
| Named after | John T. Caine |
| Elevation | 4,600 ft (1,400 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-7 (Mountain (MST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-6 (MDT) |
| ZIP code | 84775 |
| Area code | 435 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1426269[1] |
Caineville is anunincorporated community in centralWayne County,Utah, United States.[1]
The community is located east ofCapitol Reef National Park and west ofHanksville, along theFremont River andUtah State Route 24. The settlement was named afterJohn T. Caine[2] and was founded byElijah Cutler Behunin, whom theLDS 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]
| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900 | 131 | — | |
| 1910 | 38 | −71.0% | |
| 1920 | 67 | 76.3% | |
| 1930 | 71 | 6.0% | |
| 1940 | 68 | −4.2% | |
| 1950 | 20 | −70.6% | |
| Source: U.S. Census Bureau[5] | |||
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