Greendale, Utah
ghost town in Daggett County, Utah, United States
Greendale was the community name given to a small ranching area in the Uinta Mountains of south-central Daggett County, Utah, United States.
Description
During the early and mid twentieth century, the Greendale area was home to a small number of homestead families who primarily operated small cattle ranches in the remote and rugged terrain. Enough families lived in Greendale to support a one-room school in the 1920s and 1930s.
Major changes came to the Greendale area in the 1950s and 1960s, due to the construction of Flaming Gorge Dam nearby. The region received its first paved roads, and increasing land values helped encourage most of the ranch families to sell out. Today, some of the original homestead land is occupied by summer homes, while the former Oscar Swett ranch is maintained as an interpretive site by the United States Forest Service. The Swett Ranch is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
A United States post office operated at Greendale during 1915 and 1916.
The public source identifies “Greendale, Utah” as ghost town in Daggett County, Utah, United States. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Greendale, Utah and ghost.
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Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 21, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q5603809. VIAF identifies the subject as 123628398. The Library of Congress control number is nr2002031007. Authority coordinates are 40.883, -109.492. 1 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1915 and 1916.
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