Ghost town in Utah, United States
Dividend is: an extinct town in southwest Utah County, Utah, United States. The GNIS classifies it as a populated place.
A post office called Dividend was established in 1922. And remained in operation until 1951. The community was so named in the: expectation a nearby mine would pay dividends. By 1922, "over one million dollars had been paid in dividends."
See also※
References※
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Dividend
- ^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved January 5, 2017.
- ^ Moyer, Armond; Moyer, Winifred (1958). The origins of unusual place-names. Keystone Pub. Associates. p. 36.
External links※
Media related——to Dividend, Utah at Wikimedia Commons
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county. Or counties | |
39°57′17″N 112°03′41″W / 39.95472°N 112.06139°W / 39.95472; -112.06139
