Welcome to Consumers ...

So far, we found very little information about Consumers. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Consumers to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Consumers, please Contact Us.

Consumers would have been located within present day Carbon County<2>.

We aren't confident of the location of Consumers, so consider the above location as an estimate.<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Consumers, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1925.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Consumers is 8,100 feet [2,469 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the elevation of Consumers is about 1½ mile [or ~2½ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: The area where Consumers was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

The location where Consumers once stood is in the (435) area code.

Communities near Consumers ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Consumers.

• Price
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Price have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price
  • Price is located in Carbon County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,427 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Price <6>
• Helper
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helper
  • Helper is located in Carbon County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,141 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Helper <6>
• Hiawatha
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiawatha
  • Hiawatha is located in Carbon County
• Scofield
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scofield
  • Scofield is located in Carbon County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 23 people
• Mutual ‑ Historic
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Mutual. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mutual
  • Mutual is located in Carbon County
• Latuda ‑ Historic
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Latuda have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latuda
  • Latuda is located in Carbon County
• Rains ‑ Historic
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Rains. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rains
  • Rains is located in Carbon County
• Clear Creek
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Creek
  • Clear Creek is located in Carbon County
• Standardville ‑ Historic
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Standardville have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standardville
  • Standardville is located in Carbon County
• Hale ‑ Historic
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Hale. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hale
  • Hale is located in Emery County

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Consumers. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Consumers.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Consumers. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Consumers.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Consumers. See our Newspapers Page for Consumers.

Adding Consumers to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Consumers in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Consumers was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

From that list, the Consumers post office opened in 1925.

We also found Consumers on a map titled Shell Oil Road Map for Utah (1950).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Consumers.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Carbon County: www.carboncountyutah.com/

The official website for State of Utah: https://www.utah.gov/