Dugway’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 3 old photos of Dugway. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusDugway is a census-designated place (CDP) in southeastern Tooele County, Utah, United States. The population was 342 at the 2020 census, a continued decrease from the 2010 figure of 795. The town is located inside the United States Army's large weapons testing facility, Dugway Proving Ground, making it a closed city, as the only roads leading to the town pass through military checkpoints at the boundaries of the base. Non-resident civilians must request advance authorization to enter the town. The housing area designated for military and civilian personnel is referred to as "English Village." The name "Dugway" comes from a technique to dig a trench along a hillside to keep a wagon from tipp…
Dugway was established in 1942. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 795 to 342 (-57%). Half of its homes were built before 1982.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Dugway yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.
Start Dugway’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Dugway’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo3 archive items have no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewDugway Proving Ground, German-Jap…: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Dugway
See all 1 →Dugway, decade by decade
2000
Nothing in Dugway is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Dugway has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Lincoln Highway Bridge in Dugway, 9.6 miles away.
Dugway and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Dugway Proving Ground, German-Japanese Village, South of Stark Road, in WWII Incendiary Test Area and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom the Library of Congress (3). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.