Flaming Gorge’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 4 old photos of Flaming Gorge. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusFlaming Gorge is a census-designated place in Daggett County, Utah, United States. The population was 72 at the 2020 census.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 83 to 72 (-13%). Half of its homes were built before 1993.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Flaming Gorge 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.
Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Flaming Gorge’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Flaming Gorge’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewFlaming Gorge - Flaming Gorge, Un…, 1979: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Flaming Gorge, decade by decade
1990s
Nothing in Flaming Gorge is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Flaming Gorge has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Swett Ranch in Flaming Gorge, 0.9 miles away.
Flaming Gorge 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 Flaming Gorge - Flaming Gorge, Undifferentiated, Dowd Mountain overlook, Daggett County, Utah (1979) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.