A history of Scofield,
since 1879
Postcards, papers and photographs of Scofield from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The town of Scofield is situated on high ground two miles south of the reservoir of the same name, the oldest and largest of the major impoundments on the Wasatch Plateau. Once the most populous community in Carbon County, Scofield has shrunk to only a few permanent residents. What has slowed the continual decline has become outsiders constructing summer vacation homes. The old brick school stands empty at the upper end of town, and there are abandoned buildings scattered through what was once the business district. Only the cemetery on a hill to the east suggests that this was once a community of some size.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowFinish Scofield’s story
Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.
2 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo2 archive items have no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewAerial view of the cemetery in, 1900: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Scofield
See all 1 →Scofield, decade by decade
1980s
unknown2 items
Nothing in Scofield is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Scofield has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is James Anderson House in Fairview, 15.8 miles away.
Scofield 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 Aerial view of the cemetery in (1900) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (11) and the Library of Congress (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.