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History · Copperton

67% of Copperton’s homes were built before 1940

3 places in town are on the National Register, among them a historic district with 237 buildings. Below: 1 old photo or paper from 1968 on.

3on the National Register
67%homes built before 1940
1old photo or paper
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From Copperton’s archive · credits on each photo

What stands out about Copperton’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A historic districtThe Copperton Historic District takes in 237 historic buildings.A history waiting to be writtenOnly 1 old photo is in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Copperton’s homes were built before 1938.
★ What stands out · On the National Register

3 listings protect 239 historic buildings

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

places listed
3
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
239
each building in a district counts
first listed
1985
Utah Copper Company Mine Superintendent's House
Copperton Community Methodist Church, built 1942Utah Copper Company Mine Superintendent's House, built 1926Copperton Historic District
BuildingsDistricts

Architectural styles listings

Spanish Colonial Revival2
Colonial Revival1
Craftsman1
Bungalow1
English Tudor1
Classical Revival1
Copperton Community Methodist ChurchColonial Revival · Built 1942
All 3 listings
Utah Copper Company Mine Superintendent's HouseBuilding · listed 1985Copperton Historic DistrictDistrict · listed 1986

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

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Start Copperton’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Copperton’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Retake an old viewAugust, 1972. ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVE, ORE …: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
The story

How Copperton came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Copperton.

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Copperton was established in 1926, by the Utah Copper Company as a residential area and "model city" for its employees. It emerged as a "showplace for company-subsidized family life." Housing construction ended in the 1930s, and company-furnished housing ended in 1955. After that, a private real estate developer managed the homes for employees. A rather large park was also built in the small town.

As of the 2010 Census, Copperton has a population of 826. Copperton is the only mining town remaining for the Bingham Canyon Mine after Lark was torn down in 1980. Currently, only a handful of residents work for the mine. The town's history is directly linked to the mine.

The 2017 American Community Survey reported the population at 579.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Copperton, 1870 to 1968

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1870Post officeThe Bingham Canyon post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1926BuiltUtah Copper Company Mine Superintendent's House is built
  5. 1942BuiltCopperton Community Methodist Church is built
  6. 1968In the archiveAugust, 1972. ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVE, ORE TRAIN SHOWING OVERHEAD SYSTEM, PANTAGRAPH. - Utah …
By decade

Copperton, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1960s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1960s1 item
August, 1972. ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVE, ORE TRAIN SHOWING OVERHEAD SYSTEM, PANTAGRAPH. - Utah Copper Company, Bingham Canyon…1968August, 1972. ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVE, ORE TRAIN SHOWING …
1970s–1990snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
Add from your album
Today3 recent
Bingham City Cemetery, Nov 172017Bingham City Cemetery, Nov 17Historic Image of2012Historic Image ofAbandoned Old Bingham High School football stadium2006Abandoned Old Bingham High School football stadium
Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

August, 1972. ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVE, ORE TRAIN SHOWING OVERHEAD SYSTEM, PANTAGRAPH. - Utah Copper Company, Bingham Canyon…
Retake this viewAugust, 1972. ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVE, ORE TRAIN SHOWING OVERHEAD SYSTEM, PANTAGRAPH. - Utah Copper Company, Bingham Canyon…, 1968

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Copperton’s page.

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Famous people

Famous people close to Copperton

Nobody well known was born in Copperton itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Wilford BrimleyAmerican actor and singer · b. 1934
Loretta YoungAmerican actress · b. 1913
Stephen CoveyAmerican educator, author, businessman and moti… · b. 1932
Frank BorzageAmerican film director and actor · b. 1894
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Roseanne BarrAmerican actress and comedian · b. 1952
Craig VenterAmerican biotechnologist and businessman · b. 1946
Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

West Jordan3 historic placesC+

Questions about Copperton’s history

What is on the National Register in Copperton?

Three places: the Copperton Community Methodist Church (listed 2007), the Utah Copper Company Mine Superintendent's House (1985) and the Copperton Historic District (1986).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Sources

Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (4), Wikidata (1), the National Register of Historic Places (3), Wikipedia, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.