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History · Flaming Gorge

Half of Flaming Gorge’s homes were built after 1993

Most of Flaming Gorge was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1993. Below: 4 old photos and papers and maps from 1952 on.

0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
4old photos & papers
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What stands out about Flaming Gorge’s past

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

A history waiting to be writtenOnly 4 old photos are in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.
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Start Flaming Gorge’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Flaming Gorge’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 viewFlaming Gorge - Flaming Gorge, Undiffer…: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
The story so far

Flaming Gorge, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Flaming Gorge yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Flaming 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%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Flaming Gorge, 1915 to 1979

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1915Post officeThe Greendale post office opens
  3. 1916Post officeThe Greendale post office closes
  4. 1952On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  5. 1979In the archiveFlaming Gorge - Flaming Gorge, Undifferentiated, Dowd Mountain overlook, Daggett County, …
By decade

Flaming Gorge, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1970s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1970s4 items
Flaming Gorge - Flaming Gorge, Undifferentiated, Dowd Mountain overlook, Daggett County, Utah1979Flaming Gorge - Flaming Gorge, Undifferentiated, Dowd…Flaming Gorge - Flaming Gorge, Undifferentiated1979Flaming Gorge - Flaming Gorge, UndifferentiatedFlaming Gorge - Flaming Gorge, Undifferentiated, Daggett County, Utah1979Flaming Gorge - Flaming Gorge, Undifferentiated, Dagg…Flaming Gorge - Flaming Gorge, Undifferentiated1979Flaming Gorge - Flaming Gorge, Undifferentiated
1980s–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.
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Today3 recent
View from ISS Expedition 72, Flaming Gorge, Wyoming and Utah Border, November 14, 2024 (ISS072-E-117692)2024View from ISS Expedition 72, Flaming Gorge, Wyoming a…Flaming Gorge, Utah2014Flaming Gorge, UtahFlaming Gorge deer2009Flaming Gorge deer
On the map

Flaming Gorge on the map, 1952 to 1996

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Flaming Gorge. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Flaming Gorge on the 1952 USGS mapFlaming Gorge on the 1966 USGS mapFlaming Gorge on the 1996 USGS map1952Dutch John Mtn sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Flaming Gorge.

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.

Flaming Gorge - Flaming Gorge, Undifferentiated, Dowd Mountain overlook, Daggett County, Utah
Retake this viewFlaming Gorge - Flaming Gorge, Undifferentiated, Dowd Mountain overlook, Daggett County, Utah, 1979

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

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Places that used to be

Lost post offices and old corners

Another post office, Greendale, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Flaming Gorge LodgeFlaming Gorge Summer Home Area

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Flaming Gorge’s history

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 (7), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, 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.