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More historic than 64% of U.S. towns · #21 of 119 in Utah. What drives it
11 places in town are on the National Register, among them a historic district with 28 buildings. Below: 1 old photo or paper, maps from 1908 on, and the census since 1890.
Price dates its founding to 1877 (Wikidata). The census first counted it in 1890.
More historic than 64% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Price is more historic than 64% of U.S. towns, #21 of 119 in Utah. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its age pulls it down.
Utah towns list more on the Register than most of the country (a typical Utah town has 3.0 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Price’s 46.1 sits above most of its state (84% of Utah towns have fewer) while its 38 historic buildings outnumber those of 83% of U.S. towns.
Founding year: Wikidata (other dates in Quick answers). Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Price’s history is told.
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
From Wikipedia’s history of Price.
Modern settlement began in the mid and late 1800s with the arrival of Latter-day Saints in the region. In 1877, fur trappers built a cabin in what is now Price and a small number of families soon followed and began farming.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
Born hereJ. Bracken Lee is born hereBuiltOliver John Harmon House is builtBuiltPrice Tavern/Braffet Block is builtBuiltJames W. and Mary K. Loofbourow House is built
Born hereHerman Franks is born here
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological SurveyBuiltHellenic Orthodox Church of the Assumption is built
In the archivePintus Motel, U.S. highways 50 and 6... 1 mile east of... Price, Utah (87282)
Born hereCassandra Lynn is born hereOne decade in the archive so far: the 1930s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Price. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Price.
Fire insurance maps drew every building, what it was made of and what it was used for, so insurers could price the risk of fire. Pick a year, then a sheet.
1908Sheet 1 of 3Sanborn Map Company, via the Library of Congress. Editions published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.
Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Price’s page.
Retake this view · +15Between 209 and 9,086 people in every census since 1890.
14 censuses, 1890–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Price’s Wikipedia page.
Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.
Price’s post office has been open since 1882.
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
In 1877, according to Wikidata. Price’s post office opened in 1882, and the census of 1890 counted 209 people here.
Price is more historic than 64% of U.S. towns, #21 of 119 in Utah. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
11 listings: 10 buildings, among them the Hellenic Orthodox Church of the Assumption (listed 1973, the first), and 1 historic district, the Price Main Street, with 28 contributing buildings. 38 historic buildings in all.
13% of Price’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±3.2 points), against a typical 2.8% for an Utah town; the median home was built in 1973.
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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).
From Wikimedia Commons (1), Wikidata (5), the National Register of Historic Places (11), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock), the USGS Geographic Names Information System and Sanborn fire insurance maps (Library of Congress). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
