Knightsville
Ghost town · United States
- Abandoned
- unknown
- Founded
- 1896
- Population
- —
- Coordinates
- 39.954, -112.101
Why it was abandoned
⚒️ Mines & quarries
Detected automatically from the text: A silver mining camp, Knightsville was established and operated as a company town by local mining entrepreneur Jesse Knight.
History
Knightsville is a ghost town located in the East Tintic Mountains on the northern slope of Godiva Mountain, approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) east of Eureka, in the northeastern corner of Juab County in central Utah, United States. A silver mining camp, Knightsville was established and operated as a company town by local mining entrepreneur Jesse Knight. The town was inhabited from 1896 until approximately 1940.