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Helper
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city in Carbon County, Utah, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Utah
- County
- Carbon
- Settled
- c. 1881
- Became a city
- October 9, 1915
- Founded by
- Teancum Pratt
- Named after
- Helper engines
- Total
- 1.81 sq mi (4.68 km )
- Land
- 1.81 sq mi (4.68 km )
- Water
- 0 sq mi (0.00 km )
- Elevation
- 5,909 ft (1,801 m)
- Density
- 1,165.2/sq mi (449.87/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-7 ( Mountain (MST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-6 (MDT)
- Fips code
- 49-34530
- Website
- www .helpercity .net
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Helper
- Population
- 2112
- Area
- 4.530972
- Elevation
- 1773
- Official website
- www.helpercity.net
- Image
- HelperUtah.jpeg
- Households
- 947
- Dialing code
- 435
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- Commons category
- Helper, Utah
- postal code
- 84526
- inception
- 1881-00-00
- P8168
- Bunyan
- water as percent of area
- 0
- per capita income
- 25058
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Article
Helper is a city in Carbon County, Utah, United States, approximately 110 miles (180 km) southeast of Salt Lake City and 7 miles (11 km) northwest of the city of Price. The population was 2,112 at the 2020 census.
The city is located along the Price River and U.S. Route 6/U.S. Route 191, a shortcut between Provo and Interstate 70, on the way from Salt Lake City to Grand Junction, Colorado. It is the location of the Western Mining and Railroad Museum, a tourist attraction that also contains household and commercial artifacts illustrating late 19th and early 20th-century living conditions.. Helper is at the western end of the Book Cliffs, the longest continuous escarpment in the world.