Russian Settlement, Utah
Ghost town in Utah, United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Russian Settlement is a ghost town in the Park Valley area of Box Elder County, Utah, United States. It is not known what name, if any, the settlers from Russia gave to their community; it has been called "Box Elder County's ghost town with no name."[1] The settlement, which lasted about 1914–1917, was formed by a group of Molokan Spiritual Christians[2] from Russia of mixed faiths and ethnicities. The colony failed quickly because the company who sold them the land exaggerated its quality[3] and never provided promised facilities to make the land livable. The most noticeable remnant of Russian Settlement is a cemetery with two graves.