Elsinore is a town in Sevier County, Utah, United States. The population was 802 at the 2020 census.

History

The community was first settled in the spring of 1874 by James C. Jensen, Jens Iver Jensen, and others. The area was settled by Danish converts to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and named after Kronborg Castle, known as Elsinore in Hamlet. Helsingør, the city where Kronborg Castle is located, is classically known as Elsinore as well.

The first passenger train arrived on July 21, 1896, from the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad.

Elsinore was home to a Utah-Idaho Sugar Company factory for processing sugar beets into sugar from 1911 to 1929, but was closed due to a sugar beet blight.

On September 29 and October 1, 1921, Elsinore was hit by a series of magnitude six earthquakes. Some buildings were damaged, and residents were frightened from their homes, but no deaths were reported.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 1.3&nbsp;square miles (3.3&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>), all land.

Demographics

As of the census

The Elsinore Town Library is a member of the Beehive Library Consortium.

See also

  • National Register of Historic Places listings in Sevier County, Utah
  • Utah State Library

Staples Art Center

The town also has a small art gallery and gift shop to support area artists. One of the founding members, Sue Ann Staples Brady, named it for her great-great-grandfather, George Staples, whose work with Native American tribes was instrumental in its founding.

References

- referenced in Reading Rainbow season 6 episode 2.

  • 1921 Elsinore, Utah Earthquake
  • Staples Art Center