Matlin

  • Established: Track laying crews arrived April 5, 1869, by Central Pacific Railroad, during construction of original transcontinental railroad
  • Origin of Name:
  • Miles from San Francisco: 712.8
  • Used by Railroad: 1869- 1904
  • Railroad Function: Railroad section facilities and a small Chinese community; a rail “wye” replaced a light-duty turntable in 1900; abandoned when Lucin Cutoff was established
  • No Population estimates for this isolated northern Utah ghost town;  In 1870, population of 15 and 25 in 1876