- Established: 1869, by Central Pacific Railroad, during construction of original transcontinental railroad; also a stage stop and freighting hub in 1869; a major transportation hub in early history; The Kellton Road, a major freighting and travel route began here
- Origin of Name: Named after an early stockman, named Kelton
- Original Name: Indian Creek, after a creek in the area
- Miles from San Francisco: 734.1
- Used by Railroad: 1869- 1942
- Railroad Function: Section station and major shipping and travel connection to the mineral-rich mountains and open rangeland of the northwest; southern terminus of Utah, Idaho and Oregon stage Company and a station on the Overland Mail route; during a typical year in the 1870s, six million pounds of supplies were loaded from trains to wagons in exchange for wool and furs from the intermountain north; had a turntable, depot, water tank and pumphouse, engine house and a section house
- Historical Overview: The stage line from Kelton to Montana and Idaho mines was said to be the most robbed stage line in the west, stages were held up nearly every week and occasionally daily; Wells Fargo never admitted their losses, but they must have been enormous; Kelton was an important freighting and railroad hub, but became totally dependent upon the fortunes of the railroad, so when the Lucin Cutoff was built in 1903, the town began to decline, and when the tracks of the Promontory Branch were removed in 1942, Kelton died; severely damaged by an earthquake in 1934; three-foot wide cracks opened in the earth, buildings and houses shook violently, and the schoolhouse had to be abandoned; old rail yards and homesites are vacant, and only the cemetery remains
- Notable Features: At one time Kelton had a number of fine buildings, including a brick school house, several two-story hotels, well stocked stores, comfortable homes, a whole row of saloons and gambling halls, freighting and railway stations, livery stable, ag implement dealer and even a telephone exchange and post office
- Location: Located north of the northernmost point of the Central Pacific Railroad, about eight miles west of Monument Point, and seven miles west of Locomotive Springs, about sixty miles northwest of Brigham City and 70.3 miles (1 hour, 8 minutes) from Tremonton, near the Utah-Nevada border, twenty miles off the northwest corner of Great Salt Lake
- No Population estimates for this isolated northern Utah class 3 ghost town
