Centre

  • Established: 1869, by Central Pacific Railroad, during construction of original  transcontinental railroad
  • Miles from San Francisco: 762.7
  • Used by Railroad: 1879- 1890
  • Railroad Function: Railroad siding, apparently uninhabited; provided freighting facilities to local sheep ranchers; note that locations of Matataurus and Centre were transposed on  “The Promontory Branch of the First Transcontinental Railroad in Utah 1869-1904” map, from Rails East to Promontory- The Utah Stations; little is known about its function, but seems to have been in use from about 1879 to 1890
  • Location: 2.4 miles west and north of Rozel  on the Central Pacific route, south of the Great Salt Lake
    No Population estimates for this isolated Northern Utah rail siding