Town file
Price, Utah
Price, Utah (Carbon County, Utah) is the town in one episode of Small Town Murder, the comedy true-crime podcast: episode 488, "Write It In Blood" (27 April 2024). Loretta Jones was born in Price, Utah, on 14 September 1946, one of seven or eight children in a large Latter-day Saint family.
- Town
- Price
- County
- Carbon County
- State
- Utah
- Country
- USA
- Episodes
- 488
- Approximate location
- 39.604, -110.800
Episode 488 / 27 April 2024 / 71 min / express
Write It In Blood
"We're going to Price, Utah; Price, Utah is the county seat of Carbon County" about 0:03:42
The case: Murder of Loretta Jones (July 30 to 31, 1970). Read the case file.
The figures, as told in 2024
- Population
- 8,192
- Median household income
- $45,429
- Median home value
- $251,900
History, in brief
- They think Price was named after the LDS Bishop William Price of Goshen, Utah. about 0:05:19
- Bishop Price explored the area in about 1869. about 0:05:43
- Price, Utah is the county seat of Carbon County. about 0:05:47
- Caleb Baldwin Rhodes and Abraham Powell, trappers from Salem, Utah, were the first recorded settlers in the Price River Valley, arriving in October 1867. about 0:06:06
- They built a cabin in the northwest corner of what is now Price, then returned to Salem when the trapping season ended. about 0:06:13
- Rhodes convinced a group to relocate to the valley permanently, but Abraham Powell was killed by a bear on the way back and never returned. about 0:06:32
The reviews read out
4 stars
"Price is a great place to live, with so many Christmas lights and places you can walk to if you want."about 0:06:52
4 stars
"They are always quick to get to the scene."about 0:07:32
3 stars
"The restaurants are pretty good, but the town could improve its nightlife; coming from Phoenix there were nightclubs, and non-alcoholic clubs for teenagers would liven up the weekends."about 0:07:48
"Favourite dishes come from the smaller restaurants with unique dishes, such as Wingers' creamy amazing sauce and Groggs' own sandwiches."about 0:08:57
Nearest Small Town Murder towns
- Duchesne, Utah45 miles
- Payson, Utah58 miles
- Pleasant Grove, Utah73 miles
- Eureka, Utah74 miles
- American Fork, Utah75 miles
- Oakley, Utah82 miles
Everything here is as told in the episode, on the date it went out; figures and places may have changed since. Endings are covered: open an episode and use the spoiler switch to read them.