Notice 07-22-2026 : The Corinne City Offices will be closed Friday July 24th for the Pioneer Holiday.
City History
Corinne is a quiet farming community located four miles west and one mile north of Brigham City, near Interstate I-84 which runs from Salt Lake City to Boise, Idaho. It has population of approximately 1,000 residents.Known by many names including Burg on the Bear, the City of the Ungodly, Gentile City and others. Its history is unique from other pioneer communities in Utah because it was settled by people of different religions and even those who professed no religious affiliation.The founders could see Corinne as the state capital as it was the shipping center of the railroad. The town was laid out in February of 1869 by Union Pacific and within two weeks there were 500 frame and tent buildings with businesses such as Wells Fargo, Auerbacks, Kirkendallis, Keisels, Topance, and many more.There were blacksmith shops, livery stables, boarding houses, hotels, an opera house, newspapers, banks, warehouses, cigar factory, saw mill and gambling halls. Corinne also had its own smelter, a slaughter house, flour mill, brick yard, its own water system, and a steamboat was even built and launched in town.There were seven churches established in Corinne: Episcopal, Methodist, Presbyterian, Catholic, Baptist, Jewish, Buddhist, and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, along with a Masonic Lodge which still functions today.With the building of the Utah-Northern Railroad, Corinne's hopes and dreams were shattered, and ceased to be a freighting center. Corinne City was still a busy station until the building of the Lucin Cut-Off across the Great Salt Lake in 1904-1905. Corinne is now a small quiet community with several service stations, and a farm cooperative that services Box Elder County. Source: https://www.boxeldercountyut.gov/528/Corinne-History
