Helper, Utah

Helper, Utah
City
North along Main Street, September 2023
Location within Carbon County and the State of Utah
Location of Utah in the United States
Coordinates: 39°41′15″N 110°51′54″W
Country	United States
State	Utah
County	Carbon
Settled	c. 1881
Incorporated	1907
Became a city	October 9, 1915
Founder	Teancum Pratt
Named for	Helper engines
Area
• Total	1.81 sq mi (4.68 km2)
• Land	1.81 sq mi (4.68 km2)
• Water	0 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation	5,909 ft (1,801 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	2,112
• Density	1,165.2/sq mi (449.87/km2)
Time zone	UTC-7 (Mountain (MST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-6 (MDT)
ZIP code	84526
Area code	435
FIPS code	49-34530
GNIS feature ID	2410737
Website	www.helpercity.net

Helper is a city in Carbon County, Utah, United States, approximately 110 miles (180 km) southeast of Salt Lake City and 7 miles (11 km) northwest of the city of Price. The population was 2,112 at the 2020 census.

The city is located along the Price River and U.S. Route 6/U.S. Route 191, a shortcut between Provo and Interstate 70, on the way from Salt Lake City to Grand Junction, Colorado. It is the location of the Western Mining and Railroad Museum, a tourist attraction that also contains household and commercial artifacts illustrating late 19th and early 20th-century living conditions.. Helper is at the western end of the Book Cliffs, the longest continuous escarpment in the world.