Since the earliest days of Mormon settlement, the majority of Utah's population has chosen to settle along the Wasatch range's western front, where numerous river drainages exit the mountains. The mountains were a vital source of water, timber, and granite for early settlers. Today they continue to serve as the primary source of water for the populous Wasatch Front, and to provide year-round recreational opportunities to residents and visitors alike. Utah's population, which is close to the 3½ million mark, is clustered primarily along the corridor known as the Wasatch Front, spanning from Logan near the Idaho border south to Brigham City, Ogden, Salt Lake City and all of it's many suburbs south to Tooele, Orem & Provo and more suburbs, Payson and down to Nephi to the south. Then there's the Wasatch Back and it's cities of Park City, Heber City, and Price, then Vernal to the east. It's no surprise that settlers have traditionally congregated along this 100-mile stretch of mountains and valleys. Water is plentiful, temperatures don't reach the extremes found in the Great Basin and canyon country, and the soil is fertile. Salt Lake City is the center of the universe when it comes to accessing the state. The most striking geographical features of Utah County are the Wasatch Mountains along the eastern boundary, and Utah Lake, the state's largest fresh-water lake. The high mountains, rising over 11,000 feet, receive heavy snowfall which feeds the numerous rivers and creeks that flow into the lake. Though large in surface area, Utah Lake is very shallow, only 18 feet at its deepest point. More than a dozen towns were established between Lehi on the north and Santaquin on the south. Provo, named for the French fur trapper Etienne Provost, has always been the largest town and the county seat. During the next two years, 1850 and 1851, communities were established at Lehi, Alpine, American Fork, Pleasant Grove, Springville, Spanish Fork, Salem, and Payson.
The fertile Salt Lake Valley lies between the Wasatch Mountains on the east and the Oquirrhs on the west. The active Wasatch Fault runs through the eastern part of the county. The Jordan River flows north through the valley to Great Salt Lake, and canyon streams provide culinary and agricultural water and in pioneer times powered mills. Centuries before white settlement of the area, prehistoric Indian groups and the historic Northern Shoshone and Ute Indians used the area for hunting, fishing, and gathering seasonal foods. Permanent settlement began in 1847 with the arrival of the first Mormon wagon train. Brigham Young's direction explored nearby areas, built a fort, and surveyed Salt Lake City. Tens of thousands of Mormon immigrants funneled through Salt Lake City to outlying settlements, and, additionally, the city was the last major supply point for thousands of California-bound travelers. As the headquarters of the LDS Church and later the territorial and state capital. Until statehood in 1896 the Mormon-Gentile conflict was intense. Industrial development in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries brought ethnic diversity with the arrival of many southern and eastern Europeans, blacks, Chinese, Japanese, and Mexicans. The migration of Native Americans to the larger cities and the recent immigration of southeast Asians and others continue the trend. Although cities and suburbs now cover much of the land, the county retains traces of its agricultural beginning as a producer of eggs, hogs, wheat, and garden vegetables.
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Alpine 4951 Alta 8560 Altamont 6388 Alton 7041 Altonah 6673 Amalga 4439 American Fork 4606 Aneth 4511 Annabella 5292 Antimony 6450 Apple Valley 4941 Aurora 5200 Avon 5020
Ballard 5049 Bear River City 4258 Beaver 5902 Beaver Dam 4541 Benjamin 4534 Benson 4429 Beryl 5154 Bicknell 7123 Big Water 4108 Birdseye 5430 Blanding 6106 Blue Creek 4701 Bluebell 6201 Bluff 4324 Bluffdale 4436 Bonanza 5436 Bothwell 4331 Boulder 6699 Bountiful 4373 Brendel 4898 Brian Head 9800 Brigham City 4436 Bryce Canyon City 7664
Cache Junction 4449 Caineville 4600 Callao 4337 Cannonville 5886 Canyon Glen 5016 Canyons 6800 Castle Dale 5676 Castle Valley 4685 Cedar City 5846 Cedar Creek 5161 Cedar Fort 5085 Cedar Hills 4957 Centerfield 5098 Centerville 4380 Central 5253 Central Valley 5305 Charleston 5440 Circleville 6066 Clarkston 4879 Clawson 5942 Clear Creek (Box Elder) 5640 Clear Creek (Carbon) 8307 Clearfield 4465 Cleveland 5722 Clinton 4393 Coalville 5586 College Ward 4495 Collinston 4432 Colton 7237 Copperton 5500 Corinne 4226 Cornish 4485 Cottonwood Heights 4823 Cove 4557 Croydon 5344
Dammeron Valley 4600 Daniel 5715 Delle 4258 Delta 4639 Deseret 4590 Deweyville 4337 Draper 4505 Duchesne 5518 Duck Creek Village 8507 Dugway 4842 Dutch John 6371
East Carbon 6296 Echo 5459 Eden 4947 Edgemont 4793 Elberta 4701 Elk Ridge 5354 Elmo 5692 Elsinore 5351 Elwood 4298 Emery 6253 Enoch 5545 Enterprise 5318 Ephraim 5541 Erda 4344 Escalante 5820 Eskdale 4984 Etna 5223 Eureka 6430
Fairfield 4879 Fairview 5948 Farmington 4304 Farr West 4265 Fayette 5052 Ferron 5971 Fielding 4373 Fillmore 5134 Fort Duchesne 4990 Fountain Green 5899 Francis 6560 Fremont 7241 Fruit Heights 4698 Fruitland 6624
Gandy 4951 Garden City 5968 Garland 4340 Garrison 5276 Genola 4600 Glendale 5777 Glenwood 5272 Goshen 4550 Granite 5131 Grantsville 4304 Green River 4075 Greenville 5666 Greenwich 6854 Grouse Creek 5331 Grover 7116 Gunlock 3658 Gunnison 5138
Halchita 4380 Halls Crossing 3842 Hamilton’s Fort 5568 Hanksville 4288 Hanna 6765 Harrisville 4291 Hatch 6919 Heber 5600 Heber Valley Camp 7730 Helper 5817 Henefer 5337 Henrieville 5997 Herriman 4944 Hideout 6184 Highland 4980 Hildale 5049 Hinckley 4603 Holden 5102 Holladay 4465 Honeyville 4298 Hooper 4242 Howell 4560 Hoytsville 5761 Huntington 5787 Huntsville 4928 Hurricane 3248 Hyde Park 4537 Hyrum 4698
Ibapah 5282 Independence 7979 Ironton 4564 Ivins 3081
Jensen 4728 Joseph 5436 Junction 6007
Kamas 6473 Kanab 4970 Kanarraville 5541 Kanosh 5020 Kaysville 4357 Kearns 4531 Kelton 4229 Kenilworth 6529 Kimball Junction 6400 Kingston 6017 Koosharem 6919
La Sal 6978 La Verkin 3192 Lake Point 4249 Lake Shore 4521 Lakeside 4222 Laketown 5974 Lakeview 4531 Lapoint 5568 Lawrence 5666 Layton 4350 Leamington 4731 Leeds 3481 Lehi 4564 Leland 4564 Levan 5315 Lewiston 4508 Liberty 5118 Lindon 4642 Loa 7064 Logan 4534 Lucin 4478 Lund 5085 Lyman 7182 Lynn 5948 Lynndyl 4787
Maeser 5600 Magna 4278 Mammoth 6391 Manila 6348 Manti 5610 Mantua 5200 Mapleton 4731 Marian 6451 Marriott-Slaterville 4252 Marysvale 5863 Mayfield 5538 Meadow 4839 Mendon 4495 Mexican Hat 4245 Middleton 2848 Midvale 4383 Midway 5594 Milford 4967 Millcreek 4285 Mills 4954 Millville 4616 Minersville 5282 Moab 4026 Modena 5476 Mona 4970 Monroe 5394 Montezuma Creek 4423 Monticello 7070 Moore 6247 Morgan 5069 Moroni 5531 Mosida 4557 Mount Carmel Junction 5203 Mount Pleasant 5925 Mount Sterling 4810 Mountain Green 4879 Mountain Home 7005 Murray 4301 Myton 5085
Naples 5230 Navajo Mountain 6020 Neola 6020 Nephi 5128 New Harmony 5305 Newcastle 5312 Newton 4534 Nibley 4554 North Logan 4692 North Ogden 4501 North Salt Lake 4337 Nunns 5111
Oak City 5111 Oakley 6517 Oasis 4590 Ogden 4301 Olmstead 4849 Ophir 6496 Orangeville 5777 Orderville 5449 Orem 4774
Palmyra 4524 Panguitch 6624 Panguitch Lake 8235 Paradise 4902 Paragonah 5879 Park City 6980 Park Valley 5548 Parley Park 6980 Parley Summit 7120 Parowan 6014 Partoun 4800 Payson 4652 Penrose 4268 Peoa 6192 Perry 4367 Petersboro 4475 Peterson 4885 Pine Valley 6535 Pintura 4088 Plain City 4242 Pleasant Grove 4623 Pleasant Valley 4780 Pleasant View 4400 Plymouth 4488 Portage 4367 Porterville 5151 Price 5564 Providence 4596 Provo 4550
Randlett 4816 Randolph 6283 Redmond 5105 Reese 4222 Richfield 5354 Richmond 4610 Richville 5115 River Heights 4580 Riverdale 4370 Riverside 4363 Riverton 4436 Rockville 3740 Rocky Ridge 4990 Roosevelt 5095 Rosette 5686 Roy 4541 Rush Valley 5043
St George 2700 Salem 4610 Salina 5161 Salt Lake City 4265 Samak 6857 Sandy 4465 Santa Clara 2762 Santaquin 4984 Saratoga Springs 4505 Scipio 5315 Scofield 7713 Sevier 5584 Sigurd 5226 Smithfield 4603 Snowville 4547 Snyderville 6554 South Jordan 4439 South Ogden 4449 South Salt Lake 4255 South Weber 4511 South Willard 4331 Spanish Fork 4577 Spanish Valley 4800 Spring City 5827 Spring Lake 4731 Springdale 3898 Springville 4580 Standrod 5768 Stansbury Park 4295 Sterling 5574 Stockton 5118 Stoddard 5023 Summit 5984 Summit Park 7000 Sunnyside 6519 Sunset 4511 Syracuse 4285
Tabiona 6522 Talmage 6834 Taylor 4239 Taylorsville 4298 Teasdale 7146 Terra 5213 Terrace 4550 Thatcher 4331 Thistle 5043 Thompson Springs 5138 Timber Lakes 7716 Tintic Junction 5899 Tooele 5043 Toquerville 3392 Torrey 6837 Tremonton 4324 Trenton 4462 Tridell 5636 Tropic 6309 Trout Creek 4701 Tucker 6227
Uintah 4537 Upalco 5758 Upton 6100
Vernal 5328 Vernon 5515 Veyo 4468 Vineyard 4524 Virgin 3606 Vivian Park 5200
Wales 5627 Wallsburg 5679 Wanship 5852 Warren 4219 Washington 2792 Washington Terrace 4610 Wellington 5413 Wellsville 4547 Wendover 4291 West Bountiful 4268 West Haven 4272 West Jordan 4377 West Point 4314 West Valley City 4304 West Weber 4239 White City 4583 White Mesa 5305 Whiterocks 6033 Wicks 4902 Wildwood 5226 Willard 4350 Woodland 6804 Woodland Hills 5571 Woodruff 6339 Woods Cross 4377
Yost 5974 Young Ward 4547
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