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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American Fork 38,549     Alpine 10,298     Aurora 1,038    


Bountiful 44,144     Brigham City 19,970     Bluffdale 19,090     Beaver 3,676     Blanding 3,189     Benson 1,864     Ballard 1,231    


Cedar City 39,942     Clearfield 34,470     Cottonwood Heights 32,204     Clinton 23,588     Centerville 16,517     Cedar Hills 9,800     Castle Dale 1,538     Coalville 1,533     Centerfield 1,419     Carbonville 1,410    


Draper 49,602     Delta 3,728     Duchesne 1,643    


Eagle Mountain 56,932     Enoch 8,336     Ephraim 6,108     Elk Ridge 4,925     Erda 4,045     East Basin 3,613     Enterprise 2,289     Emigration Canyon 1,506     East Carbon 1,567     Elwood 1,280    


Farmington 25,771     Farr West 8,021     Fruit Heights 5,950     Fillmore 2,671     Francis 1,809     Ferron 1,519     Fairview 1,281     Fountain Green 1,276    


Grantsville 15,267     Gunnison 3,621     Garland 2,668     Genola 1,610    


Herriman 60,049     Holladay 30,298     Hurricane 23,959     Highland 20,217     Heber 18,533     Hyrum 10,849     Hooper 9,369     Harrisville 6,802     Hyde Park 5,677     Helper 2,126     Huntington 1,982     Honeyville 1,736     Hideout 1,398     Hildale 1,239    


Ivins 10,164    


Kearns 37,767     Kaysville 32,941     Kanab 5,240     Kamas 2,145    


Lehi 90,227     Layton 83,516     Logan 55,250     Lindon 11,734     La Verkin 4,510     Lake Point 2,635     Lewiston 1,958     Liberty 1,333     Lake Shore 1,242    


Millcreek 62,205     Murray 49,553     Midvale 35,561     Magna 30,087     Mapleton 13,732     Midway 6,076     Moab 5,221     Morgan 4,536     Maeser 4,533     Mount Pleasant 3,871     Mountain Green 3,739     Manti 3,645     Monroe 2,685     Millville 2,468     Marriott-Slaterville 2,223     Mona 1,935     Monticello 1,729     Moroni 1,642     Milford 1,412     Mendon 1,334     Mantua 1,303    


North Salt Lake 23,560     North Ogden 22,233     North Logan 11,711     Nibley 8,271     Nephi 7,122     Naples 2,466    


Orem 95,519     Ogden 87,267     Oakley 1,566     Orangeville 1,262    


Provo 113,343     Pleasant Grove 37,294     Payson 24,054     Pleasant View 11,265     Providence 9,267     Plain City 8,531     Price 8,261     Park City 8,254     Perry 5,936     Parowan 3,181     Panguitch 1,797     Paradise 1,028    


Riverton 44,854     Roy 38,592     Riverdale 9,160     Richfield 8,268     Roosevelt 7,224     Richmond 3,032     River Heights 2,180     Riverside 1,238     Rocky Ridge 1,018    


Salt Lake City 209,593     St George 104,578     Sandy 91,943     South Jordan 84,528     Saratoga Springs 52,532     Spanish Fork 45,557     Syracuse 37,022     Springville 35,471     South Salt Lake 26,122     South Ogden 17,678     Santaquin 17,532     Smithfield 14,726     Stansbury Park 11,163     Salem 10,725     Summit Park 8,545     Santa Clara 8,492     South Weber 8,105     Snyderville 6,143     Sunset 5,358     Salina 2,592     Silver Summit 1,574     South Willard 1,378     Spring City 1,007    


Taylorsville 57,098     Tooele 39,263     Tremonton 12,411     Toquerville 1,970     Thatcher 1,094    


Uintah 1,402    


Vernal 10,557     Vineyard 14,500    


West Valley City 134,470     West Jordan 114,908     Washington 33,877     West Haven 24,014     West Point 12,479     Woods Cross 11,480     Washington Terrace 9,070     West Bountiful 5,857     White City 5,676     Wellsville 4,194     Willard 2,283     Wellington 1,630     Wolf Creek 1,599     Woodland Hills 1,571     West Mountain 1,371     Wendover 1,132    










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     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    


Daniel 5715     Delle 4258     Delta 4639     Deseret 4590     Deweyville 4337     Draper 4505     Duchesne 5518     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     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    




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