List of counties in Utah
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This is a list of the 29 counties in the U.S. State of Utah.
Utah's postal abbreviation is UT and its FIPS code is 49.
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| County |
FIPS Code [1] |
County seat [2] |
Established [2] |
Origin [3] |
Etymology [4] |
Population [5][2] |
Area [2] |
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| Beaver County | 001 | Beaver | 1856 | Part of Iron County | The Beaver River and many beavers in the area | 6,005 | 2,590 sq mi (6,708 km2) |
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| Box Elder County | 003 | Brigham City | 1856 | Part of Weber County | The many Box Elder trees in the area | 42,745 | 5,724 sq mi (14,825 km2) |
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| Cache County | 005 | Logan | 1857 | Unorganized territory | Caches of furs made by Rocky Mountain Fur Company trappers | 91,391 | 1,165 sq mi (3,017 km2) |
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| Carbon County | 007 | Price | 1894 | Part of Emery County | The vast coal beds in the county | 20,422 | 1,479 sq mi (3,831 km2) |
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| Daggett County | 009 | Manila | 1919 | Part of Uintah County | Ellsworth Daggett (1810-1880), the first Utah Surveyor General | 921 | 698 sq mi (1,808 km2) |
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| Davis County | 011 | Farmington | 1850 | Unorganized territory | Daniel C. Davis (d. 1850), Mormon Battalion captain | 238,994 | 304 sq mi (787 km2) |
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| Duchesne County | 013 | Duchesne | 1913 | Part of Wasatch County | Uncertain; perhaps Fort Duchesne; Du Chasne, a French fur trapper in the 1830s; French historian André Duchesne (1584-1640); or Rose Duchense (1769-1852), founder of the Society of the Sacred Heart in the state; an Indian chief in past years; or a Ute word translated "dark canyon" | 15,354 | 3,238 sq mi (8,386 km2) |
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| Emery County | 015 | Castle Dale | 1880 | Unorganized territory | George W. Emery (1830-1909), Governor of the Utah Territory from 1875-1880 | 10,860 | 4,452 sq mi (11,531 km2) |
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| Garfield County | 017 | Panguitch | 1882 | Part of Iron County | James A. Garfield (1831-1881), President of the United States in 1881 | 4,735 | 5,174 sq mi (13,401 km2) |
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| Grand County | 019 | Moab | 1890 | Part of Emery County | The Grand River, since renamed the Colorado River | 8,485 | 3,682 sq mi (9,536 km2) |
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| Iron County | 021 | Parowan | 1850 | Unorganized Territory | Iron mines near Cedar City | 33,779 | 3,298 sq mi (8,542 km2) |
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| Juab County | 023 | Nephi | 1852 | Unorganized Territory | A Native American word translated "thirsty valley" | 8,238 | 3,392 sq mi (8,785 km2) |
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| Kane County | 025 | Kanab | 1864 | Part of Washington County | Thomas L. Kane (1822-1883), U.S. Army officer spoke in favor of the Mormon migration and settlement of Utah | 6,202 | 3,992 sq mi (10,339 km2) |
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| Millard County | 027 | Fillmore | 1851 | Part of Iron County. | Millard Fillmore (1800-1874), President of the United States from 1850 to 1853 | 12,405 | 6,590 sq mi (17,068 km2) |
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| Morgan County | 029 | Morgan | 1862 | Davis County and Summit County | Jedediah Morgan Grant (1816-1856), an apostle of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | 7,129 | 609 sq mi (1,577 km2) |
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| Piute County | 031 | Junction | 1865 | Part of Beaver County | The Piute tribe of Native Americans | 1,435 | 758 sq mi (1,963 km2) |
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| Rich County | 033 | Randolph | 1864 | Part of Cache County | Charles C. Rich (1809-1883), an apostle of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | 1,961 | 1,029 sq mi (2,665 km2) |
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| Salt Lake County | 035 | Salt Lake City | 1849 | Original county | The Great Salt Lake, the largest terminal lake in the Western Hemisphere | 898,378 | 737 sq mi (1,909 km2) |
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| San Juan County | 037 | Monticello | 1880 | Parts of Kane County, Iron County, and Piute County. | Uncertain, possibilities include: early Spanish explorers or the San Juan River | 14,413 | 7,821 sq mi (20,256 km2) |
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| Sanpete County | 039 | Manti | 1849 | Unorganized lands | Uncertain possibly from a Ute Chief named San Pitch | 22,763 | 1,588 sq mi (4,113 km2) |
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| Sevier County | 041 | Richfield | 1862 | Part of Sanpete County. | The Sevier River | 18,842 | 1,910 sq mi (4,947 km2) |
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| Summit County | 043 | Coalville | 1854 | Salt Lake County | High elevations in the county, which includes 39 of Utah's highest peaks | 29,736 | 1,871 sq mi (4,846 km2) |
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| Tooele County | 045 | Tooele | 1849 | Original county | Uncertain, possibly from a Native American Chief named Tuilla | 40,735 | 6,946 sq mi (17,990 km2) |
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| Uintah County | 047 | Vernal | 1880 | Wasatch County | The Ute tribe of Native Americans | 25,224 | 4,477 sq mi (11,595 km2) |
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| Utah County | 049 | Provo | 1849 | Unorganized lands | Yuta, the Spanish name for the Ute tribe of Native Americans | 368,536 | 1,998 sq mi (5,175 km2) |
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| Wasatch County | 051 | Heber City | 1862 | Summit | A Native American word meaning "mountain pass", also the name of the Wasatch Range | 15,215 | 1,181 sq mi (3,059 km2) |
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| Washington County | 053 | St. George | 1852 | Unorganized lands | George Washington (1732-1799), President of the United States from 1789 to 1797 | 90,354 | 2,427 sq mi (6,286 km2) |
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| Wayne County | 055 | Loa | 1892 | Part of Piute County. | Wayne Robinson, the son of Utah state legislator Willis Robinson, although an alternate explanation suggests Revolutionary War Gen. Anthony Wayne (1745-1796) | 2,509 | 2,460 sq mi (6,371 km2) |
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| Weber County | 057 | Ogden | 1849 | Unorganized lands | The Weber Basin surrounding the Weber River | 227,487 | 576 sq mi (1,492 km2) |
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[edit] References
- ^ "EPA County FIPS Code Listing". EPA.gov. http://www.epa.gov/enviro/html/codes/ut.html. Retrieved 2008-02-23.
- ^ a b c d "NACo - Find a county". National Association of Counties. http://www.naco.org/Template.cfm?Section=Find_a_County&Template=/cffiles/counties/state.cfm&state.cfm&statecode=UT. Retrieved 2007-07-21.
- ^ "Chart of County Formation in Utah". United States Archives & Records Service. http://historyresearch.utah.gov/guides/utcolist.htm. Retrieved 2007-07-21.
- ^ "History of County Names". Utah Association of Counties. http://www.uacnet.org/county/meaning.php. Retrieved 2008-08-12.
- ^ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. http://factfinder.census.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
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