On July 22, 1847, the first party of Mormon pioneers arrived in the Salt Lake Valley, where they founded Salt Lake City, the first European settlement in Utah. Over the next 22 years, more than 70,000 pioneers crossed the plains and settled in Utah.[3] Initial colonization along the Wasatch Front was mostly made by members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) with no direct involvement from it. Outside the Wasatch Front, most settlements were directed, planned, organized, and dispatched by leaders of the LDS Church. Settlements were also founded by the railroads, mining companies and non-Mormons.[4] Many settlements were named after leaders, history or from scriptures of the LDS Church. Natural features of the region, including rivers, mountains, lakes and flora, are also commonly used for names.
The 2010 U.S. Census count puts 2,438,347 of the state's 2,763,885 residents within these cities and towns, accounting for 88.2% of the population. Just over 75% of Utah's population is concentrated in the four Wasatch Front counties of Salt Lake, Utah, Davis, and Weber. The largest city is the state's capital of Salt Lake City with a population of 186,440, and the former coal mining town of Scofield is the smallest town with 24 people.[1]
Name[1]
| County
| Population (2010)[5]
| Area (2010)[6]
| Elevation[7]
| Year settled[8]
| Median household income (1999)[9]
| Etymology[8] | Alpine | Utah | 9,555 | {{nts|7.43}}|{{convert|7.43|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 4951|ft|m}} | 1850 | $72,880 | Adjacent high mountains of the Wasatch Mountains and Traverse Mountains |
Alta | Salt Lake | 383 | {{nts|4.62}}|{{convert|4.62|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 8560|ft|m}} | 1866 | $51,250 | Spanish word for "high" due to Alta's elevation |
Altamont | Duchesne | 225 | {{nts|0.14}}|{{convert|0.14|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 6388|ft|m}} | group=lower-alpha|note_b}} | $28,750 | Composite name of nearby peaks Altonah and Mt. Emmons |
Alton | Kane | 119 | {{nts|2.12}}|{{convert|2.12|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 7041|ft|m}} | group=lower-alpha|note_b}} | $30,883 | Alton Fjord in Norway |
Amalga | Cache | 488 | {{nts|3.57}}|{{convert|3.57|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 4439|ft|m}} | 1860 | $42,143 | Amalgamated Sugar Company |
American Fork | Utah | 26,263 | {{nts|9.30}}|{{convert|9.30|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 4606|ft|m}} | 1850 | $51,955 | American Fork River, a tributary of Utah Lake |
Annabella | Sevier | 795 | {{nts|.70}}|{{convert|0.70|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 5292|ft|m}} | 1871 | $40,000 | Composite name of Ann S. Roberts and Isabella Dalton, woman settlers of Annabella |
Antimony | Garfield | 122 | {{nts|10.11}}|{{convert|10.11|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 6453|ft|m}} | 1873 | $22,500 | The metal antimony that was mined in the area |
Apple Valley | Washington | 701 | {{nts|40.79}}|{{convert|40.79|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 4941|ft|m}} | group=lower-alpha|note_b}} | {{nts|0}}|N/A{{r|group=lower-alpha|note_a}}}} | group=lower-alpha|note_c}} |
Aurora | Sevier | 1,016 | {{nts|1.04}}|{{convert|1.04|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 5200|ft|m}} | 1875 | $44,911 | Aurora, the Roman goddess of dawn |
Ballard | Uintah | 801 | {{nts|13.92}}|{{convert|13.92|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 5049|ft|m}} | group=lower-alpha|note_b}} | $35,278 | Melvin J. Ballard, a LDS Church Apostle |
Bear River City | Box Elder | 853 | {{nts|1.54}}|{{convert|1.54|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 4258|ft|m}} | 1866 | $52,212 | 350|mi|km|adj=on}} river and largest tributary of the Great Salt Lake |
Beaver* | Beaver | 3,112 | {{nts|6.54}}|{{convert|6.54|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 5902|ft|m}} | 1856 | $33,646 | 242|mi|km|adj=on}} river that eventually disappears into the ground |
Bicknell | Wayne | 327 | {{nts|0.62}}|{{convert|0.62|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 7123|ft|m}} | 1879 | $32,750 | Thomas W. Bicknell, who donated 500 books to the library |
Big Water | Kane | 475 | {{nts|6.16}}|{{convert|6.16|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 4108|ft|m}} | 1958[10] | $30,278 | group=lower-alpha|note_c}} |
Blanding | San Juan | 3,375 | {{nts|13.08}}|{{convert|13.08|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 6106|ft|m}} | 1887 | $32,991 | Maiden name of the wife of Thomas W. Bicknell, who donated 500 books to the library |
Bluffdale | Salt Lake | 7,598 | {{nts|10.97}}|{{convert|10.97|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 4436|ft|m}} | 1886 | $66,615 | The bluffs along the Jordan River |
Boulder | Garfield | 226 | {{nts|20.92}}|{{convert|20.92|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 6703|ft|m}} | 1889 | $30,000 | 11317|ft|m|adj=on}} mountain located in the Dixie National Forest |
Bountiful | Davis | 42,552 | {{nts|13.47}}|{{convert|13.47|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 4797|ft|m}} | 1847 | $55,993 | The Book of Mormon city of Bountiful |
Brian Head | Iron | 83 | {{nts|3.72}}|{{convert|3.72|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 9800|ft|m}} | group=lower-alpha|note_b}} | $44,063 | William Jennings Bryan, national politician and former candidate for President of the United States |
Brigham City* | Box Elder | 17,899 | {{nts|24.85}}|{{convert|24.85|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 4436|ft|m}} | 1850 | $42,335 | Brigham Young, LDS Church President and first territorial Governor of Utah |
Bryce Canyon City | Garfield | 198 | {{nts|3.45}}|{{convert|3.45|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 7664|ft|m}} | 1875 | {{nts|0}}|N/A{{r|group=lower-alpha|note_a}}}} | Local homsteader Ebenezer Bryce |
Cannonville | Garfield | 167 | {{nts|1.98}}|{{convert|1.98|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 5886|ft|m}} | 1874 | $28,750 | George Q. Cannon, a LDS Church Apostle |
Castle Dale* | Emery | 1,630 | {{nts|2.16}}|{{convert|2.16|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 5676|ft|m}} | 1879[11] | $44,185 | Located in the Castle Valley, but a Postal Service mistake listed town as Castle Dale instead of Castle Vale. |
Castle Valley | Grand | 319 | {{nts|9.28}}|{{convert|9.28|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 4685|ft|m}} | 1974[12] | $33,068 | Located in the Castle Valley |
Cedar City | Iron | 28,857 | {{nts|36.84}}|{{convert|36.84|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 5846|ft|m}} | 1851 | $32,043 | Large number of cedar trees in the area |
Cedar Fort | Utah | 368 | {{nts|21.24}}|{{convert|21.24|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 5085|ft|m}} | 1856 | $44,773 | Large number of cedar trees in the area |
Cedar Hills | Utah | 9,796 | {{nts|2.70}}|{{convert|2.70|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 4957|ft|m}} | group=lower-alpha|note_b}} | $62,668 | Local cedar tree covered hills |
Centerfield | Sanpete | 1,367 | {{nts|1.80}}|{{convert|1.80|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 5098|ft|m}} | 1869 | $35,357 | Center of the Gunnison Valley |
Centerville | Davis | 15,335 | {{nts|6.04}}|{{convert|6.04|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 4377|ft|m}} | 1848[13] | $64,818 | Center between Farmington and Bountiful[13] |
Central Valley | Sevier | 528 | {{nts|2.10}}|{{convert|2.10|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 5305|ft|m}} | group=lower-alpha|note_b}} | {{nts|0}}|N/A{{r|group=lower-alpha|note_a}}}} | group=lower-alpha|note_c}} |
Charleston | Wasatch | 415 | {{nts|3.04}}|{{convert|3.04|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 5440|ft|m}} | 1852 | $42,813 | Charles Shelton, who surveyed the town |
Circleville | Piute | 547 | {{nts|9.08}}|{{convert|9.08|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 6066|ft|m}} | 1864 | $32,083 | Located in the Circle Valley |
Clarkston | Cache | 666 | {{nts|0.97}}|{{convert|0.97|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 4879|ft|m}} | 1864 | $40,592 | Justus Clark, an original settler. |
Clawson | Emery | 163 | {{nts|0.99}}|{{convert|0.99|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 5942|ft|m}} | 1897 | $31,250 | Rudger Clawson, a LDS Church Apostle |
Clearfield | Davis | 25,974 | {{nts|7.68}}|{{convert|7.68|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 4465|ft|m}} | 1877 | $38,946 | The open surroundings of the area |
Cleveland | Emery | 464 | {{nts|0.85}}|{{convert|0.85|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 5722|ft|m}} | 1885 | $33,500 | Grover Cleveland, President of the United States |
Clinton | Davis | 20,426 | {{nts|5.85}}|{{convert|5.85|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 4393|ft|m}} | 1870s | $53,909 | group=lower-alpha|note_c}} |
Coalville* | Summit | 1,363 | {{nts|3.70}}|{{convert|3.70|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 5577|ft|m}} | 1858 | $39,342 | Many of the miners came from Coalville, England |
Corinne | Box Elder | 685 | {{nts|3.88}}|{{convert|3.88|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 4226|ft|m}} | 1869 | $42,125 | Corinne, the first child born in the area |
Cornish | Cache | 288 | {{nts|4.81}}|{{convert|4.81|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 4485|ft|m}} | group=lower-alpha|note_b}} | $40,417 | William D Cornish, vice-president of the Union Pacific Railroad |
Cottonwood Heights | Salt Lake | 33,433 | {{nts|8.74}}|{{convert|8.74|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 4823|ft|m}} | 1848 | {{nts|0}}|N/A{{r|group=lower-alpha|note_a}}}} | Cottonwood trees found in the area |
Daniel | Wasatch | 938 | {{nts|3.27}}|{{convert|3.27|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 5715|ft|m}} | 1874 | {{nts|0}}|N/A{{r|group=lower-alpha|note_a}}}} | Aaron Daniels, one of the first settlers |
Delta | Millard | 3,436 | {{nts|4.79}}|{{convert|4.79|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 4639|ft|m}} | 1906 | $37,773 | The river delta of the Sevier River |
Deweyville | Box Elder | 332 | {{nts|6.4}}|{{convert|6.4|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 4437|ft|m}} | 1864 | $43,750 | John C. Dewey, an early settler to the area |
Draper | Salt Lake/ Utah | 42,274 | {{nts|30.1}}|{{convert|30.1|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 4505|ft|m}} | 1849 | $72,341 | William Draper, the town's first LDS Church Bishop |
Duchesne* | Duchesne | 1,690 | {{nts|2.53}}|{{convert|2.53|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 5518|ft|m}} | 1904 | $32,426 | Nearby Fort Duchesne |
Eagle Mountain | Utah | 21,415 | {{nts|44.47}}|{{convert|44.47|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 4882|ft|m}} | group=lower-alpha|note_b}} | $52,102 | Eagle Mountain Properties, the development company of the city |
East Carbon | Carbon | 1,301 | {{nts|8.98}}|{{convert|8.98|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 4987|ft|m}} | 1922 | $25,313 | Coal deposits found in the area |
Elk Ridge | Utah | 2,436 | {{nts|2.68}}|{{convert|2.68|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 5354|ft|m}} | group=lower-alpha|note_b}} | $65,511 | group=lower-alpha|note_c}} |
Elmo | Emery | 418 | {{nts|.65}}|{{convert|0.65|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 5692|ft|m}} | 1908 | $33,750 | St. Elmo, an 1866 novel by the author Augusta Jane Evans |
Elsinore | Sevier | 847 | {{nts|1.3}}|{{convert|1.3|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 5351|ft|m}} | 1874 | $27,917 | Elsinore, Denmark |
Elwood | Box Elder | 1,034 | {{nts|7.83}}|{{convert|7.83|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 4298|ft|m}} | 1879 | $46,406 | Postal Service named the town |
Emery | Emery | 288 | {{nts|1.17}}|{{convert|1.17|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 6253|ft|m}} | 1881[14] | $40,469 | George W. Emery, territorial Governor of Utah |
Enoch | Iron | 5,803 | {{nts|7.21}}|{{convert|7.21|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 5545|ft|m}} | 1851 | $37,368 | Enoch, a biblical figure in the Old Testament |
Enterprise | Washington | 1,711 | {{nts|7.74}}|{{convert|7.74|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 5318|ft|m}} | 1902 | $35,694 | Name reflected the first settlers' ability to adjust to problem experienced by the first settlers |
Ephraim | Sanpete | 6,135 | {{nts|3.73}}|{{convert|3.73|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 5541|ft|m}} | 1854 | $28,318 | Tribe of Ephraim, one of the twelve Tribes of Israel. |
Escalante | Garfield | 797 | {{nts|2.94}}|{{convert|2.94|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 5820|ft|m}} | 1876 | $32,143 | Silvestre Vélez de Escalante, a Franciscan missionary who explored the area in 1776 |
Eureka | Juab | 669 | {{nts|1.51}}|{{convert|1.51|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 6430|ft|m}} | 1869 | $36,875 | Eureka is the ancient Greek name for "I have found it", relating to the gold mines found in the area |
Fairfield | Utah | 119 | {{nts|26.74}}|{{convert|26.74|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 4877|ft|m}} | 1855 | {{nts|0}}|N/A{{r|group=lower-alpha|note_a}}}} | Amos Fielding, an early settler of the area |
Fairview | Sanpete | 1,247 | {{nts|1.24}}|{{convert|1.24|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 6948|ft|m}} | 1859 | $34,946 | The attractive surroundings of the area |
Farmington* | Davis | 18,275 | {{nts|9.95}}|{{convert|9.95|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 4304|ft|m}} | 1847 | $74,250 | The farms found in the area |
Farr West | Weber | 5,928 | {{nts|6.04}}|{{convert|6.04|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 4265|ft|m}} | 1858 | $41,618 | Located west of Farr's Fort which was named after Lorin Farr, an early LDS Church stake president of the area. |
Fayette | Sanpete | 242 | {{nts|.42}}|{{convert|0.42|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 5052|ft|m}} | 1861 | $28,750 | Fayette, New York, where the LDS Church was organized |
Ferron | Emery | 1,626 | {{nts|2.14}}|{{convert|2.14|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 5971|ft|m}} | 1877[15] | $38,625 | A. D. Ferron, surveyor of the area |
Fielding | Box Elder | 455 | {{nts|.45}}|{{convert|0.45|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 4373|ft|m}} | 1892 | $44,000 | Mother of LDS Church President Joseph Fielding Smith |
Fillmore* | Millard | 2,435 | {{nts|6.08}}|{{convert|6.08|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 5135|ft|m}} | 1851 | $31,719 | Millard Fillmore, President of the United States |
Fountain Green | Sanpete | 1,071 | {{nts|1.41}}|{{convert|1.41|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 5899|ft|m}} | 1850 | $36,078 | Lush meadows surrounding the area's springs |
Francis | Summit | 1,077 | {{nts|2.49}}|{{convert|2.49|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 6562|ft|m}} | 1869 | $55,536 | Francis M. Lyman, a LDS Church Apostle |
Fruit Heights | Davis | 4,987 | {{nts|2.28}}|{{convert|2.28|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 4698|ft|m}} | 1850[16] | $79,192 | Fruit orchards located above the valley floor |
Garden City | Rich | 562 | {{nts|8.38}}|{{convert|8.38|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 5968|ft|m}} | 1877[17] | $40,750 | Site was considered the garden spot of the valley |
Garland | Box Elder | 2,400 | {{nts|1.89}}|{{convert|1.89|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 4340|ft|m}} | 1890 | $38,679 | William Garland, led the construction of a canal in the area |
Genola | Utah | 1,370 | {{nts|13.85}}|{{convert|13.85|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 4600|ft|m}} | group=lower-alpha|note_b}} | $45,417 | group=lower-alpha|note_c}} |
Glendale | Kane | 381 | {{nts|7.79}}|{{convert|7.79|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 5778|ft|m}} | 1862 | $35,938 | The place being in a glen or a narrow valley with mountains all around[18] |
Glenwood | Sevier | 464 | {{nts|.54}}|{{convert|0.54|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 5272|ft|m}} | 1863 | $45,192 | Robert Wilson Glenn, an early settler of the area |
Goshen | Utah | 921 | {{nts|.81}}|{{convert|0.81|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 4551|ft|m}} | 1857 | $41,458 | Goshen, Connecticut, birthplace of Phineas W. Cooke, the first LDS Bishop of the area |
Grantsville | Tooele | 8,893 | {{nts|19.37}}|{{convert|19.37|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 4304|ft|m}} | 1850 | $45,614 | Colonel George D. Grant of the Nauvoo Legion |
Green River | Emery | 952 | {{nts|12.57}}|{{convert|12.57|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 4078|ft|m}} | group=lower-alpha|note_b}} | $28,000 | 730|mi|km|adj=on}} tributary of the Colorado River |
Gunnison | Sanpete | 3,285 | {{nts|5.30}}|{{convert|5.30|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 5138|ft|m}} | 1859 | $33,147 | Captain John W. Gunnison, explored and surveyed Great Salt Lake, Utah Lake and the Salt Lake Valley for the Corps of Topographical Engineers |
Hanksville | Wayne | 219 | {{nts|1.92}}|{{convert|1.92|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 4291|ft|m}} | 1882 | {{nts|0}}|N/A{{r|group=lower-alpha|note_a}}}} | Ebenezer Hanks, original settler of the area |
Harrisville | Weber | 5,567 | {{nts|3.01}}|{{convert|3.01|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 4291|ft|m}} | 1850 | $51,289 | Marin H. Harris, a settler of the area |
Hatch | Garfield | 133 | {{nts|.48}}|{{convert|0.48|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 6919|ft|m}} | 1872[19] | $37,083 | Meltiar Harch Sr., a settler of the area |
Heber City* | Wasatch | 11,362 | {{nts|8.41}}|{{convert|8.41|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 5604|ft|m}} | 1858 | $45,394 | Heber C. Kimball, an Apostle of the LDS Church |
Helper | Carbon | 2,201 | {{nts|1.75}}|{{convert|1.75|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 5817|ft|m}} | 1883 | $30,052 | The "Helper engines" or extra locomotives used to get trains over Soldier Summit from Helper to Spanish Fork |
Henefer | Summit | 766 | {{nts|1.7}}|{{convert|1.7|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 5335|ft|m}} | 1859 | $43,125 | Brothers James and Richard Henefer, original settlers of the area |
Henrieville | Garfield | 230 | {{nts|1.56}}|{{convert|1.56|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 5997|ft|m}} | 1878 | $28,500 | James Henrie, first stake president of the local LDS stake |
Herriman | Salt Lake | 21,785 | {{nts|20.27}}|{{convert|20.27|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 5000|ft|m}} | 1849 | $56,361 | Henry Herriman, a prominent resident of the area |
Hideout | Wasatch | 656 | {{nts|3.87}}|{{convert|3.87|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 6588|ft|m}} | {{nts|0}}|N/A{{r|group=lower-alpha|note_a}}}} | Hideout Canyon |
Highland | Utah | 15,523 | {{nts|8.52}}|{{convert|8.52|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 4977|ft|m}} | 1875[20] | $80,053 | Town's location on the upper bench of the Utah Valley |
Hildale | Washington | 2,726 | {{nts|2.94}}|{{convert|2.94|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 5409|ft|m}} | group=lower-alpha|note_b}} | $32,579 | group=lower-alpha|note_c}} |
Hinckley | Millard | 696 | {{nts|5.05}}|{{convert|5.05|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 4603|ft|m}} | group=lower-alpha|note_b}} | $35,625 | Ira Hinckley, LDS Church stake president of the local LDS stake |
Holden | Millard | 378 | {{nts|.54}}|{{convert|0.54|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 5102|ft|m}} | 1855 | $34,000 | Elijah E. Holden, an early settler of the area |
Holladay | Salt Lake | 26,472 | {{nts|7.92}}|{{convert|7.92|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 4464|ft|m}} | 1848 | $55,468 | John Holladay, an early settler of the area |
Honeyville | Box Elder | 1,441 | {{nts|11.81}}|{{convert|11.81|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 4298|ft|m}} | 1861 | $41,518 | Profession of the local LDS Bishop |
Hooper | Weber | 7,218 | {{nts|26.88}}|{{convert|26.88|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 4242|ft|m}} | group=lower-alpha|note_b}} | {{nts|0}}|N/A{{r|group=lower-alpha|note_a}}}} | William H. Hooper, Utah territorial delegate to the United States House of Representatives |
Howell | Box Elder | 245 | {{nts|35.55}}|{{convert|35.55|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 4560|ft|m}} | 1910 | $40,750 | Joseph Howell, president of the surveying company that laid out the area and Representative of the United States House of Representatives from Utah |
Huntington | Emery | 2,129 | {{nts|2.04}}|{{convert|2.04|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 5787|ft|m}} | 1877[21] | $36,964 | William Huntington, an early explorer of the area |
Huntsville | Weber | 608 | {{nts|.84}}|{{convert|0.84|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 4928|ft|m}} | 1860[22] | $50,625 | Jefferson Hunt, an early settler of the area |
Hurricane | Washington | 13,748 | {{nts|52.07}}|{{convert|52.07|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 3248|ft|m}} | 1906[23] | $32,865 | LDS Church Apostle Erastus Snow's comments about the heavy wind in the area |
Hyde Park | Cache | 3,833 | {{nts|3.37}}|{{convert|3.37|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 4537|ft|m}} | 1860 | $51,750 | Wiliam Hyde, one of the first settlers and first LDS Church Bishop of the area |
Hyrum | Cache | 7,609 | {{nts|4.84}}|{{convert|4.84|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 4698|ft|m}} | 1860 | $43,981 | Hyrum Smith, brother to Joseph Smith, founder of the Latter Day Saint movement. |
Independence | Wasatch | 164 | {{nts|30.59}}|{{convert|30.59|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 7073|ft|m}} | {{nts|0}}|N/A{{r|group=lower-alpha|note_a}}}} |
Ivins | Washington | 6,753 | {{nts|9.76}}|{{convert|9.76|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 3081|ft|m}} | 1922[24] | $41,297 | Anthony W. Ivins, a LDS Church Apostle |
Joseph | Sevier | 344 | {{nts|.91}}|{{convert|0.91|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 5436|ft|m}} | 1871 | $29,375 | Joseph A. Young, first LDS Church stake president of the Sevier Stake |
Junction* | Piute | 191 | {{nts|15.0}}|{{convert|15.0|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 6007|ft|m}} | 1880 | $25,625 | Located at the junction of the East Fork and the Sevier Rivers |
Kamas | Summit | 1,811 | {{nts|3.66}}|{{convert|3.66|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 6486|ft|m}} | 1857 | $41,667 | Derived from the Native American word for the Small Camas, an edible bulb found in the valley |
Kanab* | Kane | 4,312 | {{nts|14.63}}|{{convert|14.63|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 4970|ft|m}} | 1864 | $35,125 | Native American word for willow, referring to the willows growing along the area's creeks |
Kanarraville | Iron | 355 | {{nts|.46}}|{{convert|0.46|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 5541|ft|m}} | 1861 | $34,375 | Chief Canarrah, local leader of the Piute tribe |
Kanosh | Millard | 474 | {{nts|.84}}|{{convert|0.84|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 5020|ft|m}} | 1854 | $32,411 | Kanosh, the name for the local Native American leader |
Kaysville | Davis | 27,300 | {{nts|10.5}}|{{convert|10.5|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 4357|ft|m}} | 1849 | $60,383 | William Kay, the area's first LDS Church Bishop |
Kingston | Piute | 173 | {{nts|5.33}}|{{convert|5.33|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 6017|ft|m}} | 1876 | $23,750 | Thomas R. King, the area's first settler |
Koosharem | Sevier | 327 | {{nts|.86}}|{{convert|0.86|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 6919|ft|m}} | 1877 | $34,583 | Native American word for an edible tuber that grows in the area |
Laketown | Rich | 248 | {{nts|2.59}}|{{convert|2.59|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 5974|ft|m}} | 1864 | $60,893 | 109|sqmi|km2|adj=on}} lake on the Utah-Idaho border |
La Verkin | Washington | 4,060 | {{nts|12.69}}|{{convert|12.69|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 3192|ft|m}} | 1897 | $35,949 | Derived from the Spanish La Virgen, referring to the local Virgin River |
Layton | Davis | 67,311 | {{nts|22.17}}|{{convert|22.17|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 4350|ft|m}} | group=lower-alpha|note_b}} | $52,128 | Christopher Layton, an early LDS Bishop |
Leamington | Millard | 226 | {{nts|1.55}}|{{convert|1.55|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 4731|ft|m}} | 1871 | $43,125 | Leamington Hastings, a town in England |
Leeds | Washington | 820 | {{nts|3.71}}|{{convert|3.71|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 3481|ft|m}} | 1867 | $41,250 | Leeds, a town in England where many of the early settlers were from |
Lehi | Utah | 47,407 | {{nts|26.68}}|{{convert|26.68|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 4564|ft|m}} | 1850 | $53,028 | Lehi, a prophet from the Book of Mormon |
Levan | Juab | 841 | {{nts|.78}}|{{convert|0.78|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 5315|ft|m}} | group=lower-alpha|note_b}} | $34,632 | group=lower-alpha|note_d}} |
Lewiston | Cache | 1,766 | {{nts|25.65}}|{{convert|25.65|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 4508|ft|m}} | 1870 | $36,417 | William H. Lewis, a local LDS Bishop |
Lindon | Utah | 10,070 | {{nts|8.57}}|{{convert|8.57|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 4642|ft|m}} | 1850 | $61,964 | Linden, a tree that grew in the center of town |
Loa* | Wayne | 572 | {{nts|.9}}|{{convert|0.9|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 7064|ft|m}} | 1878 | $33,750 | Mauna Loa, a volcano in Hawaii, an early settler had served his LDS mission in Hawaii |
Logan* | Cache | 48,174 | {{nts|18.56}}|{{convert|18.56|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 4534|ft|m}} | 1859 | $30,778 | Ephraim Logan, a trapper with Jedediah Smith who died in the area |
Lyman | Wayne | 258 | {{nts|1.88}}|{{convert|1.88|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 7182|ft|m}} | group=lower-alpha|note_b}} | $36,607 | Francis M. Lyman, a LDS Church Apostle |
Lynndyl | Millard | 106 | {{nts|3.56}}|{{convert|3.56|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 4787|ft|m}} | 1907 | $35,625 | group=lower-alpha|note_d}} |
Magna | Salt Lake | 26,505 | {{nts|7.4}}|{{convert|7.4|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 4,278|ft|m}} | 1868 | “Magna” comes from the Latin word meaning “great” or “superior" |
Manila* | Daggett | 310 | {{nts|.87}}|{{convert|0.87|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 6348|ft|m}} | 1868 | $26,458 | Commemorate the Spanish–American War victory over the Spanish fleet in the Philippines at Manila |
Manti* | Sanpete | 3,276 | {{nts|2.15}}|{{convert|2.15|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 5610|ft|m}} | 1849 | $32,844 | A city from the Book of Mormon |
Mantua | Box Elder | 687 | {{nts|5.59}}|{{convert|5.59|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 5200|ft|m}} | 1863 | $60,234 | LDS Church President Lorenzo Snow named it for his birthplace in Mantua, Ohio |
Mapleton | Utah | 7,979 | {{nts|12.58}}|{{convert|12.58|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 4731|ft|m}} | 1856 | $60,985 | For the groves of maple trees found in the area |
Marriott-Slaterville | Weber | 1,701 | {{nts|7.39}}|{{convert|7.39|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 4252|ft|m}} | 1849[25] | $49,732 | The towns of Marriott and Slaterville joined to form Marriott-Slaterville, they were named after early settlers John Marriott and Richard Slater |
Marysvale | Piute | 408 | {{nts|17.63}}|{{convert|17.63|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 5863|ft|m}} | 1863 | $31,875 | group=lower-alpha|note_d}} |
Mayfield | Sanpete | 496 | {{nts|.99}}|{{convert|0.99|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 5538|ft|m}} | 1871 | $41,500 | The wild flowers that appeared in the spring |
Meadow | Millard | 310 | {{nts|.51}}|{{convert|0.51|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 4839|ft|m}} | 1857 | $26,250 | The adjacent Meadow Creek |
Mendon | Cache | 1,282 | {{nts|1.25}}|{{convert|1.25|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 4495|ft|m}} | 1859[26] | $46,563 | LDS Church Apostle Ezra T. Benson named it after his birthplace of Mendon, Massachusetts |
Midvale | Salt Lake | 27,964 | {{nts|5.93}}|{{convert|5.93|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 4383|ft|m}} | group=lower-alpha|note_b}} | $40,130 | Located in the middle of the Salt Lake Valley |
Midway | Wasatch | 3,845 | {{nts|5.24}}|{{convert|5.24|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 5584|ft|m}} | 1859 | $51,071 | A fort was built midway between two settlements |
Milford | Beaver | 1,409 | {{nts|3.08}}|{{convert|3.08|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 4967|ft|m}} | 1873 | $35,809 | group=lower-alpha|note_c}} |
Millcreek | Salt Lake | 62,139 | {{nts|13.7}}|{{convert|13.7|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 4285|ft|m}} | 1848 | Mill Creek, site of Utah's first flour mill |
Millville | Cache | 1,829 | {{nts|2.11}}|{{convert|2.11|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 4616|ft|m}} | 1860 | $51,513 | The first saw mill in Cache Valley was built in the area |
Minersville | Beaver | 907 | {{nts|.64}}|{{convert|0.64|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 5282|ft|m}} | 1859 | $36,563 | In honor of the miners who worked in the area |
Moab* | Grand | 5,046 | {{nts|4.13}}|{{convert|4.13|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 4026|ft|m}} | 1855 | $32,620 | The Biblical name Moab or the Native American word for mosquito was "Moapa" |
Mona | Juab | 1,547 | {{nts|2.82}}|{{convert|2.82|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 4970|ft|m}} | 1852 | $49,464 | group=lower-alpha|note_d}} |
Monroe | Sevier | 2,256 | {{nts|3.57}}|{{convert|3.57|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 5394|ft|m}} | 1863 | $34,907 | James Monroe, President of the United States |
Monticello* | San Juan | 1,972 | {{nts|4.47}}|{{convert|4.47|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 7070|ft|m}} | 1879 | $35,929 | Monticello in Virginia, the home of Thomas Jefferson, President of the United States[27] |
Morgan* | Morgan | 3,687 | {{nts|3.21}}|{{convert|3.21|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 5069|ft|m}} | 1860 | $47,716 | Jedediah Morgan Grant, father to LDS Church President Heber J. Grant |
Moroni | Sanpete | 1,423 | {{nts|1.07}}|{{convert|1.07|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 5531|ft|m}} | 1859 | $32,375 | Moroni, a prophet from the Book of Mormon |
Mount Pleasant | Sanpete | 3,260 | {{nts|2.88}}|{{convert|2.88|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 5925|ft|m}} | 1852 | $33,603 | Pleasant view of the surrounding mountains |
Murray | Salt Lake | 46,746 | {{nts|12.29}}|{{convert|12.29|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 4301|ft|m}} | 1848 | $45,569 | Eli Houston Murray, territorial Governor of Utah |
Myton | Duchesne | 569 | {{nts|1.02}}|{{convert|1.02|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 5085|ft|m}} | 1905[28] | $23,472 | Major H. P. Myton of the U.S. Army |
Naples | Uintah | 1,755 | {{nts|6.6}}|{{convert|6.6|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 5230|ft|m}} | 1878 | $43,158 | Naples, Italy |
Nephi* | Juab | 5,389 | {{nts|4.58}}|{{convert|4.58|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 5128|ft|m}} | 1851 | $38,918 | Nephi, a prophet from the Book of Mormon |
New Harmony | Washington | 207 | {{nts|.61}}|{{convert|0.61|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 5305|ft|m}} | group=lower-alpha|note_b}} | $34,583 | Harmony, Pennsylvania, where Joseph Smith translated the Book of Mormon |
Newton | Cache | 789 | {{nts|.79}}|{{convert|0.79|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 4534|ft|m}} | 1869 | $45,000 | Originally called New Town, but the name was shortened |
Nibley | Cache | 5,438 | {{nts|4.03}}|{{convert|4.03|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 4554|ft|m}} | 1855[29] | $52,273 | Charles W. Nibley, a local leader of the LDS Church |
North Logan | Cache | 8,269 | {{nts|6.97}}|{{convert|6.97|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 4692|ft|m}} | group=lower-alpha|note_b}} | $49,154 | Located north of Logan |
North Ogden | Weber | 17,357 | {{nts|7.04}}|{{convert|7.04|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 4501|ft|m}} | 1850 | $59,556 | Located north of Ogden |
North Salt Lake | Davis | 16,322 | {{nts|8.59}}|{{convert|8.59|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 4334|ft|m}} | group=lower-alpha|note_b}} | $47,052 | Located north of Salt Lake City |
Oak City | Millard | 578 | {{nts|.92}}|{{convert|0.92|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 5112|ft|m}} | 1868 | $47,375 | Sits adjacent to Oak Creek |
Oakley | Summit | 1,470 | {{nts|6.89}}|{{convert|6.89|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 6434|ft|m}} | 1868 | $61,250 | The scrub oak species gambel oak found in the area |
Ogden* | Weber | 82,825 | {{nts|27.1}}|{{convert|27.1|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 4300|ft|m}} | 1847 | $34,047 | Peter Skene Ogden, a trapper for the Hudson's Bay Company |
Ophir | Tooele | 38 | {{nts|.14}}|{{convert|0.14|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 6496|ft|m}} | group=lower-alpha|note_b}} | $50,000 | The Ophir Gold Mine that was located in the area |
Orangeville | Emery | 1,470 | {{nts|1.35}}|{{convert|1.35|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 5778|ft|m}} | 1878 | $45,057 | Orange Seely, a settler in the area |
Orderville | Kane | 577 | {{nts|9.16}}|{{convert|9.16|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 5449|ft|m}} | 1875 | $35,769 | The United Order, a collectivist movement of the LDS Church |
Orem | Utah | 88,328 | {{nts|18.29}}|{{convert|18.29|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 4774|ft|m}} | 1850 | $47,529 | Walter Orem, President of the Salt Lake and Utah Electric Interurban Railroad |
Panguitch* | Garfield | 1,520 | {{nts|2.14}}|{{convert|2.14|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 6624|ft|m}} | 1866 | $33,500 | A Native American name for nearby Panguitch Lake meaning "water" and "fish" |
Paradise | Cache | 904 | {{nts|1.29}}|{{convert|1.29|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 4902|ft|m}} | 1860 | $47,344 | For the beautiful scenery |
Paragonah | Iron | 488 | {{nts|.64}}|{{convert|0.64|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 5879|ft|m}} | 1851 | $33,958 | Native American name for the nearby Little Salt Lake that means "marshland" |
Park City | Summit | 7,558 | {{nts|17.57}}|{{convert|17.57|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 7000|ft|m}} | 1869 | $65,800 | For nearby Parley's Park, a meadow atop Parley's Canyon |
Parowan* | Iron | 2,790 | {{nts|6.66}}|{{convert|6.66|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 6017|ft|m}} | 1851 | $32,426 | From the Native American words paragoons and pahoan, meaning "marsh people" |
Payson | Utah | 18,294 | {{nts|8.67}}|{{convert|8.67|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 4700|ft|m}} | 1850 | $43,539 | James Pace, an early settler of the area |
Perry | Box Elder | 4,512 | {{nts|8.04}}|{{convert|8.04|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 4367|ft|m}} | 1853 | $52,500 | Lorenzo Perry, first LDS Church Bishop of the town |
Plain City | Weber | 5,476 | {{nts|11.95}}|{{convert|11.95|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 4242|ft|m}} | 1859 | $57,601 | Originally called City on the Plains |
Pleasant Grove | Utah | 33,509 | {{nts|9.17}}|{{convert|9.17|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 4623|ft|m}} | 1849 | $52,036 | The grove of cottonwood trees found in the area |
Pleasant View | Weber | 7,979 | {{nts|6.91}}|{{convert|6.91|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 5632|ft|m}} | 1851 | $62,123 | For the beautiful view of the surrounding valley |
Plymouth | Box Elder | 414 | {{nts|.65}}|{{convert|0.65|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 4488|ft|m}} | 1869 | $41,250 | A large rock in the area resembled Plymouth Rock |
Portage | Box Elder | 245 | {{nts|2.99}}|{{convert|2.99|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 4367|ft|m}} | 1867 | $43,125 | Portage County, Ohio, the birthplace of LDS Church President Lorenzo Snow[30] |
Price* | Carbon | 8,715 | {{nts|5.07}}|{{convert|5.07|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 5627|ft|m}} | 1879 | $31,687 | From the nearby Price River which got its name from a local explorer William Price |
Providence | Cache | 7,075 | {{nts|3.79}}|{{convert|3.79|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 4596|ft|m}} | 1859 | $56,129 | group=lower-alpha|note_c}} |
Provo* | Utah | 112,488 | {{nts|47.17}}|{{convert|47.17|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 4551|ft|m}} | 1850 | $34,313 | Étienne Provost, a trapper who visited the area |
Randolph* | Rich | 464 | {{nts|1.04}}|{{convert|1.04|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 6283|ft|m}} | 1870 | $34,792 | Randolph Stewart, an early settler and first LDS Church Bishop of the area |
Redmond | Sevier | 730 | {{nts|.98}}|{{convert|0.98|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 5105|ft|m}} | 1875 | $40,313 | Red-colored mounds west of town |
Richfield* | Sevier | 7,551 | {{nts|5.69}}|{{convert|5.69|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 5354|ft|m}} | 1863 | $36,024 | After a bountiful crop of wheat that was produced in 1865 |
Richmond | Cache | 2,470 | {{nts|3.45}}|{{convert|3.45|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 4610|ft|m}} | 1859 | $42,138 | Rich fertile soil of the valley[31] |
Riverdale | Weber | 8,426 | {{nts|4.57}}|{{convert|4.57|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 4370|ft|m}} | 1850[32] | $44,375 | The city's location next to the Weber River |
River Heights | Cache | 1,734 | {{nts|.63}}|{{convert|0.63|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 4580|ft|m}} | group=lower-alpha|note_b}} | $53,750 | Located above the Logan River[33] |
Riverton | Salt Lake | 38,753 | {{nts|12.63}}|{{convert|12.63|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 4439|ft|m}} | 1870 | $63,980 | The city's location next to the Jordan River |
Rockville | Washington | 245 | {{nts|8.23}}|{{convert|8.23|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 3740|ft|m}} | 1860 | $37,917 | After the rocky soil of the area |
Rocky Ridge | Juab | 733 | {{nts|2.12}}|{{convert|2.12|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 4990|ft|m}} | group=lower-alpha|note_b}} | $31,944 | group=lower-alpha|note_c}} |
Roosevelt | Duchesne | 6,046 | {{nts|5.57}}|{{convert|5.57|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 5095|ft|m}} | 1905 | $29,190 | Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States |
Roy | Weber | 36,884 | {{nts|7.92}}|{{convert|7.92|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 4541|ft|m}} | 1876 | $49,611 | Roy C. Peebles was the name of the recently deceased son of area resident David P. Peebles |
Rush Valley | Tooele | 447 | {{nts|18.34}}|{{convert|18.34|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 5043|ft|m}} | 1856 | $46,875 | Nearby Rush Lake |
St. George* | Washington | 72,897 | {{nts|70.92}}|{{convert|70.92|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 2860|ft|m}} | 1861 | $36,505 | George A. Smith, a LDS Church Apostle |
Salem | Utah | 6,423 | {{nts|10.19}}|{{convert|10.19|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 4610|ft|m}} | 1851 | $54,813 | Salem, Massachusetts[34] |
Salina | Sevier | 2,489 | {{nts|6.18}}|{{convert|6.18|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 5161|ft|m}} | 1863 | $34,886 | Nearby salt deposits |
Salt Lake City* | Salt Lake | 186,440 | {{nts|111.73}}|{{convert|111.73|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 4226|ft|m}} | 1847 | $36,944 | Nearby Great Salt Lake |
Sandy | Salt Lake | 87,461 | {{nts|22.88}}|{{convert|22.88|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 4450|ft|m}} | 1871 | $66,458 | group=lower-alpha|note_c}} |
Santa Clara | Washington | 6,003 | {{nts|5.53}}|{{convert|5.53|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 2762|ft|m}} | 1854 | $52,770 | Town is located on the Santa Clara Creek |
Santaquin | Utah | 9,128 | {{nts|10.39}}|{{convert|10.39|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 4984|ft|m}} | 1851 | $44,531 | A local Ute Tribe leader |
Saratoga Springs | Utah | 17,781 | {{nts|16.75}}|{{convert|16.75|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 4505|ft|m}} | group=lower-alpha|note_b}} | $62,212 | Saratoga, New York and the local springs |
Scipio | Millard | 327 | {{nts|.93}}|{{convert|0.93|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 5315|ft|m}} | 1859 | $30,277 | Scipio Kenner, a settler of the area |
Scofield | Carbon | 24 | {{nts|.70}}|{{convert|0.70|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 7739|ft|m}} | 1879 | $26,250 | General Charles W. Scofield, a local mine official |
Sigurd | Sevier | 429 | {{nts|0.98}}|{{convert|0.98|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 5226|ft|m}} | 1874 | $32,813 | Sigurd, The Danish residents named the town after the Norse mythological hero |
Smithfield | Cache | 9,495 | {{nts|4.98}}|{{convert|4.98|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 4603|ft|m}} | 1859 | $47,745 | John Glover Smith, the first LDS Bishop of the area |
Snowville | Box Elder | 167 | {{nts|1.54}}|{{convert|1.54|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 4547|ft|m}} | 1871 | $24,375 | Lorenzo Snow, LDS Church President[35] |
South Jordan | Salt Lake | 50,418 | {{nts|22.13}}|{{convert|22.13|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 4439|ft|m}} | 1859 | $75,433 | The nearby Jordan River and its location south of West Jordan |
South Ogden | Weber | 16,532 | {{nts|3.69}}|{{convert|3.69|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 4449|ft|m}} | 1848 | $46,794 | Located south of Ogden |
South Salt Lake | Salt Lake | 23,617 | {{nts|6.94}}|{{convert|6.94|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 4225|ft|m}} | group=lower-alpha|note_b}} | $29,801 | Located south of Salt Lake City |
South Weber | Davis | 6,051 | {{nts|4.72}}|{{convert|4.72|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 4551|ft|m}} | 1851 | $70,656 | Located on the south side of the Weber River |
Spanish Fork | Utah | 34,691 | {{nts|15.39}}|{{convert|15.39|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 4577|ft|m}} | 1851 | $48,705 | The nearby Spanish Fork River where Spanish explorer Silvestre Vélez de Escalante entered the Utah Valley |
Spring City | Sanpete | 988 | {{nts|1.33}}|{{convert|1.33|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 5823|ft|m}} | 1852 | $34,609 | The nearby springs |
Springdale | Washington | 529 | {{nts|4.63}}|{{convert|4.63|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 3898|ft|m}} | 1862 | $41,607 | The nearby springs |
Springville | Utah | 29,466 | {{nts|14.43}}|{{convert|14.43|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 4577|ft|m}} | 1850 | $46,472 | The nearby springs |
Sterling | Sanpete | 262 | {{nts|.30}}|{{convert|0.30|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 5574|ft|m}} | 1873 | $27,019 | The "sterling" qualities of its people |
Stockton | Tooele | 616 | {{nts|1.63}}|{{convert|1.63|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 5118|ft|m}} | group=lower-alpha|note_b}} | $40,938 | Stockton, California where many of the soldiers who settled the area were from |
Sunnyside | Carbon | 377 | {{nts|3.13}}|{{convert|3.13|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 6414|ft|m}} | 1912 | $32,955 | The coal mine located on the sunny side of the valley |
Sunset | Davis | 5,122 | {{nts|1.31}}|{{convert|1.31|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 4511|ft|m}} | group=lower-alpha|note_b}} | $41,726 | Located on a ridge with views of the sunset over the Great Salt Lake |
Syracuse | Davis | 24,331 | {{nts|9.58}}|{{convert|9.58|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 4285|ft|m}} | 1878 | $58,223 | Named for a local resort on the Great Salt Lake which was named after Syracuse, New York |
Tabiona | Duchesne | 171 | {{nts|.13}}|{{convert|0.13|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 6516|ft|m}} | 1860 | $28,750 | Originally called Tabby and Tabbyville referring to Ute tribe leader Tava whose nickname was Tabby |
Taylorsville | Salt Lake | 58,652 | {{nts|10.85}}|{{convert|10.85|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 4295|ft|m}} | 1848 | $47,236 | John Taylor, LDS Church President |
Tooele* | Tooele | 31,605 | {{nts|21.46}}|{{convert|21.46|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 5043|ft|m}} | 1851 | $43,862 | Native American Goshute tribe leader Tuilla |
Toquerville | Washington | 1,370 | {{nts|15.13}}|{{convert|15.13|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 3389|ft|m}} | 1858 | $34,038 | Native American Piute tribe leader Toquer |
Torrey | Wayne | 182 | {{nts|.51}}|{{convert|0.51|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 6837|ft|m}} | group=lower-alpha|note_b}} | $25,859 | Colonel Torrey, a veteran of the Spanish–American War |
Tremonton | Box Elder | 7,647 | {{nts|7.8}}|{{convert|7.8|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 4325|ft|m}} | 1888 | $44,784 | Tremont, Illinois, where a group of settlers came from[36] |
Trenton | Cache | 464 | {{nts|7.33}}|{{convert|7.33|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 4462|ft|m}} | 1870 | $31,250 | Trenton, New Jersey, hometown of the area's first LDS Bishop |
Tropic | Garfield | 530 | {{nts|8.39}}|{{convert|8.39|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 6309|ft|m}} | group=lower-alpha|note_b}} | $42,500 | The area had a milder climate than where the settlers originally came from |
Uintah | Weber | 1,322 | {{nts|1.06}}|{{convert|1.06|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 4537|ft|m}} | 1850 | $52,300 | Uintah band of the Ute tribe |
Vernal* | Uintah | 9,089 | {{nts|4.61}}|{{convert|4.61|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 5328|ft|m}} | 1876 | $30,357 | Latin word vernalis for spring, for the many springs in the area[37] |
Vernon | Tooele | 243 | {{nts|7.53}}|{{convert|7.53|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 5515|ft|m}} | 1862 | $42,500 | Joseph Vernon, a local settler that was killed by Native Americans |
Vineyard | Utah | 139 | {{nts|6.35}}|{{convert|6.35|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 4557|ft|m}} | group=lower-alpha|note_b}} | $55,313 | The grape vines that were planted in the area |
Virgin | Washington | 596 | {{nts|16.37}}|{{convert|16.37|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 3606|ft|m}} | 1857 | $36,953 | The nearby Virgin River |
Wales | Sanpete | 302 | {{nts|.31}}|{{convert|0.31|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 5627|ft|m}} | 1857[38] | $35,313 | Local settlers originally came from Wales |
Wallsburg | Wasatch | 250 | {{nts|.52}}|{{convert|0.52|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 5676|ft|m}} | 1861[39] | $55,313 | William Madison Wall, local settler and explorer |
Washington | Washington | 18,761 | {{nts|32.89}}|{{convert|32.89|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 2792|ft|m}} | 1857 | $35,341 | George Washington, President of the United States |
Washington Terrace | Weber | 9,067 | {{nts|1.97}}|{{convert|1.97|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 4610|ft|m}} | 1878 | $42,243 | group=lower-alpha|note_c}} |
Wellington | Carbon | 1,676 | {{nts|5.13}}|{{convert|5.13|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 5413|ft|m}} | 1878 | $36,979 | Wellington Seeley Jr., Judge of the Emery County Court |
Wellsville | Cache | 3,432 | {{nts|6.61}}|{{convert|6.61|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 4547|ft|m}} | 1856 | $49,115 | Daniel H. Wells, LDS Church Apostle |
Wendover | Tooele | 1,400 | {{nts|9.06}}|{{convert|9.06|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 4291|ft|m}} | 1906 | $31,196 | group=lower-alpha|note_c}} |
West Bountiful | Davis | 5,265 | {{nts|3.26}}|{{convert|3.26|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 4268|ft|m}} | group=lower-alpha|note_b}} | $61,063 | Located west of Bountiful |
West Haven | Weber | 10,272 | {{nts|10.3}}|{{convert|10.3|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 4272|ft|m}} | 1854 | $57,120 | group=lower-alpha|note_c}} |
West Jordan | Salt Lake | 103,712 | {{nts|32.46}}|{{convert|32.46|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 4373|ft|m}} | 1848 | $55,794 | Located on the west side of the Jordan River |
West Point | Davis | 9,511 | {{nts|7.35}}|{{convert|7.35|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 4314|ft|m}} | 1867 | $56,563 | group=lower-alpha|note_c}} |
West Valley City | Salt Lake | 129,480 | {{nts|35.61}}|{{convert|35.61|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 4304|ft|m}} | 1849 | $45,773 | Located on the western side of the Salt Lake Valley |
Willard | Box Elder | 1,772 | {{nts|7.22}}|{{convert|7.22|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 4350|ft|m}} | 1851 | $52,150 | Willard Richards, a LDS Church Apostle |
Woodland Hills | Utah | 1,344 | {{nts|2.26}}|{{convert|2.26|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 5331|ft|m}} | 1867 | $80,854 | Located at the base of canyon where groves of trees are located |
Woodruff | Rich | 180 | {{nts|.46}}|{{convert|0.46|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 6339|ft|m}} | 1865 | $43,000 | Wilford Woodruff, LDS Church President |
Woods Cross | Davis | 9,761 | {{nts|3.88}}|{{convert|3.88|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}}} | 4377|ft|m}} | 1865 | $46,271 | Daniel C. Wood, an early settler |
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