Utah is a state located in the Western United States., there are 253 municipalities in the U.S. state of Utah. A municipality is called a town if the population is under 1,000 people, and a city if the population is over 1,000 people.[1] Incorporation means that a municipal charter has been adopted by the affected population following a referendum. In the Constitution of Utah, cities and towns are granted "the authority to exercise all powers relating to municipal affairs, and to adopt and enforce within its limits, local police, sanitary and similar regulations not in conflict with the general law"[2] They also have the power to raise and collect taxes, to provide and maintain local public services, acquire by eminent domain any property needed to make local improvements, and to raise money by bonds.
The area had been occupied by different Native American groups dating to about 10,000 years before present. Europeans entered the region the 1500s with the expedition of Garci-Lopez de Cardenas, as recorded by Francisco de Coronado,[3] and in subsequent decades other Europeans had a scattered presence as mountain men or explorers but there were no large or permanent settlments. Utah was colonized by the Spanish Empire as part of the Province of Las Californias, and later Alta California. After Mexico gained independence from Spain in 1821, Utah was under Mexican control until the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848 ceded the territory to the United States of America. The Spanish and Mexican legacy of the state is present in many place names, particularly in the southern portion of Utah. In July 22, 1847, the first party of Latter-day Saint pioneers arrived in the Salt Lake Valley, where they founded Salt Lake City. Over the next 22 years, more than 70,000 Mormon pioneers crossed the plains and settled in Utah.[4] Initial colonization along the Wasatch Front was mostly made by members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), with little direct involvement from LDS leadership. Outside the Wasatch Front, many settlements were directed, planned, organized, and dispatched by leaders of the Church. Settlements were also founded by the railroads, mining companies and non-LDS settlers. 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 2017 American Community Survey estimate puts 2,792,531 of the state's 3,101,883 residents within these cities and towns, accounting for 90% 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 194,188, and the former coal mining town of Scofield is the smallest town with 15 people.
In 2015, a new form of local government, the metro township, was created.[5] Five unincorporated townships in Salt Lake County voted to incorporate as metro townships, allowing them to elect councils and manage a budget, but they must contract with other cities for municipal services and have limited taxation powers.[6] The five metro townships are Kearns, Magna, Copperton, Emigration Canyon and White City.
Name | County | Type | Population (2020)[7] | width=160 | Area (2020)[8] | width=75 | Elevation[9] | Year settled[10] | width=135 | Median household income (2017)[11] | Etymology |
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Alpine | Utah | City | 10,251 | 4951feet | 1850 | $112,727 | Adjacent high mountains of the Wasatch Mountains and Traverse Mountains | ||||
Alta | Salt Lake | Town | 228 | 8560feet | 1866 | $63,750 | Spanish word for "high" due to Alta's elevation | ||||
Altamont | Duchesne | Town | 239 | 6388feet | 1953 | $73,125 | Composite name of nearby peaks Altonah and Mt. Emmons | ||||
Alton | Kane | Town | 118 | 7041feet | 1865 | $46,250 | Altafjord in Norway | ||||
Amalga | Cache | Town | 482 | 4439feet | 1860 | $56,875 | Amalgamated Sugar Company | ||||
American Fork | Utah | City | 33,337 | 4606feet | 1850 | $70,926 | American Fork (river), a tributary of Utah Lake | ||||
Annabella | Sevier | Town | 836 | 5292feet | 1871 | $57,125 | Composite name of Ann S. Roberts and Isabella Dalton, woman settlers of Annabella | ||||
Antimony | Garfield | Town | 118 | 6453feet | 1873 | $42,023 | The metal antimony that was mined in the area | ||||
Apple Valley | Washington | Town | 855 | 4941feet | 2004 | $66,768 | |||||
Aurora | Sevier | City | 984 | 5200feet | 1875 | $59,792 | Aurora, the Roman goddess of dawn | ||||
Ballard | Uintah | Town | 1,131 | 5049feet | 1905 | $66,250 | Melvin J. Ballard, a LDS Church Apostle | ||||
Bear River City | Box Elder | City | 877 | 4258feet | 1866 | $62,917 | Bear River, a 350miles river and largest tributary of the Great Salt Lake | ||||
Beaver | Beaver | City | 3,592 | 5902feet | 1856 | $46,708 | Beaver River, a 242miles river that eventually disappears into the ground | ||||
Bicknell | Wayne | Town | 323 | 7123feet | 1879 | $50,000 | Thomas W. Bicknell, who donated 500 books to the library | ||||
Big Water | Kane | Town | 449 | 4108feet | 1958[12] | $38,879 | |||||
Blanding | San Juan | City | 3,394 | 6106feet | 1887 | $57,119 | Maiden name of the wife of Thomas W. Bicknell, who donated 500 books to the library | ||||
Bluff | San Juan | Town | 240 | 4324feet | 1880 | $51,607 | The bluffs along the San Juan River | ||||
Bluffdale | Salt Lake/Utah | City | 17,014 | 4436feet | 1886 | $105,391 | The bluffs along the Jordan River | ||||
Boulder | Garfield | Town | 227 | 6703feet | 1889 | $41,000 | Boulder Mountain, a 11317feet mountain located in the Dixie National Forest | ||||
Bountiful | Davis | City | 45,762 | 4797feet | 1847 | $69,611 | The Book of Mormon city of Bountiful | ||||
Brian Head | Iron | Town | 151 | 9800feet | 1975 | William Jennings Bryan, national politician and former candidate for President of the United States | |||||
Brigham City | Box Elder | City | 19,650 | 4436feet | 1850 | $49,760 | Brigham Young, LDS Church President and first territorial Governor of Utah | ||||
Brighton | Salt Lake | Town | 432 | 8,707 feet(2,653 m) | 1871 | Brighton, England | |||||
Bryce Canyon City | Garfield | Town | 336 | 7664feet | 1875 | $40,500 | Local homesteader Ebenezer Bryce | ||||
Cannonville | Garfield | Town | 186 | 5886feet | 1874 | $72,500 | George Q. Cannon, a LDS Church Apostle | ||||
Castle Dale | Emery | City | 1,492 | 5676feet | 1879[13] | $45,250 | Located in the Castle Valley, but a Postal Service mistake listed town as Castle Dale instead of Castle Vale. | ||||
Castle Valley | Grand | Town | 347 | 4685feet | 1974[14] | $43,906 | Located in the Castle Valley | ||||
Cedar City | Iron | City | 35,235 | 5846feet | 1851 | $42,216 | Large number of juniper trees, known as "cedars" | ||||
Cedar Fort | Utah | Town | 427 | 5085feet | 1856 | $68,250 | Large number of juniper trees in the area, known as "cedars" | ||||
Cedar Hills | Utah | City | 10,019 | 4957feet | 1977 | $97,039 | Local juniper-covered hills | ||||
Centerfield | Sanpete | City | 1,341 | 5098feet | 1869 | $51,950 | Center of the Gunnison Valley | ||||
Centerville | Davis | City | 16,884 | 4377feet | 1848[15] | $84,436 | Center between Farmington and Bountiful | ||||
Central Valley | Sevier | Town | 647 | 5305feet | 1873 | $56,250 | |||||
Charleston | Wasatch | Town | 436 | 5440feet | 1852 | $69,875 | Charles Shelton, who surveyed the town | ||||
Circleville | Piute | Town | 550 | 6066feet | 1864 | $54,688 | Located in the Circle Valley | ||||
Clarkston | Cache | Town | 749 | 4879feet | 1864 | $61,932 | Justus Clark, an original settler. | ||||
Clawson | Emery | Town | 162 | 5942feet | 1897 | $54,375 | Rudger Clawson, a LDS Church Apostle | ||||
Clearfield | Davis | City | 31,909 | 4465feet | 1877 | $52,034 | The open surroundings of the area | ||||
Cleveland | Emery | Town | 497 | 5722feet | 1885 | $71,105 | Grover Cleveland, President of the United States | ||||
Clinton | Davis | City | 23,386 | 4393feet | 1936 | $76,378 | |||||
Coalville | Summit | City | 1,486 | 5577feet | 1858 | $64,688 | Many of the miners came from Coalville, England | ||||
Copperton | Salt Lake | Metro Township | 829 | 5,643 feet(1,719 m) | 1926 | $62,656 | Company town for the Utah Copper Company | ||||
Corinne | Box Elder | Town | 809 | 4226feet | 1869 | $51,700 | Corinne, the first child born in the area | ||||
Cornish | Cache | Town | 274 | 4485feet | 1937 | $49,500 | William D. Cornish, vice-president of the Union Pacific Railroad | ||||
Cottonwood Heights | Salt Lake | City | 33,617 | 4823feet | 1848 | $86,207 | Cottonwood trees found in the area | ||||
Daniel | Wasatch | Town | 916 | 5715feet | 1874 | $77,500 | Aaron Daniels, one of the first settlers | ||||
Delta | Millard | City | 3,622 | 4639feet | 1906 | $65,040 | The river delta of the Sevier River | ||||
Deweyville | Box Elder | Town | 417 | 4437feet | 1864 | $66,719 | John C. Dewey, an early settler to the area | ||||
Draper | Salt Lake/ Utah | City | 51,017 | 4505feet | 1849 | $110,270 | William Draper, the town's first LDS Church Bishop | ||||
Duchesne | Duchesne | City | 1,588 | 5518feet | 1904 | $49,318 | Nearby Fort Duchesne | ||||
Dutch John | Daggett | Town | 141 | 6430feet | 1957 | $48,430 | Dutch John's name came from John Honselena, often mispronounced “Hunslinger”, who was actually a native of Sheiswig (Schleswig), Germany | ||||
Eagle Mountain | Utah | City | 43,623 | 4882feet | 1996 | $74,885 | Eagle Mountain Properties, the development company of the city | ||||
East Carbon | Carbon | City | 1,556 | 4987feet | 1922 | $29,000 | Coal deposits found in the area | ||||
Elk Ridge | Utah | City | 4,687 | 5354feet | 1976 | $82,500 | |||||
Elmo | Emery | Town | 405 | 5692feet | 1908 | $43,125 | [16] A combination of the first letters of each name from the original settlers. Erickson, Larsen, Mortensen, Oviatt | ||||
Elsinore | Sevier | Town | 802 | 5351feet | 1874 | $51,667 | Elsinore, Denmark | ||||
Elwood | Box Elder | Town | 1,173 | 4298feet | 1879 | $81,161 | Postal Service named the town | ||||
Emery | Emery | Town | 307 | 6253feet | 1881[17] | $41,875 | George W. Emery, territorial Governor of Utah | ||||
Emigration Canyon | Salt Lake | Metro Township | 1,466 | 1846 | |||||||
Enoch | Iron | City | 7,374 | 5545feet | 1851 | $53,569 | Enoch, a biblical figure in the Old Testament | ||||
Enterprise | Washington | City | 2,027 | 5318feet | 1902 | $57,171 | Name reflected the first settlers' ability to adjust to problem experienced by the first settlers | ||||
Ephraim | Sanpete | City | 5,611 | 5541feet | 1854 | $39,626 | Tribe of Ephraim, one of the twelve Tribes of Israel. | ||||
Erda | Tooele | City | 3,673 | 22.5 sq mi | 4,344 feet(1,324 m) | 1852 | $135,932 | Erda is a German word that means earth | |||
Escalante | Garfield | City | 786 | 5820feet | 1876 | $64,250 | Silvestre Vélez de Escalante, a Franciscan missionary who explored the area in 1776 | ||||
Eureka | Juab | City | 662 | 6430feet | 1869 | $45,625 | Eureka is the ancient Greek name for "I have found it", relating to the gold mines found in the area | ||||
Fairfield | Utah | Town | 160 | 4877feet | 1855 | $85,208 | Amos Fielding, an early settler of the area | ||||
Fairview | Sanpete | City | 1,203 | 6948feet | 1859 | $59,583 | The attractive surroundings of the area | ||||
Farmington | Davis | City | 24,531 | 4304feet | 1847 | $97,168 | The farms found in the area | ||||
Farr West | Weber | City | 7,691 | 4265feet | 1858 | $90,217 | Located west of Farr's Fort which was named after Lorin Farr, an early LDS Church stake president of the area. | ||||
Fayette | Sanpete | Town | 245 | 5052feet | 1861 | $76,563 | Fayette, New York, where the LDS Church was organized | ||||
Ferron | Emery | City | 1,474 | 5971feet | 1877[18] | $51,131 | A. D. Ferron, surveyor of the area | ||||
Fielding | Box Elder | Town | 546 | 4373feet | 1892 | $51,053 | Mother of LDS Church President Joseph Fielding Smith | ||||
Fillmore | Millard | City | 2,592 | 5135feet | 1851 | $54,901 | Millard Fillmore, President of the United States | ||||
Fountain Green | Sanpete | City | 1,197 | 5899feet | 1850 | $51,875 | Lush meadows surrounding the area's springs | ||||
Francis | Summit | Town | 1,564 | 6562feet | 1869 | $75,982 | Francis M. Lyman, a LDS Church Apostle | ||||
Fruit Heights | Davis | City | 6,101 | 4698feet | 1850[19] | $104,984 | Fruit orchards located above the valley floor | ||||
Garden City | Rich | Town | 602 | 5968feet | 1877[20] | $45,547 | Site was considered the garden spot of the valley | ||||
Garland | Box Elder | City | 2,589 | 4340feet | 1890 | $56,979 | William Garland, led the construction of a canal in the area | ||||
Genola | Utah | Town | 1,548 | 4600feet | 1935 | $68,438 | |||||
Glendale | Kane | Town | 312 | 5778feet | 1862 | $41,625 | The place being in a glen or a narrow valley with mountains all around[21] | ||||
Glenwood | Sevier | Town | 474 | 5272feet | 1863 | $71,711 | Robert Wilson Glenn, an early settler of the area | ||||
Goshen | Utah | Town | 978 | 4551feet | 1857 | $56,705 | Goshen, Connecticut, birthplace of Phineas W. Cooke, the first LDS Bishop of the area | ||||
Grantsville | Tooele | City | 12,617 | 4304feet | 1850 | $66,726 | Colonel George D. Grant of the Nauvoo Legion | ||||
Green River | Emery | City | 847 | 4078feet | 1876 | $44,583 | The Green River, a 730miles tributary of the Colorado River | ||||
Gunnison | Sanpete | City | 3,509 | 5138feet | 1859 | $60,417 | 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 | Town | 158 | 4291feet | 1882 | $32,917 | Ebenezer Hanks, original settler of the area | ||||
Harrisville | Weber | City | 7,036 | 4291feet | 1850 | $70,849 | Marin H. Harris, a settler of the area | ||||
Hatch | Garfield | Town | 132 | 6919feet | 1872[22] | $44,750 | Meltiar Harch Sr., a settler of the area | ||||
Heber City | Wasatch | City | 16,856 | 5604feet | 1858 | $67,265 | Heber C. Kimball, an Apostle of the LDS Church | ||||
Helper | Carbon | City | 2,112 | 5817feet | 1883 | $50,363 | The "Helper engines" or extra locomotives used to get trains over Soldier Summit from Helper to Spanish Fork | ||||
Henefer | Summit | Town | 838 | 5335feet | 1859 | $72,981 | Brothers James and Richard Henefer, original settlers of the area | ||||
Henrieville | Garfield | Town | 221 | 5997feet | 1878 | $59,107 | James Henrie, first stake president of the local LDS stake | ||||
Herriman | Salt Lake | City | 55,144 | 5000feet | 1849 | $94,837 | Henry Harriman, a prominent resident of the area | ||||
Hideout | Wasatch | Town | 922 | 6588feet | 2005 | $43,839 | Hideout Canyon | ||||
Highland | Utah | City | 19,348 | 4977feet | 1875[23] | $128,938 | Town's location on the upper bench of the Utah Valley | ||||
Hildale | Washington | City | 1,127 | 5409feet | 1962 | $40,938 | |||||
Hinckley | Millard | Town | 614 | 4603feet | 1891 | $51,964 | Ira Hinckley, LDS Church stake president of the local LDS stake | ||||
Holden | Millard | Town | 438 | 5102feet | 1855 | $42,361 | Elijah E. Holden, an early settler of the area | ||||
Holladay | Salt Lake | City | 31,965 | 4464feet | 1848 | $81,409 | John Holladay, an early settler of the area | ||||
Honeyville | Box Elder | City | 1,606 | 4298feet | 1861 | $78,333 | Profession of the local LDS Bishop | ||||
Hooper | Weber | City | 9,087 | 4242feet | 1854 | $96,620 | William H. Hooper, Utah territorial delegate to the United States House of Representatives | ||||
Howell | Box Elder | Town | 240 | 4560feet | 1910 | $42,321 | 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 | City | 1,914 | 5787feet | 1877[24] | $52,473 | William Huntington, an early explorer of the area | ||||
Huntsville | Weber | Town | 573 | 4928feet | 1860[25] | $68,295 | Jefferson Hunt, an early settler of the area | ||||
Hurricane | Washington | City | 20,036 | 3248feet | 1906[26] | $49,961 | LDS Church Apostle Erastus Snow's comments about the heavy wind in the area | ||||
Hyde Park | Cache | City | 5,234 | 4537feet | 1860 | $76,301 | Wiliam Hyde, one of the first settlers and first LDS Church Bishop of the area | ||||
Hyrum | Cache | City | 9,362 | 4698feet | 1860 | $59,453 | Hyrum Smith, brother to Joseph Smith, founder of the Latter Day Saint movement. | ||||
Independence | Wasatch | Town | 121 | 7073feet | 2008 | $123,542 | |||||
Interlaken | Wasatch | Town | 179 | 5919feet | 2015 | $66,250 | |||||
Ivins | Washington | City | 8,978 | 3081feet | 1922[27] | $57,686 | Anthony W. Ivins, a LDS Church Apostle | ||||
Joseph | Sevier | Town | 288 | 5436feet | 1871 | $47,917 | Joseph A. Young, first LDS Church stake president of the Sevier Stake | ||||
Junction | Piute | Town | 212 | 6007feet | 1880 | $34,167 | Located at the junction of the East Fork and the Sevier Rivers | ||||
Kamas | Summit | City | 2,092 | 6486feet | 1857 | $61,000 | Derived from the Native American word for the Small Camas, an edible bulb found in the valley | ||||
Kanab | Kane | City | 4,683 | 4970feet | 1864 | $55,360 | Southern Paiute word for willow, referring to the willows growing along the area's creeks | ||||
Kanarraville | Iron | Town | 442 | 5541feet | 1861 | $51,500 | Chief Canarrah, local leader of the Southern Paiute tribe | ||||
Kanosh | Millard | Town | 508 | 5020feet | 1854 | $49,271 | Kanosh, the name of the local Native American Pahvant Ute leader | ||||
Kaysville | Davis | City | 32,945 | 4357feet | 1849 | $91,334 | William Kay, the area's first LDS Church Bishop | ||||
Kearns | Salt Lake | Metro Township | 36,723 | 4528feet | 1942 | $59,543 | Thomas Kearns, United States Senator from Utah | ||||
Kingston | Piute | Town | 135 | 6017feet | 1876 | $41,250 | Thomas R. King, the area's first settler | ||||
Koosharem | Sevier | Town | 244 | 6919feet | 1877 | $41,875 | Southern Paiute word for an edible tuber that grows in the area | ||||
La Verkin | Washington | City | 4,354 | 3192feet | 1897 | $50,075 | Derived from the Spanish La Virgen, referring to the local Virgin River | ||||
Laketown | Rich | Town | 299 | 5974feet | 1864 | $66,250 | Town is located near Bear Lake, a 109sqmi lake on the Utah-Idaho border | ||||
Lake Point | Tooele | City | 2,599 | 4249feet | 1854 | $89,319 | Lake Point is a city on the eastern edge of northern Tooele County, Utah, United States on the south shore of the Great Salt Lake.The community was originally settled in 1854 under the name of E.T. City, in honor of Ezra T. Benson and renamed Lake Point in 1923.[28] | ||||
Layton | Davis | City | 81,773 | 4350feet | 1920 | $71,883 | Christopher Layton, an early LDS Bishop | ||||
Leamington | Millard | Town | 256 | 4731feet | 1871 | $62,083 | Leamington Hastings, a town in England | ||||
Leeds | Washington | Town | 864 | 3481feet | 1867 | $44,330 | Leeds, a town in England where many of the early settlers were from | ||||
Lehi | Utah | City | 75,907 | 4564feet | 1850 | $85,794 | Lehi, a prophet from the Book of Mormon | ||||
Levan | Juab | Town | 862 | 5315feet | 1868 | $41,563 | |||||
Lewiston | Cache | City | 1,939 | 4508feet | 1870 | $53,060 | William H. Lewis, a local LDS Bishop | ||||
Lindon | Utah | City | 11,397 | 4642feet | 1850 | $81,789 | Linden, a tree that grew in the center of town | ||||
Loa | Wayne | Town | 516 | 7064feet | 1878 | $38,542 | Mauna Loa, a volcano in Hawaii, an early settler had served his LDS mission in Hawaii | ||||
Logan | Cache | City | 52,778 | 4534feet | 1859 | $38,412 | Ephraim Logan, a trapper with Jedediah Smith who died in the area | ||||
Lyman | Wayne | Town | 196 | 7182feet | 1893 | $53,750 | Francis M. Lyman, a LDS Church Apostle | ||||
Lynndyl | Millard | Town | 111 | 4787feet | 1907 | $50,000 | |||||
Magna | Salt Lake | Metro Township | 29,251 | 4278feet | 1868 | $58,137 | “Magna” comes from the Latin word meaning “great” or “superior" | ||||
Manila | Daggett | Town | 308 | 6348feet | 1868 | Commemorate the Spanish–American War victory over the Spanish fleet in the Philippines at Manila | |||||
Manti | Sanpete | City | 3,429 | 5610feet | 1849 | $49,188 | A city from the Book of Mormon | ||||
Mantua | Box Elder | Town | 1,090 | 5200feet | 1863 | $74,107 | LDS Church President Lorenzo Snow named it for his birthplace in Mantua, Ohio | ||||
Mapleton | Utah | City | 11,365 | 4731feet | 1856 | $100,929 | For the groves of maple trees found in the area | ||||
Marriott-Slaterville | Weber | City | 2,135 | 4252feet | 1849[29] | $66,705 | The towns of Marriott and Slaterville joined to form Marriott-Slaterville, they were named after early settlers John Marriott and Richard Slater | ||||
Marysvale | Piute | Town | 356 | 5863feet | 1863 | $35,795 | |||||
Mayfield | Sanpete | Town | 556 | 5538feet | 1871 | $55,781 | The wild flowers that appeared in the spring | ||||
Meadow | Millard | Town | 320 | 4839feet | 1857 | $54,792 | The adjacent Meadow Creek | ||||
Mendon | Cache | City | 1,339 | 4495feet | 1859[30] | $74,167 | LDS Church Apostle Ezra T. Benson named it after his birthplace of Mendon, Massachusetts | ||||
Midvale | Salt Lake | City | 36,028 | 4383feet | 1909 | $54,464 | Located in the middle of the Salt Lake Valley | ||||
Midway | Wasatch | City | 6,003 | 5584feet | 1859 | $78,576 | A fort was built midway between two settlements | ||||
Milford | Beaver | City | 1,431 | 4967feet | 1873 | $45,724 | Derived from the crossing of the Beaver River by freighters to and from the mines to the west "Mill Ford" | ||||
Millcreek | Salt Lake | City | 63,380 | 4285feet | 1848 | $61,888 | Mill Creek, site of Utah's first flour mill | ||||
Millville | Cache | City | 2,326 | 4616feet | 1860 | $78,906 | The first saw mill in Cache Valley was built in the area | ||||
Minersville | Beaver | Town | 807 | 5282feet | 1859 | $52,434 | In honor of the miners who worked in the area | ||||
Moab | Grand | City | 5,366 | 4026feet | 1855 | $48,448 | The Biblical name Moab or moapa, the Southern Paiute word for mosquito | ||||
Mona | Juab | City | 1,750 | 4970feet | 1852 | $74,554 | |||||
Monroe | Sevier | City | 2,515 | 5394feet | 1863 | $61,146 | James Monroe, President of the United States | ||||
Monticello | San Juan | City | 1,824 | 7070feet | 1879 | $56,833 | Monticello in Virginia, the home of Thomas Jefferson, President of the United States[31] | ||||
Morgan | Morgan | City | 4,071 | 5069feet | 1860 | $76,625 | Jedediah Morgan Grant, father to LDS Church President Heber J. Grant | ||||
Moroni | Sanpete | City | 1,544 | 5531feet | 1859 | $54,000 | Moroni, a prophet from the Book of Mormon | ||||
Mount Pleasant | Sanpete | City | 3,655 | 5925feet | 1852 | $52,844 | Pleasant view of the surrounding mountains | ||||
Murray | Salt Lake | City | 50,637 | 4301feet | 1848 | $57,662 | Eli Houston Murray, territorial Governor of Utah | ||||
Myton | Duchesne | City | 561 | 5085feet | 1905[32] | $41,875 | Major H. P. Myton of the U.S. Army | ||||
Naples | Uintah | City | 2,280 | 5230feet | 1878 | $71,750 | Naples, Italy | ||||
Nephi | Juab | City | 6,443 | 5128feet | 1851 | $56,866 | Nephi, a prophet from the Book of Mormon | ||||
New Harmony | Washington | Town | 236 | 5305feet | 1862 | $41,839 | Harmony, Pennsylvania, where Joseph Smith translated the Book of Mormon | ||||
Newton | Cache | Town | 789 | 4534feet | 1869 | $60,924 | Originally called New Town, but the name was shortened | ||||
Nibley | Cache | City | 7,328 | 4554feet | 1855[33] | $80,125 | Charles W. Nibley, a local leader of the LDS Church | ||||
North Logan | Cache | City | 10,986 | 4692feet | 1884 | $70,139 | Located north of Logan | ||||
North Ogden | Weber | City | 20,916 | 4501feet | 1850 | $78,926 | Located north of Ogden | ||||
North Salt Lake | Davis | City | 21,907 | 4334feet | 1946 | $77,011 | Located north of Salt Lake City | ||||
Oak City | Millard | Town | 595 | 5112feet | 1868 | $73,750 | Sits adjacent to Oak Creek | ||||
Oakley | Summit | City | 1,588 | 6434feet | 1868 | $69,740 | The scrub oak species gambel oak found in the area | ||||
Ogden | Weber | City | 87,321 | 4300feet | 1847 | $43,361 | Peter Skene Ogden, a trapper for the Hudson's Bay Company | ||||
Orangeville | Emery | City | 1,224 | 5778feet | 1878 | $55,714 | Orange Seely, a settler in the area | ||||
Orderville | Kane | Town | 598 | 5449feet | 1875 | $46,705 | The United Order, a collectivist movement of the LDS Church | ||||
Orem | Utah | City | 98,129 | 4774feet | 1850 | $58,077 | Walter Orem, President of the Salt Lake and Utah Electric Interurban Railroad | ||||
Panguitch | Garfield | City | 1,725 | 6624feet | 1866 | $48,456 | A Southern Paiute name for nearby Panguitch Lake meaning "water" and "fish" | ||||
Paradise | Cache | Town | 971 | 4902feet | 1860 | $65,972 | For the beautiful scenery | ||||
Paragonah | Iron | Town | 536 | 5879feet | 1851 | $55,417 | Southern Paiute name for the nearby Little Salt Lake that means "marshland" | ||||
Park City | Summit/Wasatch | City | 8,396 | 7000feet | 1869 | $104,182 | For nearby Parley's Park, a meadow atop Parley's Canyon | ||||
Parowan | Iron | City | 2,996 | 6017feet | 1851 | $40,677 | From the Southern Paiute words paragoons and pahoan, meaning "marsh people" | ||||
Payson | Utah | City | 21,101 | 4700feet | 1850 | $61,098 | James Pace, an early settler of the area | ||||
Perry | Box Elder | City | 5,555 | 4367feet | 1853 | $85,517 | Lorenzo Perry, first LDS Church Bishop of the town | ||||
Plain City | Weber | City | 7,833 | 4242feet | 1859 | $85,290 | Originally called City on the Plains | ||||
Pleasant Grove | Utah | City | 37,726 | 4623feet | 1849 | $66,881 | The grove of cottonwood trees found in the area | ||||
Pleasant View | Weber | City | 11,083 | 5632feet | 1851 | $90,802 | For the beautiful view of the surrounding valley | ||||
Plymouth | Box Elder | Town | 427 | 4488feet | 1869 | $57,500 | A large rock in the area resembled Plymouth Rock | ||||
Portage | Box Elder | Town | 273 | 4367feet | 1867 | $46,563 | Portage County, Ohio, the birthplace of LDS Church President Lorenzo Snow[34] | ||||
Price | Carbon | City | 8,216 | 5627feet | 1879 | $45,388 | From the nearby Price River which got its name from a local explorer William Price | ||||
Providence | Cache | City | 8,218 | 4596feet | 1859 | $73,056 | Originally Spring Creek, the town was renamed in November 1859 by Ezra T. Benson, who found the place "providential."[35] | ||||
Provo | Utah | City | 115,162 | 4551feet | 1850 | $44,314 | Étienne Provost, a trapper who visited the area | ||||
Randolph | Rich | Town | 467 | 6283feet | 1870 | $55,208 | Randolph Stewart, an early settler and first LDS Church Bishop of the area | ||||
Redmond | Sevier | Town | 762 | 5105feet | 1875 | $53,583 | Red-colored mounds west of town | ||||
Richfield | Sevier | City | 8,201 | 5354feet | 1863 | $42,269 | After a bountiful crop of wheat that was produced in 1865 | ||||
Richmond | Cache | City | 2,914 | 4610feet | 1859 | $52,232 | Rich fertile soil of the valley[36] | ||||
Riverdale | Weber | City | 9,343 | 4370feet | 1850[37] | $55,428 | The city's location next to the Weber River | ||||
River Heights | Cache | City | 2,144 | 4580feet | 1882 | $65,795 | Located above the Logan River[38] | ||||
Riverton | Salt Lake | City | 45,285 | 4439feet | 1870 | $92,154 | The city's location next to the Jordan River | ||||
Rockville | Washington | Town | 226 | 3740feet | 1860 | $44,750 | After the rocky soil of the area | ||||
Rocky Ridge | Juab | Town | 848 | 4990feet | 1875 | $54,667 | For the many rocks in the area | ||||
Roosevelt | Duchesne | City | 6,747 | 5095feet | 1905 | $62,408 | Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States | ||||
Roy | Weber | City | 39,306 | 4541feet | 1876 | $66,333 | Roy C. Peebles was the name of the recently deceased son of area resident David P. Peebles | ||||
Rush Valley | Tooele | Town | 431 | 5043feet | 1856 | $66,875 | Nearby Rush Lake | ||||
St. George | Washington | City | 95,342 | 2860feet | 1861 | $36,505 | George A. Smith, a LDS Church Apostle | ||||
Salem | Utah | City | 9,298 | 4610feet | 1851 | $83,833 | Salem, Massachusetts[39] | ||||
Salina | Sevier | City | 2,441 | 5161feet | 1863 | $46,736 | Nearby salt deposits | ||||
Salt Lake City | Salt Lake | City | 199,723 | 4226feet | 1847 | $54,009 | Nearby Great Salt Lake | ||||
Sandy | Salt Lake | City | 96,904 | 4450feet | 1871 | $87,012 | Perhaps most widely believed is that Brigham Young named Sandy for its thirsty soil, but there is no historical evidence for this. Another theory is that the name came from a legendary and colorful Scotsman, Alexander "Sandy" Kinghorn, the engineer who ran the first train line to this end of the Salt Lake Valley. | ||||
Santa Clara | Washington | City | 7,553 | 2762feet | 1854 | $84,457 | Town is located on the Santa Clara Creek | ||||
Santaquin | Utah/Juab | City | 13,725 | 4984feet | 1851 | $69,712 | The son of Guffich, a local Ute Tribe leader | ||||
Saratoga Springs | Utah | City | 37,696 | 4505feet | 1997 | $88,804 | Saratoga Springs, New York, and the local hot springs | ||||
Scipio | Millard | Town | 353 | 5315feet | 1859 | $69,375 | Scipio Kenner, a settler of the area | ||||
Scofield | Carbon | Town | 26 | 7739feet | 1879 | $63,750 | General Charles W. Scofield, a local mine official | ||||
Sigurd | Sevier | Town | 405 | 5226feet | 1874 | $57,159 | Sigurd, The Danish residents named the town after the Norse mythological hero | ||||
Smithfield | Cache | City | 13,571 | 4603feet | 1859 | $62,596 | John Glover Smith, the first LDS Bishop of the area | ||||
Snowville | Box Elder | Town | 163 | 4547feet | 1871 | $57,083 | Lorenzo Snow, LDS Church President[40] | ||||
South Jordan | Salt Lake | City | 77,487 | 4439feet | 1859 | $99,856 | The nearby Jordan River and its location south of West Jordan | ||||
South Ogden | Weber | City | 17,488 | 4449feet | 1848 | $63,055 | Located south of Ogden | ||||
South Salt Lake | Salt Lake | City | 26,777 | 4225feet | 1847 | $41,457 | Located south of Salt Lake City | ||||
South Weber | Davis | City | 7,867 | 4551feet | 1851 | $95,000 | Located on the south side of the Weber River | ||||
Spanish Fork | Utah | City | 42,602 | 4577feet | 1851 | $70,780 | The nearby Spanish Fork (river) where Spanish explorer Silvestre Vélez de Escalante entered the Utah Valley | ||||
Spring City | Sanpete | City | 949 | 5823feet | 1852 | $53,625 | The nearby springs | ||||
Springdale | Washington | Town | 514 | 3898feet | 1862 | $46,458 | The nearby springs | ||||
Springville | Utah | City | 35,268 | 4577feet | 1850 | $63,724 | The nearby springs | ||||
Sterling | Sanpete | Town | 274 | 5574feet | 1873 | $39,583 | The "sterling" qualities of its people | ||||
Stockton | Tooele | Town | 621 | 5118feet | 1863 | $67,833 | Stockton, California where many of the soldiers who settled the area were from | ||||
Sunset | Davis | City | 5,475 | 4511feet | 1935 | $56,864 | Located on a ridge with views of the sunset over the Great Salt Lake | ||||
Syracuse | Davis | City | 32,141 | 4285feet | 1878 | $90,778 | Named for a local resort on the Great Salt Lake which was named after Syracuse, New York | ||||
Tabiona | Duchesne | Town | 143 | 6516feet | 1860 | $46,250 | Originally called Tabby and Tabbyville referring to Ute tribe leader Tava whose nickname was Tabby | ||||
Taylorsville | Salt Lake | City | 60,448 | 4295feet | 1848 | $59,968 | John Taylor, LDS Church President | ||||
Tooele | Tooele | City | 35,742 | 5043feet | 1851 | $58,770 | Native American Goshute tribe leader Tuilla | ||||
Toquerville | Washington | City | 1,870 | 3389feet | 1858 | $73,083 | Native American Southern Paiute tribe leader Toquer | ||||
Torrey | Wayne | Town | 231 | 6837feet | 1880s | $42,000 | Colonel Torrey, a veteran of the Spanish–American War | ||||
Tremonton | Box Elder | City | 9,894 | 4325feet | 1888 | $51,354 | Tremont, Illinois, where a group of settlers came from[41] | ||||
Trenton | Cache | Town | 512 | 4462feet | 1870 | $50,208 | Trenton, New Jersey, hometown of the area's first LDS Bishop | ||||
Tropic | Garfield | Town | 486 | 6309feet | 1891 | $56,458 | The area had a milder climate than where the settlers originally came from | ||||
Uintah | Weber | City | 1,454 | 4537feet | 1850 | $72,614 | Uintah band of the Ute tribe | ||||
Vernal | Uintah | City | 10,079 | 5328feet | 1876 | $47,150 | Latin word vernalis for spring, for the many springs in the area[42] | ||||
Vernon | Tooele | Town | 256 | 5515feet | 1862 | $57,500 | Joseph Vernon, a local settler that was killed by Native Americans | ||||
Vineyard | Utah | City | 12,543 | 4557feet | 1989 | $79,543 | The grape vines that were planted in the area | ||||
Virgin | Washington | Town | 670 | 3606feet | 1857 | $53,000 | The nearby Virgin River | ||||
Wales | Sanpete | Town | 338 | 5627feet | 1857[43] | $65,208 | Local settlers originally came from Wales | ||||
Wallsburg | Wasatch | Town | 290 | 5676feet | 1861[44] | $67,500 | William Madison Wall, local settler and explorer | ||||
Washington | Washington | City | 27,993 | 2792feet | 1857 | $56,697 | George Washington, President of the United States | ||||
Washington Terrace | Weber | City | 9,267 | 4610feet | 1878 | $53,070 | Combination of location (Washington Blvd) and the Terrace Housing Project of 1942. | ||||
Wellington | Carbon | City | 1,605 | 5413feet | 1878 | $40,664 | Wellington Seeley Jr., Judge of the Emery County Court | ||||
Wellsville | Cache | City | 4,060 | 4547feet | 1856 | $72,388 | Daniel H. Wells, LDS Church Apostle | ||||
Wendover | Tooele | City | 1,115 | 4291feet | 1906 | $26,250 | |||||
West Bountiful | Davis | City | 5,917 | 4268feet | 1848 | $88,125 | Located west of Bountiful | ||||
West Haven | Weber | City | 16,739 | 4272feet | 1854 | $73,613 | |||||
West Jordan | Salt Lake | City | 116,961 | 4373feet | 1848 | $72,083 | Located on the west side of the Jordan River | ||||
West Point | Davis | City | 10,963 | 4314feet | 1867 | $81,750 | Named after West Point, New York, location of the United States Military Academy.[45] | ||||
West Valley City | Salt Lake | City | 140,230 | 4304feet | 1849 | $59,954 | Located on the western side of the Salt Lake Valley | ||||
White City | Salt Lake | Metro Township | 5,522 | 4583feet | 1955 | $49,103 | M. Kenneth White, the town's founder and developer | ||||
Willard | Box Elder | City | 1,978 | 4350feet | 1851 | $74,743 | Willard Richards, a LDS Church Apostle | ||||
Woodland Hills | Utah | City | 1,521 | 5331feet | 1867 | $97,500 | Located at the base of canyon where groves of trees are located | ||||
Woodruff | Rich | Town | 169 | 6339feet | 1865 | $87,188 | Wilford Woodruff, LDS Church President | ||||
Woods Cross | Davis | City | 11,410 | 4377feet | 1865 | $76,843 | Daniel C. Wood, an early settler | ||||