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Utah Counties
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Juab County, Utah
Juab County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Nephi
Year Organized: 1852
Square Miles: 3,392 |
Court House: 160 North Main Street
Nephi, UT 84648-1412
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
the Ute word meaning flat or level plain
Demographics:
County QuickFacts:
Census Bureau Quick Facts
History
Juab County is a part of the Basin
and Range physiographic province. Most of the fertile farming land is located in
the Juab Valley near Nephi at the base of Mount Nebo (11,877 feet). The western
portion of the county consists of broad, semiarid valleys and low desert
mountains. The Wasatch Mountains are located to the east, and moving west there
are the East Tintic Range, West Tintic Range, Thomas Range (Topaz Mountain,
7,113 feet), Fish Springs Range, and the southern tip of the Deep Creek Range in
the extreme northwest corner of the county.
Archaic Period and Fremont Culture sites have been found in Juab County. Nephi
Mounds north of Nephi is one of the most important Fremont agricultural sites in
the eastern Great Basin. A portion of the Goshute Indian Reservation is located
in the northwest corner of the county.
In 1776 the Dominguez-Escalante expedition crossed the county at the eastern
end, from north to south, passing near present Nephi. Jedediah S. Smith
traversed the western end of the county in 1826 and via Fish Springs in 1827. In
1843-44 John C. Fremont journeyed through the county's eastern end on his way
north. Government explorers John W. Gunnison and J. H. Simpson traveled in the
area in 1853 and 1859 respectively. Gunnison visited the southeast portion of
the county while Simpson located the route later used by the Pony Express and
transcontinental telegraph.
During 1860-63 Goshutes attacked an overland mail station at Willow Creek. As a
result, the US Army set up a camp at Cedar Summit and a cantonment at Fish
Springs in 1863.
In 1852 the legislative assembly created Juab County, which extended as a narrow
strip to what was then the western boundary of Utah Territory (now the western
boundary of Nevada). The western portion was reduced in 1854 and 1856 to form
counties in Nevada, and several other changes in Juab's borders have been made
over the years.
The first settlement in Juab Valley occurred in 1851 when a group of Mormon
settlers arrived near Salt Creek at present day Nephi. Their economy was based
primarily on agriculture, In 1869 precious metals were discovered in the Tintic
region, changing the economic and industrial destiny of Juab County. The towns
of Diamond, Silver City, Mammoth, and especially Eureka became the main areas of
the Tintic Mining District, which by 1899 was labeled one of the foremost mining
districts in the country. From 1870 to 1899 Tintic produced approximately
$35,000,000 in mineral wealth. The metals in Tintic consisted of silver, gold,
copper, lead, zinc, and some uranium at Topaz Mountain. Mining continued through
the 1950s, and even today some mining operations continue on a small scale. In
recent years several small manufacturing firms have helped to diversify Juab's
economy.
Recreation at the White Sand Dunes, Little Sahara Recreation Area, remains very
popular, attracting tourists and visitors to western Juab.
*Source: Beehive History
14: Utah Counties. 1988. Utah State Historical Society, 300 Rio Grande, Salt
Lake City, UT 84101-1182.
Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 3,406 square miles (8,822 kmē), of which,
3,392 square miles (8,785 kmē) of it is land and 15 square miles (38 kmē) of it (0.43%) is water.
Neighboring Counties:
- Tooele County, Utah - (north 1)
- Utah County, Utah - (north 2)
- Millard County, Utah - (south)
- Sanpete County, Utah - (east)
- White Pine County, Nevada - (west)
Cities and Towns:
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- Eureka |
city |
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- Levan |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Mona |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Nephi
(County Seat) |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Rocky Ridge |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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The history of our nation can be seen as a prolonged struggle to define the relative roles and powers of our governments: federal, state, and local. And the names we've given our counties, our most locally based jurisdictions, reflects the "characteristic
features of our country!"
But age, size and colorful names of our counties isn't the only reason to explore counties' role in American history, or the history of county government itself. In fact, the story of county government reflects the larger meanings of American history.
Today's counties are the most flexible, locally responsive and creative governments in the US. They are the most diverse, varying in size, population, geography, and governmental structure. In their politics and policies, they express a 1990's political slogan "Think globally,
act locally." |
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