List of Utah county name etymologies

List of Utah county name etymologies

This is a list of Utah county name etymologies.
*Beaver County, Utah: Beaver is named for the area's many beavers.
*Box Elder County, Utah: Box Elder is named for the area's many box elders.
*Cache County, Utah: Cache was named by mountain man Jedediah Smith and is named for the caches of furs collected in the area by Rocky Mountain Fur Company trappers.
*Carbon County, Utah: Carbon is named for the coal in the area.
*Daggett County, Utah: Daggett is named for Ellsworth Daggett, the first Utah Surveyor General.
*Davis County, Utah: Davis is named for Daniel C. Davis, a captain in the Mormon Battalion.
*Duchesne County, Utah: Duchesne is named for a French trapper.
*Emery County, Utah: Emery is named for George W. Emery, a governor of Utah Territory.
*Garfield County, Utah: Garfield is named for James Abram Garfield, the twentieth president of the United States.
*Grand County, Utah: Grand is named for the Grand River, later renamed the Colorado River.
*Iron County, Utah: Iron is named for the area's iron deposits.
*Juab County, Utah: Juab is named for a Native American word meaning "valley" or "thirsty valley".
*Kane County, Utah: Kane is named for Thomas L. Kane, who helped early settlers.
*Millard County, Utah: Millard is named for Millard Fillmore, the thirteenth president of the United States.
*Morgan County, Utah: Morgan is named for Jedediah Morgan Grant, the father of Heber J. Grant, an early president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
*Piute County, Utah: Piute is named for the Piute Native American tribe.
*Rich County, Utah: Rich is named for Charles C. Rich, an apostle of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
*Salt Lake County, Utah: Salt Lake is named for the Great Salt Lake partially within its borders.
*San Juan County, Utah: San Juan is possibly named for the San Juan River.
*Sanpete County, Utah: Sanpete may be named for San Pitch, a Ute leader.
*Sevier County, Utah: Sevier is named for the Sevier River.
*Summit County, Utah: Summit is named for the county's many mountains.
*Tooele County, Utah: Tooele is named for an unknown origin.
*Uintah County, Utah: Uintah is named for the Ute Native American tribe.
*Utah County, Utah: Utah is named for the Anglicization of "Yuta", the Spanish pronunciation of Ute.
*Wasatch County, Utah: Wasatch is named for an Ute word meaning "mountain pass".
*Washington County, Utah: Washington is named for George Washington, the first president of the United States.
*Wayne County, Utah: Wayne is named for an unknown origin.
*Weber County, Utah: Weber is named for the Weber Basin area of the state.

ource

* [http://www.uacnet.org/counties/names.htm Utah Association of Counties: History of County Names]

ee also

* Utah
* List of Utah counties
* County (United States)
* Lists of U.S. county name etymologies


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