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  • Alpine

    Alpine

    Alpine is located along the northeastern edge of Utah County on the slopes of the Wasatch Range. It was settled in 1850 by a group of homesteaders who named the…

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  • Alta

    Alta

    Alta is a small town located in eastern Salt Lake County. The small town began as a mining community and was founded in 1865. There were several silver mines and…

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  • Bountiful

    Bountiful

    Bountiful, Utah was officially settled on September 27, 1847 when Perrigrine Sessions moved into the area with his family. It was first known as Sessions’ Settlement, but officially named Bountiful…

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  • Cedar Fort

    Cedar Fort

    Cedar Fort is a small community located 8 miles southwest of Eagle Mountain up against the southern tip of the Oquirrh mountains. It was incorporated in 1856 as Cedar Valley…

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  • Draper

    Draper

    Draper, Utah is located 20 miles south of Salt Lake City and is nestled into the far southeast corner of the valley up against the Wasatch Mountain Range on the…

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  • Eden

    Eden

    This small one stop-light town is nestled between the North and Middle Fork of the Ogden River, north of Pineview Reservoir. As the valley was being settled, several pioneers hired…

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  • Farmington

    Farmington

    Farmington, Utah is located about 16 miles north of Salt Lake City and is situated against the base of the Wasatch Mountains with the Great Salt Lake bordering the city…

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  • Highland

    Highland

    Highland, Utah is located in Utah County and is about 30 miles south of Salt Lake City. It was settled in the 1870’s by Scottish immigrants who felt the area…

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  • Holladay

    Holladay

    The area that is now Holladay, was the first village established outside of Salt Lake City in 1847. There were numerous springs and ponds in the area making it an…

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  • Layton

    Layton

    Layton was originally an extension of Kaysville and was initially included in the boundaries when the city of Kaysville was incorporated in 1868. In the 1880’s, the residents of the…

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  • Lehi

    Lehi

    Lehi is the sixth oldest city in Utah. It was incorporated in 1852, and was part of the route for the Pony Express, the Overland Stagecoach Route, and the Transcontinental…

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  • Mapleton

    Mapleton

    Mapleton, Utah was originally settled in the 1850’s and was originally an agricultural extension of Springville. Previously known as Union Bench, it was renamed Mapleton because of the maple trees…

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  • Midway

    Midway

    History Midway was settled in 1858 when a wagon road was finally completed through Provo Canyon to the area. Many families settled farther west along Snake Creek and the two…

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  • Ogden

    Ogden

    Ogden City, Utah is situated about 40 miles north of Salt Lake City and about 10 miles east of the Great Salt Lake. It’s the 7th largest city in Utah…

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  • Orem

    Orem

    Orem city, Utah is located adjacent to Provo and about 45 miles south of Salt Lake City. The city is named after Walter C. Orem who was the president of…

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  • Park City

    Park City

    Park City hasn’t always been a tourist destination. It was originally settled by miners who discovered ore in the area. Prospectors then discovered silver and gold and several mines popped…

  • Payson

    Payson

    Payson was originally named Peteetneet Creek after Chief Peteetneet, a Timpanogos Indian Chief who lived nearby. The area was settled in 1850 and later renamed Payson after its founder James…

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  • Pleasant Grove

    Pleasant Grove

    Pleasant Grove, Utah was originally named Battle Creek after a battle that took place in 1849 between Mormon settlers and a band of Ute Indians. The small community eventually began…

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  • Provo

    Provo

    Provo is located 45 minutes south of Salt Lake City and is Utah’s second largest city. To the east of Provo lies the towering Wasatch Front mountain range and to…

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  • Snyderville

    Snyderville

    Snyderville, Utah is located near the southwestern edge of Summit County. It is a census designated place and is about 4 miles northwest of Park City. The area was discovered…

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  • South Jordan

    South Jordan

    South Jordan, Utah is located 18 miles south of Salt Lake and lies between the Oquirrh Mountains and the Wasatch Mountains. The area was settled in 1859 by the Beckstead…

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  • Spanish Fork

    Spanish Fork

    The Spanish Fork area was originally discovered by two Franciscan friars from Spain in 1776. Their objective was to open a new trail from Santa Fe, New Mexico to the…

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  • Springville

    Springville

    Originally named Hobble Creek, the city of Springville was incorporated on February 13, 1853. The nearby canyon stream and golf course have retained the name of Hobble Creek, but the…

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  • Vineyard

    Vineyard

    Vineyard, Utah is nestled between Orem and Utah Lake. It is one of the smallest cities in the state and was incorporated as a town in 1989. It was finally…

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