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…
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…
The American Fork area was settled in 1850 and incorporated as a city in 1852. The original name of the town was Lake City, however by 1860, residents decided to…
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…
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…
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…
Eagle Mountain is a newer city in Utah County and was incorporated on December 3, 1996. The city has quickly become known for its rapid population growth. It is located…
Emigration Canyon is located to the east of Salt Lake City and is a metro township. It begins at the south end of the University of Utah and extends up…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
The beautiful city of Woodland Hills Utah is located at the south end of Utah County below Mount Loafer and is part of the Provo-Orem Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is…
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…
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…
Although Saratoga Springs is a newer city in Utah, it is one of the fastest growing cities in the county. It was incorporated on December 31, 1997, and officially became…
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…
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…
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…
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…
