Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Daggett County, Utah.

Official Website

Due to dangerous roads, mountainous terrain, and frequent bad weather preventing travel via a direct route, 19th century residents in the north portion of Uintah County had to travel 400 to 800 miles on both stagecoach and rail to conduct business in Vernal, the county seat, a mere 50 miles away. The journey involved overland travel to a train station in Wyoming, to either Mack, Colorado, Price, or Salt Lake City, then a stagecoach to Vernal. In the fall 1917 election, the Uintah county voters voted to establish a separate county on the northern slope of the Uinta Mountains. The act establishing the county was approved on January 7, 1918.

The boundary between Daggett and Uintah counties was adjusted in 1919, with some territory being returned to Uintah. Daggett County boundaries have remained unchanged since 1919.

Adjacent Counties

• Sweetwater County, Wyoming
• Moffat County, Colorado
• Uintah County
• Duchesne County
• Summit County

Towns & Communities

• Bridgeport
• Dutch John
• Flaming Gorge
• Greendale
• Linwood
• Manila (County Seat)

Links

Wikipedia

Ashley National Forest (part)

Flaming Gorge National Recreational Area (part)

USS Daggett County - LST-689

National Register of Historic Places

Genealogy Trails

US Gen Web

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