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Official Website
The area of future Juab County was inhabited by nomadic indigenous peoples before the Mormon settlement of Utah beginning in 1847. Soon thereafter, Mormons and others traveling through the area had somewhat established a road to California, leading SSW from Great Salt Lake City. It passed Salt Creek, flowing westward through a slough in the Wasatch Mountains. The area around this creek was often used as a stopping or camping spot by travelers, and by 1851 Mormon settlers had begun a settlement on the area. Juab County's name comes from the Ute word "yoab" meaning "thirsty plain" or "level plain."
Adjacent Counties
Cities, Towns & Communities
Callao | Chicken Creek | Diamond | Eureka | Goshute | Ironton | Jericho | Joy | Juab | Knightsville | Levan | Mammoth | Mills | Mona | Nephi (County Seat | Partoun | Red Point | Rocky Ridge | Santaquin (part) | Sharp | Silver City | Starr | Tintic Junction | Trout Creek
Links
National Register of Historic Places
Fish Springs National Wildlife Refuge
Wasatch National Forest (part)
A History of Juab County - Pearl D. Wilson (1996)
