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Points of interest: Historic Tintic Mining District, Little Sahara Recreation Area, Old Pony Express and Stage Route, Yuba Reservoir, Goshute Indian Reservation, Tintic Mining Museum in Eureka, Mount Nebo Wilderness Area, Fish Springs National Wildlife Refuge.

Juab County's name comes from the Ute word "yoab" meaning "thirsty plain" or "level plain." This describes much of the County's landscape, except for the Rocky Mountains found on the Eastern border of the county.

There are 7 cities in Juab County, Utah. Note: As defined by the US Census Bureau, a city's official boundaries often extend miles beyond the city itself and may even cross county lines.

Ogden claims to be the oldest settlement in Utah because of the founding in 1845 of a small picket enclosure, Fort Buenaventura, on the Weber River by Miles Goodyear, a mountain man working in the northern Utah area.

"Happy Valley" was the nickname given to Utah County when nearly 90 percent of its population was composed of members of the LDS church.

The government found the “State of Deseret” to be an unsuitable name, and instead proposed the name “Utah.” The name Utah had appeared on maps as early as 1720 as yutta, an alternative spelling of Ute, one of the peoples indigenous to the region.

Utah was first called by its Mormon settlers the "Provisional State of Deseret," a name derived from the Book of Mormon word meaning honey bee. The insect has continued to be honored as a symbol of industry and cooperation as well as for the honey it produces.

The name "Mexican Hat" comes from a curiously sombrero-shaped rock outcropping on the northeast edge of town; the rock measures 60-foot (18 m) wide by 12-foot (3.7 m). The "Hat" has two rock climbing routes ascending it. Mexican Hat has frequently been noted on lists of unusual place names.

Just over 75% of Utah's population is concentrated in the four Wasatch Front counties of Salt Lake, Utah, Davis, and Weber. The largest city is the state's capital of Salt Lake City with a population of 194,188, and the former coal mining town of Scofield is the smallest town with 15 people.

At its narrowest point, Juab County is 125 miles long and 25 miles wide. It covers an area of 3,412 square miles. Juab County's elevations range from 4,285 feet at Fish Springs in west Juab County to Ibapah Peak of the Deep Creek Range which stands at 12,087 feet, in the west desert near the Nevada boarder.

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Cities with most growth were almost all in the Wasatch Front

Six of the 10 cities that gained the most residents between July 1, 2022, and July 1, 2023, were in Utah, according to Census Bureau estimates, and all but one was in the Wasatch Front. Lehi had the most growth, adding 5,849 residents in one year.

Today, Utah County is best known as the home of the Geneva steel plant and Brigham Young University. Geneva was constructed at this inland location during World War II in case the steel plants near the coast were destroyed in the war.

Blanding is a gateway to an abundance of nearby natural and archaeological resources, including The Dinosaur Museum, Natural Bridges National Monument, Monument Valley, and the Four Corners area, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area (Lake Powell), Cedar Mesa archaeological and wilderness area, the San Juan River ...

Cedar City, established in 1851, was originally an ironworks settlement located in the Little Muddy (later Coal Creek) area. In the latter part of 1852, a more formal town-site was laid out on the south side of Coal Creek, about a one-half mile southwest of the original settlement.