List of municipalities in Utah

List of municipalities in the U.S. state of Utah

Map of the United States with Utah highlighted Salt Lake City is the capital and largest city in Utah.

Utah is a state located in the Western United States. As of 2025[update], there are 255 municipalities in the U.S. state of Utah. A municipality is called a town if the population is under 1,000 people, and a city if the population is over 1,000 people.[1][2] Incorporation means that a municipal charter has been adopted by the affected population following a referendum. In the Constitution of Utah, cities and towns are granted "the authority to exercise all powers relating to municipal affairs, and to adopt and enforce within its limits, local police, sanitary and similar regulations not in conflict with the general law"[3] They also have the power to raise and collect taxes, to provide and maintain local public services, acquire by eminent domain any property needed to make local improvements, and to raise money by bonds.[3]

The area had been occupied by different Native American groups dating to about 10,000 years before present. Europeans entered the region in the 1500s with the expedition of Garci-Lopez de Cardenas, as recorded by Francisco de Coronado,[4] and in subsequent decades other Europeans had a scattered presence as mountain men or explorers but there were no large or permanent settlements. Utah was colonized by the Spanish Empire as part of the Province of Las Californias, and later Alta California. After Mexico gained independence from Spain in 1821, Utah was under Mexican control until the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848 ceded the territory to the United States of America. The Spanish and Mexican legacy of the state is present in many place names, particularly in the southern portion of Utah. On July 22, 1847, the first party of Latter-day Saint pioneers arrived in the Salt Lake Valley, where they founded Salt Lake City. Over the next 22 years, more than 70,000 Mormon pioneers crossed the plains and settled in Utah.[5] Initial colonization along the Wasatch Front was mostly made by members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), with little direct involvement from LDS leadership. Outside the Wasatch Front, many settlements were directed, planned, organized, and dispatched by leaders of the Church. Settlements were also founded by the railroads, mining companies and non-LDS settlers.[6] Many settlements were named after leaders, history or from scriptures of the LDS Church. Natural features of the region, including rivers, mountains, lakes and flora, are also commonly used for names.

The 2023 American Community Survey estimate puts 3,128,845 of the state's 3,331,190 residents within these cities and towns, accounting for 94% of the population. 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 about 208,000 and the former coal mining town of Scofield is the smallest town with 33 people.[1]

In 2015, a new form of local government, the metro township, was created.[7] Five unincorporated townships in Salt Lake County voted to incorporate as metro townships, allowing them to elect councils and manage a budget, but they must contract with other cities for municipal services and have limited taxation powers.[8] In 2024, the five metro townships, Kearns, Magna, Copperton, Emigration Canyon and White City, became incorporated cities through H.B. 35 in the 2024 general session of the Utah Legislature.[9]

## List

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and * symbol indicates that this city or town is the county seat of its respective county.

Name[1]
| County
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(2023)[1]
| Area (2020)[10]
| Elevation[11]
| Year
settled[12]
| Median household
income[a] (2023)[13]
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Alpine | Utah | City  | 10,272  | 7.96 sq mi (20.6 km2) | 4,951 feet (1,509 m)  | 1850  | $156,786
(±$24,200) | Adjacent high mountains of the Wasatch Mountains and Traverse Mountains
Alta | Salt Lake | Town  | 337  | 4.56 sq mi (11.8 km2) | 8,560 feet (2,610 m)  | 1866  | [b] | Spanish word for "high" due to Alta's elevation
Altamont | Duchesne | Town  | 390  | 0.21 sq mi (0.54 km2) | 6,388 feet (1,947 m)  | 1953  | $88,750
(±$34,784) | Composite name of nearby peaks Altonah and Mt. Emmons
Alton | Kane | Town  | 308  | 2.29 sq mi (5.9 km2) | 7,041 feet (2,146 m)  | 1865  | [b] | Altafjord in Norway
Amalga | Cache | Town  | 486  | 3.49 sq mi (9.0 km2) | 4,439 feet (1,353 m)  | 1860  | $98,438
(±$28,224) | Amalgamated Sugar Company
American Fork | Utah | City  | 35,312  | 11.20 sq mi (29.0 km2) | 4,606 feet (1,404 m)  | 1850  | $95,823
(±$8,500) | American Fork (river), a tributary of Utah Lake
Annabella | Sevier | Town  | 719  | 0.65 sq mi (1.7 km2) | 5,292 feet (1,613 m)  | 1871  | $73,750
(±$19,656) | Composite name of Ann S. Roberts and Isabella Dalton, woman settlers of Annabella
Antimony | Garfield | Town  | 82  | 9.82 sq mi (25.4 km2) | 6,453 feet (1,967 m)  | 1873  | $46,250
(±$5,654) | The metal antimony that was mined in the area
Apple Valley | Washington | Town  | 1,399  | 39.74 sq mi (102.9 km2) | 4,941 feet (1,506 m)  | 2004  | $89,375
(±$26,209) | [c]
Aurora | Sevier | City  | 881  | 0.92 sq mi (2.4 km2) | 5,200 feet (1,600 m)  | 1875  | $92,321
(±$15,335) | Aurora, the Roman goddess of dawn
Ballard | Uintah | Town  | 1,648  | 13.98 sq mi (36.2 km2) | 5,049 feet (1,539 m)  | 1905  | $81,250
(±$8,593) | Melvin J. Ballard, a LDS Church Apostle
Bear River City | Box Elder | City  | 863  | 1.80 sq mi (4.7 km2) | 4,258 feet (1,298 m)  | 1866  | $87,917
(±$16,422) | Bear River, a 350-mile (560 km) river and largest tributary of the Great Salt Lake
Beaver*  | Beaver | City  | 3,632  | 6.68 sq mi (17.3 km2) | 5,902 feet (1,799 m)  | 1856  | $82,625
(±$21,660) | Beaver River, a 242-mile (389 km) river that eventually disappears into the ground
Bicknell | Wayne | Town  | 383  | 0.57 sq mi (1.5 km2) | 7,123 feet (2,171 m)  | 1879  | $71,563
(±$37,557) | Thomas W. Bicknell, who donated 500 books to the library
Big Water | Kane | Town  | 520  | 5.99 sq mi (15.5 km2) | 4,108 feet (1,252 m)  | 1958[14] | $45,625
(±$28,171) | [c]
Blanding | San Juan | City  | 3,303  | 13.18 sq mi (34.1 km2) | 6,106 feet (1,861 m)  | 1887  | $63,333
(±$15,787) | Maiden name of the wife of Thomas W. Bicknell, who donated 500 books to the library
Bluff | San Juan | Town  | 179  | 36.47 sq mi (94.5 km2) | 4,324 feet (1,318 m)  | 1880  | $53,973
(±$18,616) | The bluffs along the San Juan River
Bluffdale | Salt Lake/Utah | City  | 18,168  | 11.14 sq mi (28.9 km2) | 4,436 feet (1,352 m)  | 1886  | $122,879
(±$8,780) | The bluffs along the Jordan River
Boulder | Garfield | Town  | 389  | 20.93 sq mi (54.2 km2) | 6,703 feet (2,043 m)  | 1889  | $50,450
(±$21,720) | Boulder Mountain, a 11,317-foot (3,449 m) mountain located in the Dixie National Forest
Bountiful | Davis | City  | 45,093  | 13.19 sq mi (34.2 km2) | 4,797 feet (1,462 m)  | 1847  | $103,723
(±$7,785) | The Book of Mormon city of Bountiful
Brian Head | Iron | Town  | 49  | 3.65 sq mi (9.5 km2) | 9,800 feet (3,000 m)  | 1975  | $64,643
(±$41,827) | William Jennings Bryan, national politician and former candidate for President of the United States
Brigham City*  | Box Elder | City  | 19,796  | 24.58 sq mi (63.7 km2) | 4,436 feet (1,352 m)  | 1850  | $66,435
(±$6,018) | Brigham Young, LDS Church President and first territorial Governor of Utah
Brighton | Salt Lake | Town  | 353  | 15.77 sq mi (40.8 km2) | 8,707 feet (2,654 m)  | 1871  | $143,563
(±$4,781) | Brighton, England
Bryce Canyon City | Garfield | Town  | 216  | 3.35 sq mi (8.7 km2) | 7,664 feet (2,336 m)  | 1875  | [b] | Local homesteader Ebenezer Bryce
Cannonville | Garfield | Town  | 226  | 2.57 sq mi (6.7 km2) | 5,886 feet (1,794 m)  | 1874  | $29,079
(±$12,951) | George Q. Cannon, a LDS Church Apostle
Castle Dale*  | Emery | City  | 1,463  | 2.23 sq mi (5.8 km2) | 5,676 feet (1,730 m)  | 1879[15] | $69,821
(±$18,344) | Located in the Castle Valley, but a Postal Service mistake listed town as Castle Dale instead of Castle Vale.
Castle Valley | Grand | Town  | 348  | 9.28 sq mi (24.0 km2) | 4,685 feet (1,428 m)  | 1974[16] | $44,464
(±$11,188) | Located in the Castle Valley
Cedar City | Iron | City  | 37,202  | 35.86 sq mi (92.9 km2) | 5,846 feet (1,782 m)  | 1851  | $63,789
(±$4,203) | Large number of juniper trees, known as "cedars"
Cedar Fort | Utah | Town  | 174  | 21.38 sq mi (55.4 km2) | 5,085 feet (1,550 m)  | 1856  | $102,500
(±$18,693) | Large number of juniper trees in the area, known as "cedars"
Cedar Hills | Utah | City  | 9,945  | 2.73 sq mi (7.1 km2) | 4,957 feet (1,511 m)  | 1977  | $137,527
(±$12,821) | Local juniper-covered hills
Centerfield | Sanpete | City  | 1,312  | 1.91 sq mi (4.9 km2) | 5,098 feet (1,554 m)  | 1869  | $83,281
(±$23,561) | Center of the Gunnison Valley
Centerville | Davis | City  | 16,692  | 5.96 sq mi (15.4 km2) | 4,377 feet (1,334 m)  | 1848[17] | $117,831
(±$8,327) | Center between Farmington and Bountiful[17]
Central Valley | Sevier | Town  | 686  | 2.11 sq mi (5.5 km2) | 5,305 feet (1,617 m)  | 1873  | $89,583
(±$24,786) | [c]
Charleston | Wasatch | Town  | 484  | 2.86 sq mi (7.4 km2) | 5,440 feet (1,660 m)  | 1852  | $93,875
(±$28,607) | Charles Shelton, who surveyed the town
Circleville | Piute | Town  | 431  | 11.04 sq mi (28.6 km2) | 6,066 feet (1,849 m)  | 1864  | $74,375
(±$16,359) | Located in the Circle Valley
Clarkston | Cache | Town  | 596  | 0.93 sq mi (2.4 km2) | 4,879 feet (1,487 m)  | 1864  | $65,625
(±$23,695) | Justus Clark, an original settler.
Clawson | Emery | Town  | 94  | 1.01 sq mi (2.6 km2) | 5,942 feet (1,811 m)  | 1897  | $62,188
(±$24,001) | Rudger Clawson, a LDS Church Apostle
Clearfield | Davis | City  | 32,895  | 7.71 sq mi (20.0 km2) | 4,465 feet (1,361 m)  | 1877  | $75,429
(±$5,825) | The open surroundings of the area
Cleveland | Emery | Town  | 429  | 0.87 sq mi (2.3 km2) | 5,722 feet (1,744 m)  | 1885  | $92,589
(±$42,848) | Grover Cleveland, President of the United States
Clinton | Davis | City  | 23,492  | 5.93 sq mi (15.4 km2) | 4,393 feet (1,339 m)  | 1936  | $109,915
(±$6,192) | [c]
Coalville*  | Summit | City  | 1,915  | 6.23 sq mi (16.1 km2) | 5,577 feet (1,700 m)  | 1858  | $85,921
(±$11,071) | Many of the miners came from Coalville, England
Copperton | Salt Lake | City  | 865  | 0.31 sq mi (0.80 km2) | 5,643 feet (1,720 m)  | 1926  | $77,778
(±$14,131) | Company town for the Utah Copper Company
Corinne | Box Elder | Town  | 836  | 3.78 sq mi (9.8 km2) | 4,226 feet (1,288 m)  | 1869  | $74,844
(±$11,899) | Corinne, the first child born in the area
Cornish | Cache | Town  | 236  | 5.39 sq mi (14.0 km2) | 4,485 feet (1,367 m)  | 1937  | $87,500
(±$38,722) | William D. Cornish, vice-president of the Union Pacific Railroad
Cottonwood Heights | Salt Lake | City  | 32,984  | 9.23 sq mi (23.9 km2) | 4,823 feet (1,470 m)  | 1848  | $116,583
(±$9,183) | Cottonwood trees found in the area
Daniel | Wasatch | Town  | 956  | 3.29 sq mi (8.5 km2) | 5,715 feet (1,742 m)  | 1874  | $113,438
(±$26,796) | Aaron Daniels, one of the first settlers
Delta | Millard | City  | 3,675  | 8.60 sq mi (22.3 km2) | 4,639 feet (1,414 m)  | 1906  | $73,224
(±$5,051) | The river delta of the Sevier River
Deweyville | Box Elder | Town  | 345  | 6.38 sq mi (16.5 km2) | 4,437 feet (1,352 m)  | 1864  | $87,500
(±$19,879) | John C. Dewey, an early settler to the area
Draper | Salt Lake/ Utah | City  | 50,159  | 29.95 sq mi (77.6 km2) | 4,505 feet (1,373 m)  | 1849  | $130,680
(±$3,716) | William Draper, the town's first LDS Church Bishop
Duchesne*  | Duchesne | City  | 1,744  | 2.80 sq mi (7.3 km2) | 5,518 feet (1,682 m)  | 1904  | $78,854
(±$10,219) | Nearby Fort Duchesne
Dutch John | Daggett | Town  | 17  | 5.90 sq mi (15.3 km2) | 6,430 feet (1,960 m)  | 1957  | [b] | Dutch John's name came from John Honselena, often mispronounced “Hunslinger”, who was actually a native of Sheiswig (Schleswig), Germany
Eagle Mountain | Utah | City  | 49,514  | 50.43 sq mi (130.6 km2) | 4,882 feet (1,488 m)  | 1996  | $105,576
(±$3,018) | Eagle Mountain Properties, the development company of the city
East Carbon | Carbon | City  | 1,476  | 11.29 sq mi (29.2 km2) | 4,987 feet (1,520 m)  | 1922  | $40,114
(±$17,376) | Coal deposits found in the area
Elk Ridge | Utah | City  | 4,782  | 2.82 sq mi (7.3 km2) | 5,354 feet (1,632 m)  | 1976  | $138,587
(±$27,163) | [c]
Elmo | Emery | Town  | 433  | 0.71 sq mi (1.8 km2) | 5,692 feet (1,735 m)  | 1908  | $52,143
(±$23,933) | [18] A combination of the first letters of each name from the original settlers. Erickson, Larsen, Mortensen, Oviatt
Elsinore | Sevier | Town  | 760  | 1.34 sq mi (3.5 km2) | 5,351 feet (1,631 m)  | 1874  | $67,708
(±$18,871) | Elsinore, Denmark
Elwood | Box Elder | Town  | 1,643  | 8.06 sq mi (20.9 km2) | 4,298 feet (1,310 m)  | 1879  | $99,375
(±$8,082) | Postal Service named the town
Emery | Emery | Town  | 521  | 1.23 sq mi (3.2 km2) | 6,253 feet (1,906 m)  | 1881[19] | $75,000
(±$35,268) | George W. Emery, territorial Governor of Utah
Emigration Canyon | Salt Lake | City  | 1,465  | 18.22 sq mi (47.2 km2) |  | 1846  | $184,722
(±$53,524) |
Enoch | Iron | City  | 7,856  | 7.84 sq mi (20.3 km2) | 5,545 feet (1,690 m)  | 1851  | $81,767
(±$11,218) | Enoch, a biblical figure in the Old Testament
Enterprise | Washington | City  | 1,543  | 8.74 sq mi (22.6 km2) | 5,318 feet (1,621 m)  | 1902  | $72,407
(±$18,795) | Name reflected the first settlers' ability to adjust to problem experienced by the first settlers
Ephraim | Sanpete | City  | 5,805  | 4.45 sq mi (11.5 km2) | 5,541 feet (1,689 m)  | 1854  | $71,661
(±$11,806) | Tribe of Ephraim, one of the twelve Tribes of Israel.
Erda | Tooele | City  | 3,294  | 22.5 sq mi  | 4,344 feet (1,324 m)  | 1852  | $153,068
(±$16,118) | Erda is a German word that means earth
Escalante | Garfield | City  | 625  | 3.30 sq mi (8.5 km2) | 5,820 feet (1,770 m)  | 1876  | $44,048
(±$20,414) | Silvestre Vélez de Escalante, a Franciscan missionary who explored the area in 1776
Eureka | Juab | City  | 941  | 1.48 sq mi (3.8 km2) | 6,430 feet (1,960 m)  | 1869  | $70,938
(±$10,009) | Eureka is the ancient Greek name for "I have found it", relating to the gold mines found in the area
Fairfield | Utah | Town  | 147  | 26.09 sq mi (67.6 km2) | 4,877 feet (1,487 m)  | 1855  | $122,500
(±$87,192) | Amos Fielding, an early settler of the area
Fairview | Sanpete | City  | 1,389  | 1.26 sq mi (3.3 km2) | 6,948 feet (2,118 m)  | 1859  | $59,750
(±$8,296) | The attractive surroundings of the area
Farmington*  | Davis | City  | 24,934  | 9.95 sq mi (25.8 km2) | 4,304 feet (1,312 m)  | 1847  | $120,432
(±$8,570) | The farms found in the area
Farr West | Weber | City  | 7,881  | 5.92 sq mi (15.3 km2) | 4,265 feet (1,300 m)  | 1858  | $111,875
(±$24,199) | Located west of Farr's Fort which was named after Lorin Farr, an early LDS Church stake president of the area.
Fayette | Sanpete | Town  | 388  | 0.40 sq mi (1.0 km2) | 5,052 feet (1,540 m)  | 1861  | $67,917
(±$51,261) | Fayette, New York, where the LDS Church was organized
Ferron | Emery | City  | 1,361  | 2.33 sq mi (6.0 km2) | 5,971 feet (1,820 m)  | 1877[20] | $68,324
(±$19,238) | A. D. Ferron, surveyor of the area
Fielding | Box Elder | Town  | 643  | 0.51 sq mi (1.3 km2) | 4,373 feet (1,333 m)  | 1892  | $75,000
(±$15,374) | Mother of LDS Church President Joseph Fielding Smith
Fillmore*  | Millard | City  | 2,633  | 6.97 sq mi (18.1 km2) | 5,135 feet (1,565 m)  | 1851  | $77,000
(±$19,921) | Millard Fillmore, President of the United States
Fountain Green | Sanpete | City  | 1,539  | 1.25 sq mi (3.2 km2) | 5,899 feet (1,798 m)  | 1850  | $70,402
(±$4,605) | Lush meadows surrounding the area's springs
Francis | Summit | Town  | 1,797  | 2.98 sq mi (7.7 km2) | 6,562 feet (2,000 m)  | 1869  | $113,500
(±$16,442) | Francis M. Lyman, a LDS Church Apostle
Fruit Heights | Davis | City  | 6,036  | 2.29 sq mi (5.9 km2) | 4,698 feet (1,432 m)  | 1850[21] | $134,500
(±$23,267) | Fruit orchards located above the valley floor
Garden City | Rich | Town  | 545  | 8.78 sq mi (22.7 km2) | 5,968 feet (1,819 m)  | 1877[22] | $62,750
(±$23,899) | Site was considered the garden spot of the valley
Garland | Box Elder | City  | 2,609  | 1.81 sq mi (4.7 km2) | 4,340 feet (1,320 m)  | 1890  | $65,369
(±$10,522) | William Garland, led the construction of a canal in the area
Genola | Utah | Town  | 1,766  | 13.76 sq mi (35.6 km2) | 4,600 feet (1,400 m)  | 1935  | $137,661
(±$30,863) | [c]
Glendale | Kane | Town  | 488  | 7.00 sq mi (18.1 km2) | 5,778 feet (1,761 m)  | 1862  | $63,056
(±$32,284) | The place being in a glen or a narrow valley with mountains all around[23]
Glenwood | Sevier | Town  | 653  | 0.52 sq mi (1.3 km2) | 5,272 feet (1,607 m)  | 1863  | $83,333
(±$30,094) | Robert Wilson Glenn, an early settler of the area
Goshen | Utah | Town  | 833  | 0.83 sq mi (2.1 km2) | 4,551 feet (1,387 m)  | 1857  | $93,529
(±$27,485) | Goshen, Connecticut, birthplace of Phineas W. Cooke, the first LDS Bishop of the area
Grantsville | Tooele | City  | 13,637  | 37.47 sq mi (97.0 km2) | 4,304 feet (1,312 m)  | 1850  | $97,216
(±$14,353) | Colonel George D. Grant of the Nauvoo Legion
Green River | Emery | City  | 804  | 27.14 sq mi (70.3 km2) | 4,078 feet (1,243 m)  | 1876  | $45,781
(±$16,115) | The Green River, a 730-mile (1,170 km) tributary of the Colorado River
Gunnison | Sanpete | City  | 3,537  | 4.79 sq mi (12.4 km2) | 5,138 feet (1,566 m)  | 1859  | $66,111
(±$15,417) | Captain John W. Gunnison, explored and surveyed Great Salt Lake, Utah Lake and the Salt Lake Valley for the Corps of Topographical Engineers
Hanksville | Wayne | Town  | 203  | 1.69 sq mi (4.4 km2) | 4,291 feet (1,308 m)  | 1882  | $37,614
(±$28,931) | Ebenezer Hanks, original settler of the area
Harrisville | Weber | City  | 6,919  | 2.98 sq mi (7.7 km2) | 4,291 feet (1,308 m)  | 1850  | $75,981
(±$9,985) | Marin H. Harris, a settler of the area
Hatch | Garfield | Town  | 119  | 1.82 sq mi (4.7 km2) | 6,919 feet (2,109 m)  | 1872[24] | $49,375
(±$43,352) | Meltiar Harch Sr., a settler of the area
Heber City*  | Wasatch | City  | 17,438  | 8.99 sq mi (23.3 km2) | 5,604 feet (1,708 m)  | 1858  | $107,784
(±$7,694) | Heber C. Kimball, an Apostle of the LDS Church
Helper | Carbon | City  | 2,680  | 1.81 sq mi (4.7 km2) | 5,817 feet (1,773 m)  | 1883  | $61,908
(±$10,066) | The "Helper engines" or extra locomotives used to get trains over Soldier Summit from Helper to Spanish Fork
Henefer | Summit | Town  | 855  | 2.48 sq mi (6.4 km2) | 5,335 feet (1,626 m)  | 1859  | $106,667
(±$20,179) | Brothers James and Richard Henefer, original settlers of the area
Henrieville | Garfield | Town  | 292  | 1.35 sq mi (3.5 km2) | 5,997 feet (1,828 m)  | 1878  | $39,583
(±$30,186) | James Henrie, first stake president of the local LDS stake
Herriman | Salt Lake | City  | 57,336  | 21.63 sq mi (56.0 km2) | 5,000 feet (1,500 m)  | 1849  | $118,446
(±$4,908) | Henry Harriman, a prominent resident of the area
Hideout | Wasatch | Town  | 1,111  | 3.48 sq mi (9.0 km2) | 6,588 feet (2,008 m)  | 2005  | $76,912
(±$21,172) | Hideout Canyon
Highland | Utah | City  | 19,625  | 8.70 sq mi (22.5 km2) | 4,977 feet (1,517 m)  | 1875[25] | $178,662
(±$14,090) | Town's location on the upper bench of the Utah Valley
Hildale | Washington | City  | 1,301  | 5.60 sq mi (14.5 km2) | 5,409 feet (1,649 m)  | 1962  | $62,727
(±$29,378) | [c]
Hinckley | Millard | Town  | 832  | 4.99 sq mi (12.9 km2) | 4,603 feet (1,403 m)  | 1891  | $80,500
(±$34,740) | Ira Hinckley, LDS Church stake president of the local LDS stake
Holden | Millard | Town  | 443  | 0.54 sq mi (1.4 km2) | 5,102 feet (1,555 m)  | 1855  | $72,500
(±$29,903) | Elijah E. Holden, an early settler of the area
Holladay | Salt Lake | City  | 31,236  | 8.50 sq mi (22.0 km2) | 4,464 feet (1,361 m)  | 1848  | $112,369
(±$11,370) | John Holladay, an early settler of the area
Honeyville | Box Elder | City  | 1,383  | 11.74 sq mi (30.4 km2) | 4,298 feet (1,310 m)  | 1861  | $80,347
(±$10,455) | Profession of the local LDS Bishop
Hooper | Weber | City  | 9,220  | 26.10 sq mi (67.6 km2) | 4,242 feet (1,293 m)  | 1854  | $114,773
(±$16,494) | William H. Hooper, Utah territorial delegate to the United States House of Representatives
Howell | Box Elder | Town  | 323  | 35.28 sq mi (91.4 km2) | 4,560 feet (1,390 m)  | 1910  | $86,176
(±$8,334) | Joseph Howell, president of the surveying company that laid out the area and Representative of the United States House of Representatives from Utah
Huntington | Emery | City  | 2,271  | 2.26 sq mi (5.9 km2) | 5,787 feet (1,764 m)  | 1877[26] | $79,091
(±$11,309) | William Huntington, an early explorer of the area
Huntsville | Weber | Town  | 493  | 0.83 sq mi (2.1 km2) | 4,928 feet (1,502 m)  | 1860[27] | $83,500
(±$52,385) | Jefferson Hunt, an early settler of the area
Hurricane | Washington | City  | 21,677  | 52.76 sq mi (136.6 km2) | 3,248 feet (990 m)  | 1906[28] | $67,424
(±$8,392) | LDS Church Apostle Erastus Snow's comments about the heavy wind in the area
Hyde Park | Cache | City  | 5,410  | 4.41 sq mi (11.4 km2) | 4,537 feet (1,383 m)  | 1860  | $108,068
(±$14,695) | Wiliam Hyde, one of the first settlers and first LDS Church Bishop of the area
Hyrum | Cache | City  | 10,022  | 6.19 sq mi (16.0 km2) | 4,698 feet (1,432 m)  | 1860  | $85,557
(±$4,932) | Hyrum Smith, brother to Joseph Smith, founder of the Latter Day Saint movement.
Independence | Wasatch | Town  | 71  | 30.55 sq mi (79.1 km2) | 7,073 feet (2,156 m)  | 2008  | $119,167
(±$49,368) | [c]
Interlaken | Wasatch | Town  | 145  | 0.22 sq mi (0.57 km2) | 5,919 feet (1,804 m)  | 2015  | $152,857
(±$77,991) | [c]
Ivins | Washington | City  | 9,524  | 9.44 sq mi (24.4 km2) | 3,081 feet (939 m)  | 1922[29] | $72,263
(±$12,043) | Anthony W. Ivins, a LDS Church Apostle
Joseph | Sevier | Town  | 546  | 0.87 sq mi (2.3 km2) | 5,436 feet (1,657 m)  | 1871  | $80,000
(±$10,723) | Joseph A. Young, first LDS Church stake president of the Sevier Stake
Junction*  | Piute | Town  | 305  | 13.19 sq mi (34.2 km2) | 6,007 feet (1,831 m)  | 1880  | [b] | Located at the junction of the East Fork and the Sevier Rivers
Kamas | Summit | City  | 2,229  | 3.69 sq mi (9.6 km2) | 6,486 feet (1,977 m)  | 1857  | $87,353
(±$17,898) | Derived from the Native American word for the Small Camas, an edible bulb found in the valley
Kanab*  | Kane | City  | 4,950  | 14.44 sq mi (37.4 km2) | 4,970 feet (1,510 m)  | 1864  | $80,040
(±$14,908) | Southern Paiute word for willow, referring to the willows growing along the area's creeks
Kanarraville | Iron | Town  | 304  | 0.45 sq mi (1.2 km2) | 5,541 feet (1,689 m)  | 1861  | $73,750
(±$59,625) | Chief Canarrah, local leader of the Southern Paiute tribe
Kanosh | Millard | Town  | 550  | 0.77 sq mi (2.0 km2) | 5,020 feet (1,530 m)  | 1854  | $76,974
(±$3,816) | Kanosh, the name of the local Native American Pahvant Ute leader
Kaysville | Davis | City  | 32,861  | 10.50 sq mi (27.2 km2) | 4,357 feet (1,328 m)  | 1849  | $128,996
(±$12,108) | William Kay, the area's first LDS Church Bishop
Kearns | Salt Lake | City  | 37,058  | 4.63 sq mi (12.0 km2) | 4,528 feet (1,380 m)  | 1942  | $83,355
(±$4,211) | Thomas Kearns, United States Senator from Utah
Kingston | Piute | Town  | 329  | 5.40 sq mi (14.0 km2) | 6,017 feet (1,834 m)  | 1876  | [b] | Thomas R. King, the area's first settler
Koosharem | Sevier | Town  | 294  | 0.83 sq mi (2.1 km2) | 6,919 feet (2,109 m)  | 1877  | $60,938
(±$12,360) | Southern Paiute word for an edible tuber that grows in the area
La Verkin | Washington | City  | 4,429  | 12.78 sq mi (33.1 km2) | 3,192 feet (973 m)  | 1897  | $63,061
(±$15,439) | Derived from the Spanish La Virgen, referring to the local Virgin River
Laketown | Rich | Town  | 2,938  | 2.52 sq mi (6.5 km2) | 5,974 feet (1,821 m)  | 1864  | $133,175
(±$16,695) | Town is located near Bear Lake, a 109-square-mile (280 km2) lake on the Utah-Idaho border
Lake Point | Tooele | City  | 420  | 4.6 sq mi (12 km2) | 4,249 feet (1,295 m)  | 1854  | $79,643
(±$23,125) | Lake Point is a city on the eastern edge of northern Tooele County, Utah, United States on the south shore of the Great Salt Lake.[30] The community was originally settled in 1854 under the name of E.T. City, in honor of Ezra T. Benson and renamed Lake Point in 1923.[31]
Layton | Davis | City  | 82,512  | 22.50 sq mi (58.3 km2) | 4,350 feet (1,330 m)  | 1920  | $99,188
(±$4,335) | Christopher Layton, an early LDS Bishop
Leamington | Millard | Town  | 301  | 1.53 sq mi (4.0 km2) | 4,731 feet (1,442 m)  | 1871  | $54,688
(±$51,499) | Leamington Hastings, a town in England
Leeds | Washington | Town  | 693  | 6.30 sq mi (16.3 km2) | 3,481 feet (1,061 m)  | 1867  | $81,181
(±$12,183) | Leeds, a town in England where many of the early settlers were from
Lehi | Utah | City  | 81,039  | 28.11 sq mi (72.8 km2) | 4,564 feet (1,391 m)  | 1850  | $125,860
(±$4,807) | Lehi, a prophet from the Book of Mormon
Levan | Juab | Town  | 886  | 0.81 sq mi (2.1 km2) | 5,315 feet (1,620 m)  | 1868  | $78,047
(±$20,797) | [c]
Lewiston | Cache | City  | 2,225  | 25.84 sq mi (66.9 km2) | 4,508 feet (1,374 m)  | 1870  | $88,333
(±$19,583) | William H. Lewis, a local LDS Bishop
Lindon | Utah | City  | 11,594  | 8.35 sq mi (21.6 km2) | 4,642 feet (1,415 m)  | 1850  | $104,583
(±$21,718) | Linden, a tree that grew in the center of town
Loa*  | Wayne | Town  | 597  | 0.95 sq mi (2.5 km2) | 7,064 feet (2,153 m)  | 1878  | $66,838
(±$30,906) | Mauna Loa, a volcano in Hawaii, an early settler had served his LDS mission in Hawaii
Logan*  | Cache | City  | 53,923  | 17.85 sq mi (46.2 km2) | 4,534 feet (1,382 m)  | 1859  | $56,764
(±$3,904) | Ephraim Logan, a trapper with Jedediah Smith who died in the area
Lyman | Wayne | Town  | 235  | 1.81 sq mi (4.7 km2) | 7,182 feet (2,189 m)  | 1893  | $50,625
(±$37,955) | Francis M. Lyman, a LDS Church Apostle
Lynndyl | Millard | Town  | 142  | 3.12 sq mi (8.1 km2) | 4,787 feet (1,459 m)  | 1907  | $51,750
(±$25,648) | [c]
Magna | Salt Lake | City  | 29,488  | 15.11 sq mi (39.1 km2) | 4,278 feet (1,304 m)  | 1868  | $87,516
(±$8,011) | “Magna” comes from the Latin word meaning “great” or “superior"
Manila*  | Daggett | Town  | 425  | 1.04 sq mi (2.7 km2) | 6,348 feet (1,935 m)  | 1868  | $71,607
(±$17,492) | Commemorate the Spanish–American War victory over the Spanish fleet in the Philippines at Manila
Manti*  | Sanpete | City  | 3,532  | 3.16 sq mi (8.2 km2) | 5,610 feet (1,710 m)  | 1849  | $59,500
(±$12,665) | A city from the Book of Mormon
Mantua | Box Elder | Town  | 1,642  | 4.91 sq mi (12.7 km2) | 5,200 feet (1,600 m)  | 1863  | $134,239
(±$12,353) | LDS Church President Lorenzo Snow named it for his birthplace in Mantua, Ohio
Mapleton | Utah | City  | 12,340  | 13.35 sq mi (34.6 km2) | 4,731 feet (1,442 m)  | 1856  | $127,860
(±$8,904) | For the groves of maple trees found in the area
Marriott-Slaterville | Weber | City  | 1,885  | 7.21 sq mi (18.7 km2) | 4,252 feet (1,296 m)  | 1849[32] | $89,602
(±$21,175) | The towns of Marriott and Slaterville joined to form Marriott-Slaterville, they were named after early settlers John Marriott and Richard Slater
Marysvale | Piute | Town  | 522  | 17.98 sq mi (46.6 km2) | 5,863 feet (1,787 m)  | 1863  | $43,289
(±$12,195) | [c]
Mayfield | Sanpete | Town  | 424  | 0.90 sq mi (2.3 km2) | 5,538 feet (1,688 m)  | 1871  | $82,083
(±$36,555) | The wild flowers that appeared in the spring
Meadow | Millard | Town  | 246  | 0.51 sq mi (1.3 km2) | 4,839 feet (1,475 m)  | 1857  | $43,750
(±$19,867) | The adjacent Meadow Creek
Mendon | Cache | City  | 1,446  | 1.43 sq mi (3.7 km2) | 4,495 feet (1,370 m)  | 1859[33] | $141,563
(±$21,922) | LDS Church Apostle Ezra T. Benson named it after his birthplace of Mendon, Massachusetts
Midvale | Salt Lake | City  | 35,736  | 5.91 sq mi (15.3 km2) | 4,383 feet (1,336 m)  | 1909  | $73,058
(±$2,648) | Located in the middle of the Salt Lake Valley
Midway | Wasatch | City  | 6,110  | 5.55 sq mi (14.4 km2) | 5,584 feet (1,702 m)  | 1859  | $146,750
(±$34,724) | A fort was built midway between two settlements
Milford | Beaver | City  | 1,400  | 2.14 sq mi (5.5 km2) | 4,967 feet (1,514 m)  | 1873  | $79,861
(±$14,014) | Derived from the crossing of the Beaver River by freighters to and from the mines to the west "Mill Ford"
Millcreek | Salt Lake | City  | 63,342  | 12.77 sq mi (33.1 km2) | 4,285 feet (1,306 m)  | 1848  | $98,502
(±$4,401) | Mill Creek, site of Utah's first flour mill
Millville | Cache | City  | 1,820  | 2.51 sq mi (6.5 km2) | 4,616 feet (1,407 m)  | 1860  | $90,417
(±$25,917) | The first saw mill in Cache Valley was built in the area
Minersville | Beaver | Town  | 901  | 2.18 sq mi (5.6 km2) | 5,282 feet (1,610 m)  | 1859  | $89,000
(±$15,155) | In honor of the miners who worked in the area
Moab*  | Grand | City  | 5,316  | 4.80 sq mi (12.4 km2) | 4,026 feet (1,227 m)  | 1855  | $55,333
(±$9,641) | The Biblical name Moab or moapa, the Southern Paiute word for mosquito
Mona | Juab | City  | 1,647  | 2.65 sq mi (6.9 km2) | 4,970 feet (1,510 m)  | 1852  | $91,552
(±$17,076) | [c]
Monroe | Sevier | City  | 2,570  | 3.57 sq mi (9.2 km2) | 5,394 feet (1,644 m)  | 1863  | $63,807
(±$8,629) | James Monroe, President of the United States
Monticello*  | San Juan | City  | 1,941  | 3.66 sq mi (9.5 km2) | 7,070 feet (2,150 m)  | 1879  | $63,750
(±$13,895) | Monticello in Virginia, the home of Thomas Jefferson, President of the United States[34]
Morgan*  | Morgan | City  | 4,268  | 2.97 sq mi (7.7 km2) | 5,069 feet (1,545 m)  | 1860  | $114,102
(±$13,783) | Jedediah Morgan Grant, father to LDS Church President Heber J. Grant
Moroni | Sanpete | City  | 1,238  | 1.07 sq mi (2.8 km2) | 5,531 feet (1,686 m)  | 1859  | $71,500
(±$15,127) | Moroni, a prophet from the Book of Mormon
Mount Pleasant | Sanpete | City  | 3,737  | 2.93 sq mi (7.6 km2) | 5,925 feet (1,806 m)  | 1852  | $67,459
(±$9,595) | Pleasant view of the surrounding mountains
Murray | Salt Lake | City  | 49,904  | 12.32 sq mi (31.9 km2) | 4,301 feet (1,311 m)  | 1848  | $87,864
(±$5,118) | Eli Houston Murray, territorial Governor of Utah
Myton | Duchesne | City  | 662  | 1.01 sq mi (2.6 km2) | 5,085 feet (1,550 m)  | 1905[35] | $54,107
(±$16,413) | Major H. P. Myton of the U.S. Army
Naples | Uintah | City  | 3,217  | 6.60 sq mi (17.1 km2) | 5,230 feet (1,590 m)  | 1878  | $94,048
(±$7,573) | Naples, Italy
Nephi*  | Juab | City  | 6,700  | 4.75 sq mi (12.3 km2) | 5,128 feet (1,563 m)  | 1851  | $97,348
(±$11,302) | Nephi, a prophet from the Book of Mormon
New Harmony | Washington | Town  | 353  | 0.61 sq mi (1.6 km2) | 5,305 feet (1,617 m)  | 1862  | $82,663
(±$17,972) | Harmony, Pennsylvania, where Joseph Smith translated the Book of Mormon
Newton | Cache | Town  | 899  | 0.86 sq mi (2.2 km2) | 4,534 feet (1,382 m)  | 1869  | $80,000
(±$12,293) | Originally called New Town, but the name was shortened
Nibley | Cache | City  | 7,651  | 4.39 sq mi (11.4 km2) | 4,554 feet (1,388 m)  | 1855[36] | $105,726
(±$9,727) | Charles W. Nibley, a local leader of the LDS Church
North Logan | Cache | City  | 11,228  | 7.13 sq mi (18.5 km2) | 4,692 feet (1,430 m)  | 1884  | $84,821
(±$11,254) | Located north of Logan
North Ogden | Weber | City  | 21,473  | 7.51 sq mi (19.5 km2) | 4,501 feet (1,372 m)  | 1850  | $107,425
(±$4,431) | Located north of Ogden
North Salt Lake | Davis | City  | 23,239  | 8.47 sq mi (21.9 km2) | 4,334 feet (1,321 m)  | 1946  | $106,885
(±$13,030) | Located north of Salt Lake City
Oak City | Millard | Town  | 770  | 0.94 sq mi (2.4 km2) | 5,112 feet (1,558 m)  | 1868  | $71,452
(±$6,151) | Sits adjacent to Oak Creek
Oakley | Summit | City  | 1,812  | 7.08 sq mi (18.3 km2) | 6,434 feet (1,961 m)  | 1868  | $102,143
(±$35,988) | The scrub oak species gambel oak found in the area
Ogden*  | Weber | City  | 86,973  | 27.55 sq mi (71.4 km2) | 4,300 feet (1,300 m)  | 1847  | $70,053
(±$3,457) | Peter Skene Ogden, a trapper for the Hudson's Bay Company
Orangeville | Emery | City  | 1,281  | 1.43 sq mi (3.7 km2) | 5,778 feet (1,761 m)  | 1878  | $89,643
(±$22,605) | Orange Seely, a settler in the area
Orderville | Kane | Town  | 865  | 8.72 sq mi (22.6 km2) | 5,449 feet (1,661 m)  | 1875  | $91,944
(±$23,853) | The United Order, a collectivist movement of the LDS Church
Orem | Utah | City  | 97,048  | 18.61 sq mi (48.2 km2) | 4,774 feet (1,455 m)  | 1850  | $81,292
(±$2,038) | Walter Orem, President of the Salt Lake and Utah Electric Interurban Railroad
Panguitch*  | Garfield | City  | 1,871  | 3.08 sq mi (8.0 km2) | 6,624 feet (2,019 m)  | 1866  | $75,283
(±$7,963) | A Southern Paiute name for nearby Panguitch Lake meaning "water" and "fish"
Paradise | Cache | Town  | 806  | 1.45 sq mi (3.8 km2) | 4,902 feet (1,494 m)  | 1860  | $95,000
(±$25,574) | For the beautiful scenery
Paragonah | Iron | Town  | 678  | 0.67 sq mi (1.7 km2) | 5,879 feet (1,792 m)  | 1851  | $70,057
(±$15,173) | Southern Paiute name for the nearby Little Salt Lake that means "marshland"
Park City | Summit/Wasatch | City  | 8,365  | 20.42 sq mi (52.9 km2) | 7,000 feet (2,100 m)  | 1869  | $140,875
(±$25,131) | For nearby Parley's Park, a meadow atop Parley's Canyon
Parowan*  | Iron | City  | 3,095  | 6.89 sq mi (17.8 km2) | 6,017 feet (1,834 m)  | 1851  | $49,934
(±$9,628) | From the Southern Paiute words paragoons and pahoan, meaning "marsh people"
Payson | Utah | City  | 22,205  | 13.04 sq mi (33.8 km2) | 4,700 feet (1,400 m)  | 1850  | $84,286
(±$8,148) | James Pace, an early settler of the area
Perry | Box Elder | City  | 5,708  | 8.00 sq mi (20.7 km2) | 4,367 feet (1,331 m)  | 1853  | $99,478
(±$9,992) | Lorenzo Perry, first LDS Church Bishop of the town
Plain City | Weber | City  | 8,101  | 11.99 sq mi (31.1 km2) | 4,242 feet (1,293 m)  | 1859  | $126,250
(±$19,400) | Originally called City on the Plains
Pleasant Grove | Utah | City  | 37,544  | 9.18 sq mi (23.8 km2) | 4,623 feet (1,409 m)  | 1849  | $96,347
(±$4,643) | The grove of cottonwood trees found in the area
Pleasant View | Weber | City  | 11,104  | 6.98 sq mi (18.1 km2) | 5,632 feet (1,717 m)  | 1851  | $126,679
(±$7,218) | For the beautiful view of the surrounding valley
Plymouth | Box Elder | Town  | 394  | 0.83 sq mi (2.1 km2) | 4,488 feet (1,368 m)  | 1869  | $83,393
(±$9,437) | A large rock in the area resembled Plymouth Rock
Portage | Box Elder | Town  | 223  | 2.55 sq mi (6.6 km2) | 4,367 feet (1,331 m)  | 1867  | $55,313
(±$15,062) | Portage County, Ohio, the birthplace of LDS Church President Lorenzo Snow[37]
Price*  | Carbon | City  | 8,216  | 5.04 sq mi (13.1 km2) | 5,627 feet (1,715 m)  | 1879  | $46,947
(±$3,963) | From the nearby Price River which got its name from a local explorer William Price
Providence | Cache | City  | 8,675  | 3.90 sq mi (10.1 km2) | 4,596 feet (1,401 m)  | 1859  | $103,831
(±$13,120) | Originally Spring Creek, the town was renamed in November 1859 by Ezra T. Benson, who found the place "providential."[38]
Provo*  | Utah | City  | 114,303  | 41.69 sq mi (108.0 km2) | 4,551 feet (1,387 m)  | 1850  | $62,800
(±$2,449) | Étienne Provost, a trapper who visited the area
Randolph*  | Rich | Town  | 772  | 1.29 sq mi (3.3 km2) | 6,283 feet (1,915 m)  | 1870  | $87,083
(±$33,923) | Randolph Stewart, an early settler and first LDS Church Bishop of the area
Redmond | Sevier | Town  | 773  | 0.94 sq mi (2.4 km2) | 5,105 feet (1,556 m)  | 1875  | $71,250
(±$11,193) | Red-colored mounds west of town
Richfield*  | Sevier | City  | 8,173  | 5.93 sq mi (15.4 km2) | 5,354 feet (1,632 m)  | 1863  | $77,847
(±$5,530) | After a bountiful crop of wheat that was produced in 1865
Richmond | Cache | City  | 2,971  | 3.46 sq mi (9.0 km2) | 4,610 feet (1,410 m)  | 1859  | $103,047
(±$25,102) | Rich fertile soil of the valley[39]
Riverdale | Weber | City  | 2,179  | 4.63 sq mi (12.0 km2) | 4,370 feet (1,330 m)  | 1850[40] | $109,063
(±$6,991) | The city's location next to the Weber River
River Heights | Cache | City  | 9,294  | 0.66 sq mi (1.7 km2) | 4,580 feet (1,400 m)  | 1882  | $64,496
(±$12,964) | Located above the Logan River[41]
Riverton | Salt Lake | City  | 44,944  | 12.58 sq mi (32.6 km2) | 4,439 feet (1,353 m)  | 1870  | $119,093
(±$9,239) | The city's location next to the Jordan River
Rockville | Washington | Town  | 169  | 8.47 sq mi (21.9 km2) | 3,740 feet (1,140 m)  | 1860  | $46,250
(±$24,513) | After the rocky soil of the area
Rocky Ridge | Juab | Town  | 901  | 1.71 sq mi (4.4 km2) | 4,990 feet (1,520 m)  | 1875  | $89,485
(±$12,708) | For the many rocks in the area
Roosevelt | Duchesne | City  | 6,960  | 6.76 sq mi (17.5 km2) | 5,095 feet (1,553 m)  | 1905  | $72,664
(±$5,335) | Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States
Roy | Weber | City  | 39,021  | 8.14 sq mi (21.1 km2) | 4,541 feet (1,384 m)  | 1876  | $91,112
(±$5,279) | Roy C. Peebles was the name of the recently deceased son of area resident David P. Peebles
Rush Valley | Tooele | Town  | 425  | 18.08 sq mi (46.8 km2) | 5,043 feet (1,537 m)  | 1856  | $85,917
(±$7,107) | Nearby Rush Lake
Salem | Utah | City  | 9,893  | 10.50 sq mi (27.2 km2) | 4,610 feet (1,410 m)  | 1851  | $107,617 (±$7,335)  | Salem, Massachusetts[42]
Salina | Sevier | City  | 2,521  | 5.83 sq mi (15.1 km2) | 5,161 feet (1,573 m)  | 1863  | $64,464
(±$10,576) | Nearby salt deposits
Salt Lake City*  | Salt Lake | City  | 203,888  | 110.34 sq mi (285.8 km2) | 4,226 feet (1,288 m)  | 1847  | $74,925
(±$2,172) | Nearby Great Salt Lake
Sandy | Salt Lake | City  | 94,723  | 24.15 sq mi (62.5 km2) | 4,450 feet (1,360 m)  | 1871  | $111,242
(±$5,252) | Perhaps most widely believed is that Brigham Young named Sandy for its thirsty soil, but there is no historical evidence for this. Another theory is that the name came from a legendary and colorful Scotsman, Alexander "Sandy" Kinghorn, the engineer who ran the first train line to this end of the Salt Lake Valley.
Santa Clara | Washington | City  | 7,891  | 6.12 sq mi (15.9 km2) | 2,762 feet (842 m)  | 1854  | $93,083
(±$4,599) | Town is located on the Santa Clara Creek
Santaquin | Utah/Juab | City  | 15,391  | 10.44 sq mi (27.0 km2) | 4,984 feet (1,519 m)  | 1851  | $95,175
(±$5,050) | The son of Guffich, a local Ute Tribe leader
Saratoga Springs | Utah | City  | 44,070  | 23.23 sq mi (60.2 km2) | 4,505 feet (1,373 m)  | 1997  | $123,619
(±$3,276) | Saratoga Springs, New York, and the local hot springs
Scipio | Millard | Town  | 435  | 1.04 sq mi (2.7 km2) | 5,315 feet (1,620 m)  | 1859  | $82,292
(±$12,952) | Scipio Kenner, a settler of the area
Scofield | Carbon | Town  | 33  | 0.92 sq mi (2.4 km2) | 7,739 feet (2,359 m)  | 1879  | [b] | General Charles W. Scofield, a local mine official
Sigurd | Sevier | Town  | 453  | 0.98 sq mi (2.5 km2) | 5,226 feet (1,593 m)  | 1874  | $80,000
(±$9,621) | Sigurd, The Danish residents named the town after the Norse mythological hero
Smithfield | Cache | City  | 14,033  | 5.35 sq mi (13.9 km2) | 4,603 feet (1,403 m)  | 1859  | $90,602
(±$5,469) | John Glover Smith, the first LDS Bishop of the area
Snowville | Box Elder | Town  | 246  | 1.55 sq mi (4.0 km2) | 4,547 feet (1,386 m)  | 1871  | $71,500
(±$32,581) | Lorenzo Snow, LDS Church President[43]
South Jordan | Salt Lake | City  | 80,331  | 22.19 sq mi (57.5 km2) | 4,439 feet (1,353 m)  | 1859  | $126,400
(±$7,896) | The nearby Jordan River and its location south of West Jordan
South Ogden | Weber | City  | 17,563  | 3.90 sq mi (10.1 km2) | 4,449 feet (1,356 m)  | 1848  | $81,543
(±$7,786) | Located south of Ogden
South Salt Lake | Salt Lake | City  | 26,277  | 6.94 sq mi (18.0 km2) | 4,225 feet (1,288 m)  | 1847  | $68,035
(±$5,555) | Located south of Salt Lake City
South Weber | Davis | City  | 8,037  | 4.64 sq mi (12.0 km2) | 4,551 feet (1,387 m)  | 1851  | $132,667
(±$14,245) | Located on the south side of the Weber River
Spanish Fork | Utah | City  | 43,632  | 16.21 sq mi (42.0 km2) | 4,577 feet (1,395 m)  | 1851  | $98,497
(±$4,208) | The nearby Spanish Fork (river) where Spanish explorer Silvestre Vélez de Escalante entered the Utah Valley
Spring City | Sanpete | City  | 1,094  | 1.41 sq mi (3.7 km2) | 5,823 feet (1,775 m)  | 1852  | $65,139
(±$14,256) | The nearby springs
Springdale | Washington | Town  | 416  | 4.62 sq mi (12.0 km2) | 3,898 feet (1,188 m)  | 1862  | $69,545
(±$32,760) | The nearby springs
Springville | Utah | City  | 35,474  | 14.38 sq mi (37.2 km2) | 4,577 feet (1,395 m)  | 1850  | $88,516
(±$5,031) | The nearby springs
St. George*  | Washington | City  | 99,184  | 78.46 sq mi (203.2 km2) | 2,860 feet (870 m)  | 1861  | $72,870 (±$3,242)  | George A. Smith, a LDS Church Apostle
Sterling | Sanpete | Town  | 303  | 0.32 sq mi (0.83 km2) | 5,574 feet (1,699 m)  | 1873  | $64,261
(±$9,096) | The "sterling" qualities of its people
Stockton | Tooele | Town  | 897  | 1.68 sq mi (4.4 km2) | 5,118 feet (1,560 m)  | 1863  | $92,857
(±$55,704) | Stockton, California where many of the soldiers who settled the area were from
Sunset | Davis | City  | 5,567  | 1.46 sq mi (3.8 km2) | 4,511 feet (1,375 m)  | 1935  | $74,250
(±$11,045) | Located on a ridge with views of the sunset over the Great Salt Lake
Syracuse | Davis | City  | 34,009  | 10.18 sq mi (26.4 km2) | 4,285 feet (1,306 m)  | 1878  | $132,459
(±$5,246) | Named for a local resort on the Great Salt Lake which was named after Syracuse, New York
Tabiona | Duchesne | Town  | 157  | 0.10 sq mi (0.26 km2) | 6,516 feet (1,986 m)  | 1860  | $69,167
(±$9,227) | Originally called Tabby and Tabbyville referring to Ute tribe leader Tava whose nickname was Tabby
Taylorsville | Salt Lake | City  | 59,010  | 10.85 sq mi (28.1 km2) | 4,295 feet (1,309 m)  | 1848  | $85,608
(±$3,611) | John Taylor, LDS Church President
Tooele*  | Tooele | City  | 37,265  | 24.14 sq mi (62.5 km2) | 5,043 feet (1,537 m)  | 1851  | $88,893
(±$4,605) | Native American Goshute tribe leader Tuilla
Toquerville | Washington | City  | 2,115  | 22.20 sq mi (57.5 km2) | 3,389 feet (1,033 m)  | 1858  | $91,818
(±$22,335) | Native American Southern Paiute tribe leader Toquer
Torrey | Wayne | Town  | 332  | 1.66 sq mi (4.3 km2) | 6,837 feet (2,084 m)  | 1880s  | $74,423
(±$26,197) | Colonel Torrey, a veteran of the Spanish–American War
Tremonton | Box Elder | City  | 10,886  | 8.02 sq mi (20.8 km2) | 4,325 feet (1,318 m)  | 1888  | $72,028
(±$2,099) | Tremont, Illinois, where a group of settlers came from[44]
Trenton | Cache | Town  | 534  | 8.21 sq mi (21.3 km2) | 4,462 feet (1,360 m)  | 1870  | $83,000
(±$21,028) | Trenton, New Jersey, hometown of the area's first LDS Bishop
Tropic | Garfield | Town  | 537  | 7.91 sq mi (20.5 km2) | 6,309 feet (1,923 m)  | 1891  | $64,375
(±$28,919) | The area had a milder climate than where the settlers originally came from
Uintah | Weber | City  | 1,461  | 1.24 sq mi (3.2 km2) | 4,537 feet (1,383 m)  | 1850  | $101,417
(±$19,020) | Uintah band of the Ute tribe
Vernal*  | Uintah | City  | 10,254  | 4.62 sq mi (12.0 km2) | 5,328 feet (1,624 m)  | 1876  | $59,178
(±$8,275) | Latin word vernalis for spring, for the many springs in the area[45]
Vernon | Tooele | Town  | 324  | 8.06 sq mi (20.9 km2) | 5,515 feet (1,681 m)  | 1862  | $76,250
(±$45,107) | Joseph Vernon, a local settler that was killed by Native Americans
Vineyard | Utah | City  | 13,510  | 4.80 sq mi (12.4 km2) | 4,557 feet (1,389 m)  | 1989  | $100,022
(±$11,471) | The grape vines that were planted in the area
Virgin | Washington | Town  | 734  | 12.72 sq mi (32.9 km2) | 3,606 feet (1,099 m)  | 1857  | $80,625
(±$17,886) | The nearby Virgin River
Wales | Sanpete | Town  | 345  | 0.40 sq mi (1.0 km2) | 5,627 feet (1,715 m)  | 1857[46] | $75,625
(±$37,259) | Local settlers originally came from Wales
Wallsburg | Wasatch | Town  | 266  | 0.63 sq mi (1.6 km2) | 5,676 feet (1,730 m)  | 1861[47] | $92,292
(±$22,626) | William Madison Wall, local settler and explorer
Washington | Washington | City  | 30,686  | 34.79 sq mi (90.1 km2) | 2,792 feet (851 m)  | 1857  | $94,015
(±$10,869) | George Washington, President of the United States
Washington Terrace | Weber | City  | 9,196  | 2.04 sq mi (5.3 km2) | 4,610 feet (1,410 m)  | 1878  | $79,971
(±$5,741) | Combination of location (Washington Blvd) and the Terrace Housing Project of 1942.
Wellington | Carbon | City  | 1,526  | 5.11 sq mi (13.2 km2) | 5,413 feet (1,650 m)  | 1878  | $58,807
(±$7,552) | Wellington Seeley Jr., Judge of the Emery County Court
Wellsville | Cache | City  | 4,120  | 7.27 sq mi (18.8 km2) | 4,547 feet (1,386 m)  | 1856  | $110,543
(±$14,111) | Daniel H. Wells, LDS Church Apostle
Wendover | Tooele | City  | 1,264  | 8.93 sq mi (23.1 km2) | 4,291 feet (1,308 m)  | 1906  | $45,938
(±$9,945) | [c]
West Bountiful | Davis | City  | 5,920  | 3.31 sq mi (8.6 km2) | 4,268 feet (1,301 m)  | 1848  | $127,344
(±$20,067) | Located west of Bountiful
West Haven | Weber | City  | 19,977  | 10.64 sq mi (27.6 km2) | 4,272 feet (1,302 m)  | 1854  | $104,307
(±$16,720) | [c]
West Jordan | Salt Lake | City  | 116,277  | 32.33 sq mi (83.7 km2) | 4,373 feet (1,333 m)  | 1848  | $103,960
(±$4,002) | Located on the west side of the Jordan River
West Point | Davis | City  | 11,559  | 7.11 sq mi (18.4 km2) | 4,314 feet (1,315 m)  | 1867  | $118,660
(±$7,849) | Named after West Point, New York, location of the United States Military Academy.[48]
West Valley City | Salt Lake | City  | 137,955  | 35.83 sq mi (92.8 km2) | 4,304 feet (1,312 m)  | 1849  | $88,604
(±$3,877) | Located on the western side of the Salt Lake Valley
White City | Salt Lake | City  | 5,568  | 0.87 sq mi (2.3 km2) | 4,583 feet (1,397 m)  | 1955  | $98,603
(±$11,303) | M. Kenneth White, the town's founder and developer
Willard | Box Elder | City  | 2,008  | 5.56 sq mi (14.4 km2) | 4,350 feet (1,330 m)  | 1851  | $91,875
(±$11,039) | Willard Richards, a LDS Church Apostle
Woodland Hills | Utah | City  | 1,439  | 2.53 sq mi (6.6 km2) | 5,331 feet (1,625 m)  | 1867  | $137,426
(±$27,433) | Located at the base of canyon where groves of trees are located
Woodruff | Rich | Town  | 302  | 0.72 sq mi (1.9 km2) | 6,339 feet (1,932 m)  | 1865  | $66,719
(±$20,981) | Wilford Woodruff, LDS Church President
Woods Cross | Davis | City  | 11,490  | 3.83 sq mi (9.9 km2) | 4,377 feet (1,334 m)  | 1865  | $115,335
(±$13,215) | Daniel C. Wood, an early settler

## See also

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* Utah portal

* List of census-designated places in Utah
* List of ghost towns in Utah
* Utah locations by per capita income

## Notes

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1. ^ Margin of error based on 90% confidence interval.
2. ^ a b c d e f g Insufficient sample size for reporting
3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o No known source on how the city or town received its name

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