Place:Beaver, Utah, United States

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NameBeaver
Alt namesBeaversource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeCounty
Coordinates38.367°N 113.117°W
Located inUtah, United States     (1856 - )
See alsoIron, Utah, United StatesParent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Piute, Utah, United StatesChild county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Contained Places
Cemetery
Mountain View Cemetery
Inhabited place
Adamsville
Beaver
Blueacre
Cook Corner
Cunningham Hill
Greenville
Laho
Manderfield
Milford
Minersville
Newhouse
North Creek
Shauntie
Shenendoah City
Smyths
Sulphurdale
Three Creeks
Yellow Banks
Unknown
Frisco
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Beaver County is a county in west central Utah, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 6,629. Its county seat and largest city is Beaver. The county was named for the abundance of beaver in the area.

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History

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Explorers of European descent first visited present-day Beaver County in the 1776 Domínguez-Escalante Expedition. The proposed territory of Deseret (soon changed to Utah Territory) began with the arrival of Mormon pioneers in 1847. After the immediate Great Salt Lake City area was settled, settlers moved into more outlying areas, including the future Beaver County area. The county was created by the Utah territorial legislature from a section of Iron County on January 5, 1856, after the settlement of Beaver, Utah was flourishing. The county was named for the animal which was plentiful there. The county boundary as delineated by that act included areas in present-day Colorado and Nevada. The defined boundary was altered on January 16, 1861, by creation of two counties in present Nevada. The county area was effectively reduced on February 28, 1861, by the US Congress, when it created Colorado Territory, taking all of the Beaver County area east of 109 degrees longitude. The county's boundary was enlarged on January 17, 1861, by addition of parcels from Millard, Sanpete, and St. Mary's counties. However, its west area was reduced by creation of the Nevada Territory on July 14, 1862 (this adjustment was altered on May 5, 1866, by action of the US Congress, effectively ceding all Beaver County area west of 114 degrees longitude to Nevada counties). The county area was also reduced on January 16, 1865, when Piute County was created from Beaver territory.

A quarter of the county's workers are employed by hog processor Smithfield Foods.

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Date Event Source
1856 County formed Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1856 Court records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1856 Probate records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1860 First census Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1867 Land records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1870 No significant boundary changes after this year Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1887 Marriage records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1898 Birth records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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Population History

source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
Census Year Population
1860 785
1870 2,007
1880 3,918
1890 3,340
1900 3,613
1910 4,717
1920 5,139
1930 5,136
1940 5,014
1950 4,856
1960 4,331
1970 3,800
1980 4,378
1990 4,765
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