Central Utah

Central Utah is a region of , which includes the counties of Sanpete, Sevier, and Piute, as well as the eastern halves of Juab, Millard, and Beaver counties.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Richfield and Beaver.

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is a city in Central Utah. It is on the thoroughfare to several nearby national parks and national forests…

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in Central Utah is a town of 3,200 people close to the Tushar Mountains, and anyone who visits the town feels like they are at the foothills of the Rockies.

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is a city in and the county seat of , United States. The population was 2,592 at the 2020 United States census. It is named for the thirteenth U.S. President Millard , who was in office when Millard County was created by the Utah Territorial legislature.

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as Nephi and Manti.

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is a city in and the county seat of , , United States. It is part of the Provo–Orem metropolitan area. The population was 6,443 at the 2020 census.

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Known as the Temple City, is proud of its rich heritage. The city was named after a city from the LDS Church Book of Mormon.

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is in Central Utah. Settled in spring 1859 by a group led by Bishop Jacob Hutchinson. It was directed and named by Brigham Young for Capt. John W.

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Mt. Pleasant is in Central Utah. Settled the first time in 1852 when a few pioneers left Manti and settled on the Sanpitch River west of the present site of Mt.

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is a city in Central Utah and is a gateway to exploring the vast western desert of Utah. Nearby activities include off-highway vehicle recreation, ane rock-hounding.

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is in Central Utah. Originally settled by James Allred from Manti, the place was known as Canal Creek. With the outbreak of the Wakara War hostilities in July 1853, Hambleton settlers on Pleasant Creek retreated to the Allred Settlement and pleas for reinforcements brought 50 Danish families via Salt Lake.

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is in Central Utah. In the spring of 1854, some residents of went north to Cottonwood Creek and were later joined by settlers uprooted from Allred's settlement and recent immigrants from Denmark.

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is a city in , United States. The population was 2,660 at the 2020 census.

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in Central Utah sits midway between and on the most pronounced "North Bend" of the San Pitch River.

is in Central Utah. It was a popular campground for Salt Creek and San Pitch travelers during the 1850s before the Johnson's and other families from Santaquin in Utah Valley settle it.

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is in Central Utah. Founded in 1859. The town's high elevation provided a fair enough view of the valley to inspire the choice of name in 1864.

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is in Central Utah. Surveyed by James Snow in 1881 after securing rights to former Indian reservation land from the government. Most of the Pettyville settlers moved to this higher bench above Six Mile Creek, six miles south of Manti, and the main road was eventually rerouted to service them.

is in Central Utah. Mads Sorenson, Carl Olsen and Simon Hansen, scouted the site on a logging foray in 1870. The next spring they cut meadow hay, built cabins and began water division.

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is a U.S. national forest located in south central . The namesake for the forest is , the largest freshwater mountain lake in the state.

Central Utah

Latitude of center
39.05° or 39° 3′ north
Longitude of center
-112.28° or 112° 16′ 48″ west
Wiki­data ID
Q14913560
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