Central Utah
Central Utah is a region of Utah, which includes the counties of Sanpete, Sevier, and Piute, as well as the eastern halves of Juab, Millard, and Beaver counties.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Richfield and Beaver.
Richfield
Beaver
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Beaver 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.
Fillmore
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Fillmore is a city in and the county seat of Millard County, Utah, United States. The population was 2,592 at the 2020 United States Census. It is named for the thirteenth U.S. President Millard Fillmore, who was in office when Millard County was created by the Utah Territorial legislature.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Nephi and Manti.
Nephi
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Nephi is a city in Juab County, Utah, United States. It is part of the Provo–Orem metropolitan area. The population was 6,443 at the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Juab County.
Manti
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Known as the Temple City, Manti is proud of its rich heritage. The city was named after a city from the LDS Church Book of Mormon.
Gunnison
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Gunnison 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.
Delta
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Delta 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, rock-houding…
Mount Pleasant
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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.
Spring City
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Spring City 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.
Salina
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Salina is a city in Sevier County, Utah, United States. The population was 2,660 at the 2020 census.
Fairview
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Fairview 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.
Ephraim
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Ephraim is in Central Utah. In the spring of 1854, some residents of Manti went north to Cottonwood Creek and were later joined by settlers uprooted from Allred's settlement and recent immigrants from Denmark.
Moroni
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Moroni in Central Utah sits midway between Nephi and Manti on the most pronounced "North Bend" of the San Pitch River.
Fountain Green
Fountain Green 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.Mayfield
Mayfield 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.Sterling
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Sterling 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.
Central Utah
- Type: region
- Description: geographic region
- Location: Utah, Southwest, United States, North America
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Latitude of center
39.05° or 39° 3′ northLongitude of center
-112.28° or 112° 16′ 48″ westWikidata ID
Q14913560
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