User:Jengod/List of Utah county name etymologies

This is a list of Utah county name etymologies.


 * 1) Beaver County is named for the area's many beavers.
 * 2) Box Elder County is named for the area's many box elders.
 * 3) Cache County is named for the caches of furs collected in the area by Rocky Mountain Fur Company trappers.
 * 4) Carbon County is named for the coal in the area.
 * 5) Daggett County is named for Ellworth Daggett, the first Utah Surveyor General.
 * 6) Davis County is named for Daniel C. Davis, a captain in the Mormon Battalion.
 * 7) Duchesne County's name is of unknown origin.
 * 8) Emery County is named for Utah Territory governor George W. Emery.
 * 9) Garfield County is named for U.S. president James Garfield.
 * 10) Grand County is named for the Grande River, later renamed the Colorado River.
 * 11) Iron County is named for the area's iron deposits.
 * 12) Juab County is named for a Native American word meaning valley or thirsty valley.
 * 13) Kane County is named for Col. Thomas L. Kane, who helped early settlers.
 * 14) Millard County is named for U.S. president Millard Fillmore.
 * 15) Morgan County is named for Jedediah Morgan Grant, the father of Heber J. Grant, an early president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
 * 16) Piute County is named for the Piute Native American people.
 * 17) Rich County is named for early Mormon apostle, Charles C. Rich.
 * 18) Salt Lake County is named for the Great Salt Lake within its borders.
 * 19) San Juan County is possibly named for the San Juan River.
 * 20) Sanpete County may be named for a Ute leader named San Pitch.
 * 21) Sevier County is named for the Sevier River.
 * 22) Summit County is named because of the county's many very tall mountains.
 * 23) Tooele County's name is of unknown origin.
 * 24) Uintah County is named for the Ute Native American people.
 * 25) Utah County is the Anglicization of Yuta, the Spanish pronunciation of Ute.
 * 26) Wasatch County is named for a Ute word meaning mountain pass.
 * 27) Washington County is named for U.S. President George Washington.
 * 28) Wayne County's name is of uncertain origin.
 * 29) Weber County is named after the Weber Basin area of the state.