User:Jengod/List of Utah county name etymologies
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This is a list of Utah county name etymologies.
- Beaver County is named for the area's many beavers.
- Box Elder County is named for the area's many box elders.
- Cache County is named for the caches of furs collected in the area by Rocky Mountain Fur Company trappers.
- Carbon County is named for the coal in the area.
- Daggett County is named for Ellworth Daggett, the first Utah Surveyor General.
- Davis County is named for Daniel C. Davis, a captain in the Mormon Battalion.
- Duchesne County's name is of unknown origin.
- Emery County is named for Utah Territory governor George W. Emery.
- Garfield County is named for U.S. president James Garfield.
- Grand County is named for the Grande River, later renamed the Colorado River.
- Iron County is named for the area's iron deposits.
- Juab County is named for a Native American word meaning valley or thirsty valley.
- Kane County is named for Col. Thomas L. Kane, who helped early settlers.
- Millard County is named for U.S. president Millard Fillmore.
- 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.
- Piute County is named for the Piute Native American people.
- Rich County is named for early Mormon apostle, Charles C. Rich.
- Salt Lake County is named for the Great Salt Lake within its borders.
- San Juan County is possibly named for the San Juan River.
- Sanpete County may be named for a Ute leader named San Pitch.
- Sevier County is named for the Sevier River.
- Summit County is named because of the county's many very tall mountains.
- Tooele County's name is of unknown origin.
- Uintah County is named for the Ute Native American people.
- Utah County is the Anglicization of Yuta, the Spanish pronunciation of Ute.
- Wasatch County is named for a Ute word meaning mountain pass.
- Washington County is named for U.S. President George Washington.
- Wayne County's name is of uncertain origin.
- Weber County is named after the Weber Basin area of the state.