County History

Historical Markers

Towns & Locations

  • Alta - living ghost town, currently a ski resort.
  • Avenues - Northeast of downtown area.
  • Bacchus
  • Belmont Heights
  • Big Cottonwood
  • Bingham or Bingham Canyon - southwest part of county, covered by Kennecott's Bingham Copper Mine tailings.
  • Bluffdale 
  • Brighton
  • Butlerville
  • Camp Williams
  • Capitol Hill - Area surrounding the state capitol builing.
  • Copperfield or Upper Bingham - southwest part of county, covered by Kennecott's Bingham Copper Mine tailings.ings.
  • Copperton
  • Cottonwood
  • Crescent
  • Cushing
  • Draper 
  • Eldorado
  • Emigration Canyon
  • Federal Heights - Area east of the Avenues.
  • Fort Douglas
  • Garfield
  • Glendale
  • Granger - incorporated into West Valley City
  • Granite
  • Herriman 
  • Highland Boy - west part of county.
  • Holladay 
  • Hunter
  • Jordan - divided between incorpoation of South Jordan and West Jordan
  • Kearns
  • Lark - southwest part of county, covered starting in 1977 by Kennecott's Bingham Copper Mine tailings.ings.
  • Little Cottonwood
  • Magna
  • Midvale 
  • Millcreek
  • Murray 
  • Nauvoo
  • North Salt Lake City 
  • Olympus Cove
  • Pleasant Green
  • Riverton 
  • Rose Park - Located between 600 and 1700 North and 900 West and Redwood Road (1700 West). Established as a community after World War II.
  • Salt Lake City  (county seat) 
  • Sandy 
  • Sherwood Park
  • Snowbird
  • Solitude
  • South Jordan 
  • South Salt Lake 
  • Sugarhouse
  • Taylorsville 
  • Telegraph - 1873-1948, southwest part of county.
  • Union
  • Union Fort
  • U.S. (United States Smelting & Refinings Company) southwest part of county.
  • West Jordan 
  • West Valley City 
  • Weston
  • White City

Bingham Canyon Communities 

These comminutes became part of the Bingham Copper Mine or its tailings. 

NORTH FORK CANYONS 
  • Old Jordan
  • Silver Shield
  • Niagara
  • Telegraph
  • Terrace Heights
  • Copperfield
  • Commercial
  • Greek Camp
  • Japanese Camp
  • Dinkeyville 
SOUTH FORK CANYONS 
  • Boston Con
  • Frisco
  • Highland Boy
  • Yampa
  • Phoenix
  • Apex
  • Carr Fork
  • Copper Heights
MAIN CANYON
  • Bingham
  • Markham Gulch
  • Heaston Heights
  • Freeman Gulch
  • Winamuck
  • Verona Gulch
  • Frog Town
  • Leadmine
  • Copperton

MAGNA/GARFIELD AREA

  • Smelter Camp
  • Garfield
  • Arthur Row
  • New Town
  • Rag Town
  • Snake Town
  • Magna
  • Bacchus