List of counties in Utah Information & List of counties in Utah Links at HealthHaven.com

This is a list of the 29 counties in the U.S. State of Utah.

Utah's postal abbreviation is UT and its FIPS code is 49.

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County	FIPS Code ^[1]	County seat ^[2]	Established ^[2]	Origin ^[3]	Etymology ^[4]	Population ^[5]^[2]	Area ^[2]
Beaver County	001	Beaver	1856	Part of Iron County	The Beaver River and many beavers in the area	&0000000000006005.0000006,005	&0000000000002590.0000002,590 sq mi (&0000000000006708.0000006,708 km²)
Box Elder County	003	Brigham City	1856	Part of Weber County	The many Box Elder trees in the area	&0000000000042745.00000042,745	&0000000000005724.0000005,724 sq mi (&0000000000014825.00000014,825 km²)
Cache County	005	Logan	1857	Unorganized territory	Caches of furs made by Rocky Mountain Fur Company trappers	&0000000000091391.00000091,391	&0000000000001165.0000001,165 sq mi (&0000000000003017.0000003,017 km²)
Carbon County	007	Price	1894	Part of Emery County	The vast coal beds in the county	&0000000000020422.00000020,422	&0000000000001479.0000001,479 sq mi (&0000000000003831.0000003,831 km²)
Daggett County	009	Manila	1919	Part of Uintah County	Ellsworth Daggett (1810-1880), the first Utah Surveyor General	&0000000000000921.000000921	&0000000000000698.000000698 sq mi (&0000000000001808.0000001,808 km²)
Davis County	011	Farmington	1850	Unorganized territory	Daniel C. Davis (d. 1850), Mormon Battalion captain	&0000000000238994.000000238,994	&0000000000000304.000000304 sq mi (&0000000000000787.000000787 km²)
Duchesne County	013	Duchesne	1913	Part of Wasatch County	Uncertain; perhaps Fort Duchesne; Du Chasne, a French fur trapper in the 1830s; French historian André Duchesne (1584-1640); or Rose Duchense (1769-1852), founder of the Society of the Sacred Heart in the state; an Indian chief in past years; or a Ute word translated "dark canyon"	?	&0000000000003238.0000003,238 sq mi (&0000000000008386.0000008,386 km²)
Emery County	015	Castle Dale	1880	Unorganized territory	George W. Emery (1830-1909), Governor of the Utah Territory from 1875-1880	&0000000000010860.00000010,860	&0000000000004452.0000004,452 sq mi (&0000000000011531.00000011,531 km²)
Garfield County	017	Panguitch	1882	Part of Iron County	James A. Garfield (1831-1881), President of the United States in 1881	&0000000000004735.0000004,735	&0000000000005174.0000005,174 sq mi (&0000000000013401.00000013,401 km²)
Grand County	019	Moab	1890	Part of Emery County	The Grand River, since renamed the Colorado River	&0000000000008485.0000008,485	&0000000000003682.0000003,682 sq mi (&0000000000009536.0000009,536 km²)
Iron County	021	Parowan	1850	Unorganized Territory	Iron mines near Cedar City	&0000000000033779.00000033,779	&0000000000003298.0000003,298 sq mi (&0000000000008542.0000008,542 km²)
Juab County	023	Nephi	1852	Unorganized Territory	A Native American word translated "thirsty valley"	&0000000000008238.0000008,238	&0000000000003392.0000003,392 sq mi (&0000000000008785.0000008,785 km²)
Kane County	025	Kanab	1864	Part of Washington County	Thomas L. Kane (1822-1883), U.S. Army officer spoke in favor of the Mormon migration and settlement of Utah	?	&0000000000003992.0000003,992 sq mi (&0000000000010339.00000010,339 km²)
Millard County	027	Fillmore	1851	Part of Iron County.	Millard Fillmore (1800-1874), President of the United States from 1850 to 1853	&0000000000012405.00000012,405	&0000000000006590.0000006,590 sq mi (&0000000000017068.00000017,068 km²)
Morgan County	029	Morgan	1862	Davis County and Summit County	Jedediah Morgan Grant (1816-1856), an apostle of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints	&0000000000007129.0000007,129	&0000000000000609.000000609 sq mi (&0000000000001577.0000001,577 km²)
Piute County	031	Junction	1865	Part of Beaver County	The Piute tribe of Native Americans	&0000000000001435.0000001,435	&0000000000000758.000000758 sq mi (&0000000000001963.0000001,963 km²)
Rich County	033	Randolph	1864	Part of Cache County	Charles C. Rich (1809-1883), an apostle of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints	&0000000000001961.0000001,961	&0000000000001029.0000001,029 sq mi (&0000000000002665.0000002,665 km²)
Salt Lake County	035	Salt Lake City	1849	Original county	The Great Salt Lake, the largest terminal lake in the Western Hemisphere	&0000000000898378.000000898,378	&0000000000000737.000000737 sq mi (&0000000000001909.0000001,909 km²)
San Juan County	037	Monticello	1880	Parts of Kane County, Iron County, and Piute County.	Uncertain, possibilities include: early Spanish explorers or the San Juan River	&0000000000014413.00000014,413	&0000000000007821.0000007,821 sq mi (&0000000000020256.00000020,256 km²)
Sanpete County	039	Manti	1849	Unorganized lands	Uncertain possibly from a Ute Chief named San Pitch	&0000000000022763.00000022,763	&0000000000001588.0000001,588 sq mi (&0000000000004113.0000004,113 km²)
Sevier County	041	Richfield	1862	Part of Sanpete County.	The Sevier River	&0000000000018842.00000018,842	&0000000000001910.0000001,910 sq mi (&0000000000004947.0000004,947 km²)
Summit County	043	Coalville	1854	Salt Lake County	High elevations in the county, which includes 39 of Utah's highest peaks	&0000000000029736.00000029,736	&0000000000001871.0000001,871 sq mi (&0000000000004846.0000004,846 km²)
Tooele County	045	Tooele	1849	Original county	Uncertain, possibly from a Native American Chief named Tuilla	&0000000000040735.00000040,735	&0000000000006946.0000006,946 sq mi (&0000000000017990.00000017,990 km²)
Uintah County	047	Vernal	1880	Wasatch County	The Ute tribe of Native Americans	&0000000000025224.00000025,224	&0000000000004477.0000004,477 sq mi (&0000000000011595.00000011,595 km²)
Utah County	049	Provo	1849	Unorganized lands	Yuta, the Spanish name for the Ute tribe of Native Americans	&0000000000368536.000000368,536	&0000000000001998.0000001,998 sq mi (&0000000000005175.0000005,175 km²)
Wasatch County	051	Heber City	1862	Summit	A Native American word meaning "mountain pass", also the name of the Wasatch Range	&0000000000015215.00000015,215	&0000000000001181.0000001,181 sq mi (&0000000000003059.0000003,059 km²)
Washington County	053	St. George	1852	Unorganized lands	George Washington (1732-1799), President of the United States from 1789 to 1797	&0000000000090354.00000090,354	&0000000000002427.0000002,427 sq mi (&0000000000006286.0000006,286 km²)
Wayne County	055	Loa	1892	Part of Piute County.	Wayne Robinson, the son of Utah state legislator Willis Robinson, although an alternate explanation suggests Revolutionary War Gen. Anthony Wayne (1745-1796)	&0000000000002509.0000002,509	&0000000000002460.0000002,460 sq mi (&0000000000006371.0000006,371 km²)
Weber County	057	Ogden	1849	Unorganized lands	The Weber Basin surrounding the Weber River	?	&0000000000000576.000000576 sq mi (&0000000000001492.0000001,492 km²)