Emery County, Utah
| Emery County, Utah | ||
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 Location in the U.S. state of Utah |
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 Utah's location in the U.S. |
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| Founded | 1880 | |
| Named for | George W. Emery | |
| Seat | Castle Dale | |
| Largest city | Huntington | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 4,472 sq mi (11,582 km2) | |
| • Land | 4,462 sq mi (11,557 km2) | |
| • Water | 9.5 sq mi (25 km2), 0.2% | |
| Population (est.) | ||
| • (2015) | 10,370 | |
| • Density | 2.5/sq mi (1/km²) | |
| Congressional district | 3rd | |
| Time zone | Mountain: UTC-7/-6 | |
| Website | www |
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Emery County is a county located in the U.S. state of Utah. As of the 2010 census, the population was 10,976. Its county seat is Castle Dale, and the largest city is Huntington. The county was named for George W. Emery, governor of the Utah Territory in 1875.
Occupation of the San Rafael region dates back thousands of years to include people of the Desert Archaic Culture who were followed by those of the Fremont culture who inhabited present-day Emery County from about A.D. 500 to about A.D. 1300. Evidence of these people can still be found in numerous pictograph and petroglyph panels, such as those in Temple Mountain Wash, Muddy Creek, Ferron Box, Black Dragon Canyon, and Buckhorn Wash-all sites listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Ute Indians also occupied sites in Castle Valley,
The first white men who came to Castle Valley were undoubtedly Spanish Traders and Explorers. These explorers came to the area sometime after Silvestre Vélez de Escalante, who in 1776, crossed northern Utah through the Uintah Basin. These Spanish traders and explorers eventually found a more southerly route than Escalante had traveled, which became known as the Spanish Trail. It began at Santa Fe, thence to Durango, Colorado, crossed the Colorado River where Moab is now located, then to the Green River-crossing where Green River is now located, thence westerly to Cedar Mountain. It went on the South side of Cedar Mountain, across Buckhorn Flat, passed the Red Seeps to Huntington Creek, crossing about a mile below where the present bridge crosses; thence to Cottonwood Creek. It crossed the Ferron Creek where Molen now stands. It passed through the Rochester Flats about one mile (1.6 km) east of present-day Moore and crossed the Muddy Creek about two miles (3 km) due east of the present town of Emery.
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