Chicken Creek is a ghost town in southeastern Juab County, Utah, United States.
Two families from Nephi established a ranch on Chicken Creek, in 1860. It was located 14 miles (23 km) south of Nephi along the Mormon Road. By 1864 it had grown into a settlement called Chicken Creek and had acquired its own post office. In 1868, the town of Levan was established upstream 3 miles (4.8 km) northeast of Chicken Creek. By 1871, Levan's success as a farming community led to Chicken Creek gradually being abandoned. Its post office was closed in 1876; only a few ruins of foundations and fireplaces remained. [1] [2] : 49
Juab County is a county in western Utah, United States. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 11,786. Its county seat and largest city is Nephi.
Levan is a town in Juab County, Utah, United States. As of the 2020 census it had a population of 862.
Mona is a city in Juab County, Utah, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 1,547. It is part of the Provo–Orem metropolitan area.
Nephi is a city in Juab County, Utah, United States. It is part of the Provo–Orem metropolitan area. The population was 6,443 at the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Juab County. It was settled by Mormon pioneers in 1851 as Salt Creek, and it acquired its current name in 1882. It is the principal city in the Juab Valley, an agricultural area. Nephi was named after Nephi, son of Lehi, from the Book of Mormon.
Rocky Ridge is a town on the northeastern edge of Juab County, Utah, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 733, and in 2018 the estimated population was 833.
Santaquin is a city in Utah and Juab counties in the U.S. state of Utah. It is part of the Provo–Orem metropolitan area. The population was 13,725 at the 2020 census.
The Salt Creek Canyon massacre occurred on June 4, 1858, when four Danish immigrants were ambushed and killed by unidentified Indians in Salt Creek Canyon, a winding canyon of Salt Creek east of present-day Nephi, in Juab County, Utah.
State Route 78 (SR-78) is a 9.418-mile-long (15.157 km) state highway in the U.S. state of Utah that serves as a connector from the town of Levan and SR-28 to Interstate 15 (I-15) and the Chicken Creek Reservoir. The route was formed in 1977 and has preserved its initial state since then.
James C. Sly was a Mormon pioneer, member of the Mormon Battalion in the Mexican–American War, scout for early west trails used during the California gold rush, journal keeper in 1848 and 1849, early US western settler of several communities, and Mormon missionary to Canada.
The Provo–Orem, UT Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Office of Management and Budget, is an area consisting of two counties in Utah, anchored by the cities of Provo and Orem. As of the 2020 census, the MSA had a population of 671,185.
State Route 28 (SR-28) is a state highway in central Utah running for 43.612 miles (70.187 km) in Sanpete and Juab counties from Gunnison to Nephi. It serves as a connection from the Wasatch Front to the Sevier Valley.
Silver City is a ghost town located at the mouth of Dragon Canyon on the west flank of the East Tintic Mountains in northeast Juab County in central Utah, United States. It was a silver mining town approximately 90 miles (140 km) south-southwest of Salt Lake City. This area was considered part of the Tintic Mining District and also produced bismuth, copper, gold, and lead. Settlement began with the first mining strikes here in 1869. Silver City was inhabited until 1930, after the mines played out. Jesse Knight, known as the "Mormon Wizard" for his ability to find ore easily, decided to build a smelter in Silver City because it had the flattest ground in all of the Tintic Mining District. Silver City had several mines in 1890, but the mines hit water and were abandoned. Now there is little left other than a few holes where mines were, and a number of tailings piles. The Silver City Cemetery, however, survives and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Hatton, formerly Petersburg, is an unincorporated community and near-ghost town in Millard County, Utah, United States. It lies at an elevation of 4,826 feet.
The Juab Valley is a 40-mile (64 km) long valley located on the eastern edge of Juab County, Utah, United States.
Juab is a ghost town in Juab County, Utah, United States. It lies at an elevation of 5,082 feet (1,549 m), and is 5.1 miles (8.2 km) west-southwest of Levan.
Chicken Creek is a tributary stream of the Sevier River, in Juab and Sanpete counties of Utah. Its mouth joins the river in Juab County at an elevation of 5,276 feet (1,608 m) at 39°28′43″N112°02′13″W. Its source is at an elevation of 7,810 feet (2,380 m) at 39°28′12″N111°42′26″W in the San Pitch Mountains just over the county line in Sanpete County.
Consumers is a ghost town in Carbon County, Utah, United States. It is located in the Gordon Valley near several other former coal mining communities that also are now ghost towns. It is less than a mile from the ghost town of National, and also quite near to Clear Creek.
Juab School District is a school district located in eastern Juab County, Utah, United States. It serves the far eastern part of Juab County, while the Tintic School District serves the remaining portion of Juab County. The district is the eleventh smallest of the 41 school districts within the state Juab School District is part of the Digital Promise League of Innovative Schools and winner of the Digital School Districts Survey 2017-2018.
Diamond is a ghost town in eastern Juab County, Utah, United States. The Diamond Cemetery is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Currant Creek is a stream in eastern Juab County and southern Utah County in northern Utah, United States.
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