Washington County is a county in the southwestern corner of Utah,United States. As of the 2020 United States Census,the population was 180,279,making it the fifth-most populous county in Utah. Its county seat and largest city is St. George. The county was created in 1852 and organized in 1856. It was named after the first President of the United States,George Washington. A portion of the Paiute Indian Reservation is in western Washington County. Washington County comprises the St. George,UT Metropolitan Statistical Area.
St. George is a city in and the county seat of Washington County,Utah,United States. Located in southwestern Utah on the Arizona border,it is the principal city of the St. George Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). The city lies in the northeasternmost part of the Mojave Desert,adjacent to the Pine Valley Mountains and near the convergence of three distinct geologic areas and ecoregions:the Mojave Desert,Colorado Plateau,and the Great Basin. The city is 118 miles (190 km) northeast of Las Vegas,Nevada,and 300 miles (480 km) south-southwest of Salt Lake City,Utah,on Interstate 15.
Michael Okerlund Leavitt is an American politician who served as the 14th Governor of Utah from 1993 to 2003 in the Republican Party,as Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from 2003 to 2005 and as Secretary of Health and Human Services from 2005 to 2009.
Edwin Jacob "Jake" Garn is an American politician and member of the Republican Party who served as a United States senator representing Utah from 1974 to 1993. Garn became the first sitting member of Congress to fly in space when he flew aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery as a payload specialist during NASA mission STS-51-D.
Jeffrey Roy Holland is an American educator and religious leader. He served as the ninth President of Brigham Young University (BYU) and is a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. As a member of the Quorum of the Twelve,Holland is accepted by the church as a prophet,seer,and revelator. Currently,he is the fourth most senior apostle in the church.
Southern Utah University (SUU) is a public university in Cedar City,Utah. Founded in 1897 as a normal school,Southern Utah University now has over 1,800 graduates each year with baccalaureate and other graduate degrees from its six colleges. SUU offers more than 140 undergraduate and 19 graduate programs. More than 10,000 students attend SUU. Southern Utah University trademarked the name and is known as the University of the Parks. SUU's 17 athletic teams compete in Division I of the NCAA and are collectively known as the Thunderbirds. SUU joined the Western Athletic Conference in July 2022.
Utah's Dixie is the nickname for the populated,lower-elevation area of south-central Washington County in the southwestern portion of the U.S. state of Utah. Its winter climate is very mild when compared to the rest of Utah,and typical of the Mojave Desert,in which it lies.
Utah Tech University (UT),formerly known as Dixie State University (DSU) and similar names,is a public university in St. George,Utah. The university offers about 240 programs. As of fall 2022,there are 12,556 students enrolled at UT. The student body is 57% female and 42% male with 21% of the student body being minority (non-white) students.
David Eccles was an American businessman and industrialist who founded many businesses throughout the western United States and became Utah's first multimillionaire.
Jacob Hamblin was a Western pioneer,a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,and a diplomat to various Native American tribes of the Southwest and Great Basin. He aided European-American settlement of large areas of southern Utah and northern Arizona,where he was seen as an honest broker between Latter-day Saint settlers and the Natives. He is sometimes referred to as the "Buckskin Apostle," or the "Apostle to the Lamanites." In 1958,he was inducted into the Hall of Great Westerners of the National Cowboy &Western Heritage Museum.
William Rolfe Kerr is an emeritus general authority of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He served previously as the fifteenth Commissioner of Church Education and as president of the Logan Utah Temple.
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Howard A. Stephenson is a Utah politician who represented the State's 11th senate district in Salt Lake County including Draper from 1992 through 2018.
Stephen Douglas Nadauld is an American academic,the former president of Dixie State University and Weber State University (WSU). Nadauld was a general authority of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1991 to 1996.
Junius Edgar West was a Virginia politician and businessman who was born in Sussex County,Virginia,on July 12,1866,and whose long and distinguished career culminated in two terms as the 22nd Lieutenant Governor of Virginia.
R. Jan Pinney,CLU,ChFC,CPCU is an American businessman,author,speaker,and consultant. He received national attention for various issues discussed during his tenure on the Roseville Joint Union High School District Board of Trustees. He has also testified before Assembly and Senate committees on insurance and finance. Jan is a prominent and active figure within the insurance industry where he advocates at the State and National levels for common-sense laws,transparency in regulator oversight,and a consumer-first focus on insurance company product designs,sales distribution,and consumer protection. Most recently,he has led a coalition of NAILBA,LIDMA,and NAIFA leaders in fighting for an insurance agent exemption to the TCPA Laws that currently prevents a licensed agent from contacting a consumer regarding an existing insurance policy via telephone without written permission. Under the current rules,agents may only have telephone contact with their clients without written permission for a period of 18-months from the inception of a new insurance policy or are subject to fines.
Leavitt Group is an organization of affiliated independent insurance agencies,with 200+ locations across the United States as of 2023. According to the corporate website,Leavitt Group was founded in 1952 when Dixie Leavitt opened an insurance agency in the town of Cedar City,Utah,where the company headquarters remains located. It is among the largest retail property and casualty (P/C) insurance brokerage firms in the United States.
Alton LaVar Wade is a retired American educational administrator.
Daniel R. Liljenquist is an American businessman and politician who served one term in the Utah State Senate.
Walt Brooks is an American politician who has served in the Utah House of Representatives from the 75th district since 2016. He was appointed in September 2016 to replace Representative Don Ipson,who himself was appointed to the senate to replace Senator Steve Urquhart.
