List of Utah county name etymologies
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This is a list of Utah county name etymologies.
- Beaver County, Utah: Beaver is named for the area's many beavers.
- Box Elder County, Utah: Box Elder is named for the area's many box elders.
- Cache County, Utah: Cache was named by mountain man Jedediah Smith and is named for the caches of furs collected in the area by Rocky Mountain Fur Company trappers.
- Carbon County, Utah: Carbon is named for the coal in the area.
- Daggett County, Utah: Daggett is named for Ellsworth Daggett, the first Utah Surveyor General.
- Davis County, Utah: Davis is named for Daniel C. Davis, a captain in the Mormon Battalion.
- Duchesne County, Utah: Duchesne is named for a French trapper.
- Emery County, Utah: Emery is named for George W. Emery, a governor of Utah Territory.
- Garfield County, Utah: Garfield is named for James Abram Garfield, the twentieth president of the United States.
- Grand County, Utah: Grand is named for the Grand River, later renamed the Colorado River.
- Iron County, Utah: Iron is named for the area's iron deposits.
- Juab County, Utah: Juab is named for a Native American word meaning valley or thirsty valley.
- Kane County, Utah: Kane is named for Thomas L. Kane, who helped early settlers.
- Millard County, Utah: Millard is named for Millard Fillmore, the thirteenth president of the United States.
- Morgan County, Utah: Morgan is named for Jedediah Morgan Grant, the father of Heber J. Grant, an early president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
- Piute County, Utah: Piute is named for the Piute Native American tribe.
- Rich County, Utah: Rich is named for Charles C. Rich, an apostle of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
- Salt Lake County, Utah: Salt Lake is named for the Great Salt Lake partially within its borders.
- San Juan County, Utah: San Juan is possibly named for the San Juan River.
- Sanpete County, Utah: Sanpete may be named for San Pitch, a Ute leader.
- Sevier County, Utah: Sevier is named for the Sevier River.
- Summit County, Utah: Summit is named for the county's many mountains.
- Tooele County, Utah: Tooele is named for an unknown origin.
- Uintah County, Utah: Uintah is named for the Ute Native American tribe.
- Utah County, Utah: Utah is named for the Anglicization of Yuta, the Spanish pronunciation of Ute.
- Wasatch County, Utah: Wasatch is named for an Ute word meaning mountain pass.
- Washington County, Utah: Washington is named for George Washington, the first president of the United States.
- Wayne County, Utah: Wayne is named for an unknown origin.
- Weber County, Utah: Weber is named for the Weber Basin area of the state.
