Dividend, Utah

Dividend is an extinct town in Utah County, Utah. The GNIS classifies it as a populated place.^[1]

A post office called Dividend was established in 1922, and remained in operation until 1951.^[2] The community was so named in the expectation a nearby mine would pay dividends.^[3]

References

↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Dividend
↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
↑ Moyer, Armond; Moyer, Winifred (1958). The origins of unusual place-names. Keystone Pub. Associates. p. 36.

Municipalities and communities of Utah County, Utah, United States
County seat: Provo
Cities	Alpine American Fork Bluffdale‡ Cedar Hills Draper‡ Eagle Mountain Elk Ridge Highland Lehi Lindon Mapleton Orem Payson Pleasant Grove Provo Salem Santaquin‡ Saratoga Springs Spanish Fork Springville Vineyard Woodland Hills
Towns	Cedar Fort Fairfield Genola Goshen
CDPs	Benjamin Elberta Lake Shore Palmyra Spring Lake West Mountain
Unincorporated communities	Birdseye Vivian Park
Indian reservation	Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation‡
Ghost towns	Colton Dividend Forest City Mill Fork Mosida Thistle Tucker
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Coordinates: 39°57′17″N 112°03′41″W / 39.95472°N 112.06139°W / 39.95472; -112.06139

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