Area Information
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This informational page has been established to provide you (the viewer), with resources for the Iron County, Beaver County and Beaver, Utah areas!
Area: 2,586 square miles; population: 4,765 (in 1990); county seat: Beaver City; origin of county name: from Beaver River, so called because of the many beaver once found there; principal cities/towns: Beaver City (1,998), Milford (1,106), Minersville (608); economy: livestock, transportation, trade; points of interest: Beaver City Historic District, Frisco ghost town, Puffer Lake, Minersville Reservoir State Park, Elk Meadows ski area.
The high peaks of the Tushar Range mark the eastern boundary of Beaver County. Delano Peak (12,173 feet) and Mount Belknap (12,139) are among the highest mountains in the state. Most of the county, however, consists of the Basin and Range country typical of western Utah.
Archaic and Sevier Cultural sites of early Indian inhabitants have been found in Beaver County, and in historic times the area was part of the Southern Paiutes' territory. The Indian Peak Paiute Reservation operated from 1915 to 1954 in southwestern Beaver County.
Beaver County
Courthouse, 1968