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Utah County: 049: Provo: Jan 31, 1850: Original county of State of Deseret: Yuta, the Spanish name for the Ute tribe [46] 719,174: 2,003 sq mi (5,188 km 2) Wasatch County: 051: Heber City: Jan 17, 1862: Part of Great Salt Lake, Green River, Sanpete, Summit, and Utah counties [47] A Native American word meaning "mountain pass", also the name of ...
The hostility was in part because Native Americans lived on non-taxable reservations so they did not pay taxes for school. [6] There were reported incidents of bus drivers not picking up Native American students. Racism was present in the school system. [6] This problem continued for Native American children until the Indian Education Act of 1972.
Multnomah County named after the Multnomah people. Tillamook County, named after the Tillamook people. Umatilla County, Sahaptin word, possibly meaning "laughing waters". Wallowa County, from the Nez Perce word "wallowa" to designate a tripod of poles used to support fish nets. Wasco County, named after the Wasco people.
The reservation lies in parts of seven counties; in descending order of land area they are: Uintah, Duchesne, Wasatch, Grand, Carbon, Utah, and Emery counties. The total land area is 6,769.173 square miles (17,532.08 km 2) with control of the lands split between Ute Indian Allottees, the Ute Indian Tribe, and the Ute Distribution Corporation.
Emery County is a county in east-central Utah, United States. As of the 2020 United States Census , the population was 9,825. [ 1 ] Its county seat is Castle Dale , [ 2 ] and the largest city is Huntington .
Uintah County (/ j uː ˈ ɪ n t ə / yoo-IN-tə) is a county in the U.S. state of Utah. As of the 2020 United States Census the population was 35,620. [1] Its county seat and largest city is Vernal. [2] The county was named for the portion of the Ute Indian tribe that lived in the basin.
The county name reportedly derived from a Native American word meaning thirsty valley, or possibly only valley. The county's boundaries were altered in 1854, 1855, and 1856. Also, in 1856 the Territory legislature, acknowledging the upcoming establishment of Nevada Territory , removed from the boundary description of Juab county all territories ...
These are lists of U.S. county name etymologies.Many U.S. states have counties named after U.S. presidents such as Washington, Madison, Polk, Jefferson, etc. Counties are also commonly named after famous individuals, local Native American tribes once in the area (Washoe County, Nevada), cities located within the county, and land or water features (Cerro Gordo County, Iowa, meaning "Fat Hill ...