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Located at the confluence of the San Pitch River and Cottonwood Creek, Fairview is the largest city in the northeast end of the Sanpete Valley.Founded in 1859, soon after the resettlement of nearby Mount Pleasant, Fairview was one of the first new towns established during the second wave of Mormon settlement in Sanpete County.
Sanpete County (/ s æ n ˈ p iː t / san-PEET) is a county in the U.S. state of Utah. As of the 2020 United States Census , the population was 28,437. [ 1 ] Its county seat is Manti , [ 2 ] and its largest city is Ephraim .
Sanpete County and Sevier County make up the "Little Scandinavia" portion of Utah, where many of Utah's 20,000 19th-century Scandinavian immigrants settled. Pair-houses, a Scandinavian home form, are relatively common. There are 82 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county.
Manti (/ ˈ m æ n t aɪ / MAN-ty) is a city in and the county seat of Sanpete County, Utah, United States. [4] The population was 3,429 at the 2020 United States Census.
Just over 75% of Utah's population is concentrated along four Wasatch Front counties: Salt Lake, Utah, Davis, and Weber. Salt Lake County was the largest county in the state with a population of 1,185,813, followed by Utah County with 719,174, Davis County with 373,207 and Weber County with 271,926.
Indianola is an unincorporated community in Sanpete County, Utah, United States, east of U.S. Route 89 at Thistle Creek and 12 miles (19 km) northeast of Fairview. An early Native American village existed here, and in pioneer times the site was selected for a Native American reservation. The town of Indianola was settled in 1871.
The Sanpete County Courthouse, at 160 N. Main St. in Manti, Utah, was built in 1935. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. [1] It was built of oolite limestone in PWA Moderne style. It has a two-story central block with vertical window panels and two two-story wings with horizontal window panels. [2]
The San Pitch River, extending 65 miles (105 km), is the primary watercourse of the Sanpete Valley and drains into the Sevier River in southwestern Sanpete. The river is named for the Ute chief Sanpitch, who also gives his name to the San Pitch Mountains and Sanpete County.