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Beaver County, Utah

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—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
114historic places
—earliest paper
1856formed
7,072pop. 2020
8cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 114 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1970. Most listings are in or near Beaver, Minersville, Milford.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Utah is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Beaver titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

110 of 114 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

114 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Ashworth, John, HouseBeaverBuilding1983
Ashworth, John, HouseBeaverBuilding1983
Atkin, James, HouseBeaverBuilding1982
Atkins and Smith HouseBeaverBuilding1983
Baldwin, Caleb, HouseBeaverBuilding1983
Barton, William, HouseBeaverBuilding1982
Beaver City LibraryBeaverBuilding1983
Beaver County CourthouseBeaverBuilding1970
Beaver Opera HouseBeaverBuilding1982
Beaver Relief Society MeetinghouseBeaverBuilding1983
Bird, Edward, HouseBeaverBuilding1983
Black, John, HouseBeaverBuilding1982
Bohn, Joseph, HouseBeaverBuilding1982
Boyter, Alexander, HouseBeaverBuilding1983
Boyter, James, HouseBeaverBuilding1983
Boyter, James, ShopBeaverBuilding1983
Bradshaw, George Albert, HouseBeaverBuilding1983
Burt, William, HouseBeaverBuilding1983
Cowdell, Enoch E., HouseBeaverBuilding1982
Cox, Silas, HouseBeaverBuilding1983
Crosby, Alma, HouseBeaverBuilding1983
Dalten, Charles A., HouseBeaverBuilding1982
Dean, James Heber, HouseBeaverBuilding1982
Erickson HouseBeaverBuilding1982
Farnsworth, Julia P. M., BarnBeaverBuilding1982
Farnsworth, Julia, HouseBeaverBuilding1982
Fennemore, Dr. George, HouseBeaverBuilding1980
Fennemore, James, HouseBeaverBuilding1983
Fernley, Edward, HouseBeaverBuilding1983
Fernley, William, HouseBeaverBuilding1983
Fort CameronBeaverBuilding1974
Fotheringham, Caroline, HouseBeaverBuilding1982
Fotheringham, William, HouseBeaverBuilding1983
Frazer, David L., HouseBeaverBuilding1983
Frazer, Thomas, HouseBeaverBuilding1978
Frisco Charcoal KilnsMilfordStructure1982
Gale, Henry C., HouseBeaverBuilding1983
Gale, Henry C., HouseBeaverBuilding1983
Greenwood, William, HouseBeaverBuilding1982
Grimshaw, Duckworth, HouseBeaverBuilding1980
Grimshaw, John, HouseBeaverBuilding1982
Harris, Louis W., Flour MillBeaverBuilding1982
Harris, Louis W., HouseBeaverBuilding1983
Harris, Sarah Eliza, HouseBeaverBuilding1983
Hawkins, William and Eliza, HouseBeaverBuilding1983
House at 110 S. 3rd WestBeaverBuilding1983
House at 325 S. Main St.BeaverBuilding1983
Huntington, Joseph, HouseBeaverBuilding1983
Jackson, Samuel, HouseBeaverBuilding1983
Jenner-Griffiths HouseMinersvilleBuilding1985
Jones, Thomas, HouseBeaverBuilding1982
Lee, John Ruphard, HouseBeaverBuilding1982
Limb, Lester, HouseBeaverBuilding1982
Low HotelBeaverBuilding1983
Maeser, Reinhard, HouseBeaverBuilding1983
Mansfield, Murdock and Co. StoreBeaverBuilding1983
McEvan, Mathew, HouseBeaverBuilding1983
Meeting HallBeaverBuilding1982
Minersville City HallMinersvilleBuilding1985
Morgan, William, HouseBeaverBuilding1983
Morris, Andrew James, HouseBeaverBuilding1982
Moyes, William, Jr., HouseBeaverBuilding1983
Mud SpringGarrisonSite1985
Muir, David, HouseBeaverBuilding1980
Murdock, Almira Lott, HouseBeaverBuilding1983
Murdock, John Riggs and Wolfenden, Mary Ellen, HouseBeaverBuilding1983
Nowers, Wilson G., HouseBeaverBuilding1983
Odd Fellows HallBeaverBuilding1983
Olcott, Frances A., HouseBeaverBuilding1983
Orwin, Jessie, HouseBeaverBuilding1983
Powell, David, HouseBeaverBuilding1983
Puffer, Ephraim Orvel, HouseBeaverBuilding1983
Reeves, Sylvester H., HouseBeaverBuilding1983
Robinson, James E., HouseBeaverBuilding1982
Robinson, William, HouseBeaverBuilding1983
Robinson, William, HouseBeaverBuilding1983
Rollins-Eyre HouseMinersvilleBuilding1995
Ryan Ranch (42 BE 618)BeaverSite1985
School HouseBeaverBuilding1983
Shepherd, Dr. Warren, HouseBeaverBuilding1983
Shepherd, Harriet S., HouseBeaverBuilding1980
Skinner, Horace A., HouseBeaverBuilding1983
Smith, Ellen, HouseBeaverBuilding1983
Smith, Seth W., HouseBeaverBuilding1982
Smith, William P., HouseBeaverBuilding1983
Stephens, Mitchell M., HouseBeaverBuilding1983
Stoney, Robert W., HouseBeaverBuilding1983
Stoney, Robert, HouseBeaverBuilding1982
Structure at 490 E. 200 NorthBeaverStructure1982
Tanner, Henry M., HouseBeaverBuilding1983
Tanner, Jake, HouseBeaverBuilding1983
Tanner, Sidney, HouseBeaverBuilding1983
Tattersall, Joseph, HouseBeaverBuilding1982
Thompson, Mary I., HouseBeaverBuilding1983
Thompson, W. O., HouseBeaverBuilding1982
Thompson, William, HouseBeaverBuilding1982
Thompson, William, Jr., HouseBeaverBuilding1982
Tolton, Edward, HouseBeaverBuilding1982
Tolton, J. F., GroceryBeaverBuilding1983
Tolton, Walter S., HouseBeaverBuilding1983
Twitchell, Ancil, HouseBeaverBuilding1984
Tyler, Daniel, HouseBeaverBuilding1983
US Post Office-Beaver MainBeaverBuilding1989
Upper Beaver Hydroelectric Power Plant Historic DistrictBeaverDistrict1989
White, Charles Dennis, HouseBeaverBuilding1980
White, Maggie Gillies, HouseBeaverBuilding1984
White, Samuel, HouseBeaverBuilding1983
White, William H., HouseBeaverBuilding1984
Wildhorse Canyon Obsidian QuarryMilfordBuilding1976
Willden, Charles, HouseBeaverBuilding1983
Willden, Elliot, HouseBeaverBuilding1983
Willden, Feargus O'Connor, HouseBeaverBuilding1983
Willden, John, HouseBeaverBuilding1982
Yardley, John, HouseBeaverBuilding1983

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Beaver was formed in 1856 (1856-01-05) from Iron.

BEAVER created by Utah Territory from IRON; BEAVER included parts of present Utah, Colorado, and Nevada.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Beaver County population from 1860 to 2020 (Census historical series).

7,0723,9287851860188019201940196020002020
1860188019001920194019501960198020002020
7853,9183,6135,1395,0144,8564,3314,3786,0057,072

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

8 cemeteries and 0 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 8 of 8 listed
NameLatLon
Adamsville Cemetery38.25955-112.78356
Beaver City Cemetery38.28053-112.63133
Frisco Cemetery38.45111-113.26861
Greenville Cemetery38.25691-112.71799
Milford City Cemetery38.39496-113.01494
Minersville Cemetery38.22469-112.92911
Mountain View Cemetery38.28108-112.63132
Squire Family Cemetery38.48889-113.49722

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

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