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Daggett County, Utah

Historic newspapers, landmarks, and county history layers for genealogists and local historians.

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5historic places

—earliest paper

1918formed

935pop. 2020

3cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 5 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1975. Most listings are in or near Manila, Brown's Park, Bridgeport.

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 Daggett titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

2 of 5 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

5 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
John Jarvie Historic Ranch District	Brown's Park	District	1986
Manila Petroglyphs	Manila	Site	1975
Parson, Dr. John, Cabin Complex	Bridgeport	Building	1976
Swett Ranch	Dutch John	District	1979
Ute Mountain Fire Tower	Manila	Structure	1980

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Daggett was formed in 1918 (1918-01-07) from Summit, Uintah.

DAGGETT created from SUMMIT and UINTAH; voters approved the creation in July 1917 election. Creation took effect 7 Jan 1918.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Daggett County population from 1920 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
400	564	364	1,164	769	921	935

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

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

Cemeteries — 3 of 3 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Dowds Grave	40.93995	-109.75931
John Jarvie Ranch Historic Site Cemetery	40.89987	-109.17859
Manila Cemetery	40.9969	-109.71514

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

Historical markers

HMdb link

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