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Garfield County, Utah

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—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
28historic places
—earliest paper
1882formed
5,083pop. 2020
14cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 28 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1976; 1 is also National Historic Landmark. Most listings are in or near Bryce Canyon, Panguitch, Escalante.

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 Garfield titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

16 of 28 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

28 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Administration Building, OldBryce CanyonBuilding1995
Boulder Elementary SchoolBoulderBuilding1985
Bryce Canyon AirportPanguitchBuilding1978
Bryce Canyon Lodge Historic District (Boundary Increase)Bryce CanyonDistrict1995
Bryce Canyon Lodge and Deluxe Cabins NHLBryce Canyon National ParkDistrict1987
Bryce Canyon National Park Scenic Trails Historic DistrictBryce CanyonDistrict1995
Bryce InnBryce CanyonBuilding1995
Chaffin Camp SiteHiteSite2019
Coombs Village SiteBoulderSite1976
Escalante Historic DistrictEscalanteDistrict2013
Friendship Cove PictographEscalanteSite1978
Henderson, William Jasper, Jr., and Elizabeth, HouseCannonvilleBuilding2006
Hole-in-the-Rock TrailEscalanteStructure1982
Horse BarnBryce CanyonBuilding1995
Loop C Comfort StationBryce CanyonBuilding1995
Loop D Comfort StationBryce CanyonBuilding1995
National Park Service Housing, Old, Historic DistrictBryce CanyonBuilding1995
Oak Creek DamTorreyStructure1999
Owens Jr., William T. and Mary Isabell R., HousePanguitchBuilding1999
Panguitch Carnegie LibraryPanguitchBuilding1984
Panguitch Historic DistrictPanguitchDistrict2006
Panguith Social HallPanguitchBuilding1998
Pole Hollow Archeological SitePanguitchDistrict1981
Rainbow Point Comfort Station and Overlook ShelterBryce CanyonBuilding1995
Riggs Spring Fire TrailBryce CanyonStructure1995
Starr RanchHanksvilleSite1976
Under-the-Rim TrailBryce CanyonStructure1995
Utah Parks Company Service StationBryce CanyonBuilding1995

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Garfield was formed in 1882 (1882-03-09) from Iron.

GARFIELD created by Utah Territory from IRON.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Garfield County population from 1890 to 2020 (Census historical series).

5,2533,8552,45718901920196020002020
189019001920194019501960198020002020
2,4573,4004,7685,2534,1513,5773,6734,7355,083

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

National Park Service sites nearby

NPS

Park units within about 40 km of the county centroid (from NPS Public POIs; no API key).

SiteTypeDist.
Capitol Reef National ParkPark unit51.9 km

Source: NPS National Datasets / Public POIs. The NPS Developer API requires a free key and was not used.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

14 cemeteries and 1 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 14 of 14 listed
NameLatLon
Antimony Cemetery38.09553-111.98407
Boulder Cemetery37.92146-111.42567
Bryce Canyon City Cemetery37.67191-112.15087
Cannonville Cemetery37.58022-112.05835
Escalante Cemetery37.76526-111.58322
Georgetown Cemetery37.53637-112.05543
Hatch City Cemetery37.63692-112.44464
Henrieville Cemetery37.56526-112.00406
Hillsdale Cemetery37.71832-112.376
Loseeville Cemetery37.62526-112.04663
Panguitch City Cemetery37.81608-112.41658
Spry Cemetery37.91824-112.43643
Tropic Cemetery37.62942-112.0824
Widtsoe Cemetery37.82331-112.0074
Historical populated places — 1 of 1
NameLatLon
Hite37.80749-110.43959

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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