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Millard County, Utah

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—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
32historic places
—earliest paper
1851formed
12,975pop. 2020
25cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 32 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1970; 1 is also National Historic Landmark. Most listings are in or near Fillmore, Scipio, Delta.

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 Millard titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

19 of 32 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

32 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Archeological Site No. 42Md300MillardSite1980
Callister, Thomas Clark and Millie, HouseFillmoreBuilding2017
Central Utah Relocation Center (Topaz) Site NHLDeltaSite2007
Cottonwood Wash (42 MD 183)MilfordSite1985
Cove FortCove FortBuilding1970
Deseret (42 MD 55)DeseretSite1985
Deseret Relief Society HallDeseretBuilding1995
Desert Experimental Range Station Historic DistrictMilfordDistrict1994
Fillmore American Legion HallFillmoreBuilding2011
Fillmore ArmoryFillmoreBuilding2021
Fillmore City CemeteryFillmoreSite2012
Fort DeseretDeseretStructure1970
George HotelKanoshBuilding2005
Gunnison Massacre SiteHinckleySite1976
Hinckley High School GymnasiumHinckleyBuilding1985
Huntsman, Peter and Jessie, HouseFillmoreBuilding1995
Kanosh Tithing OfficeKanoshBuilding1985
Meadow Tithing GranaryMeadowBuilding1985
Millard AcademyHinckleyBuilding1982
Mountain Home WashMilfordSite1985
Partridge, Edward and Elizabeth, HouseFillmoreBuilding1993
Pharo VillageScipioSite1975
Princess Recreation Hall, The-Lynndyl LDS MeetinghouseLynndylBuilding2014
Quarnberg, Peter, HouseScipioBuilding1982
Robins, Merien, and Rosabelle, HouseScipioBuilding2001
Scipio Cooperative Mercantile Institution BuildingScipioBuilding2020
Scipio Town HallScipioBuilding1988
Site 42 MD 284FillmoreSite1985
Thuesen-Petersen HouseScipioBuilding1983
Topaz War Relocation Center SiteDeltaSite1974
Utah Territorial CapitolFillmoreBuilding1970
Van's HallDeltaBuilding1995

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Millard was formed in 1851 (1851-10-04) from unknown / original county.

MILLARD created by Utah Territory from non-county area in the Pavant Valley.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

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

13k6,8457151860188019201940196020002020
1860188019001920194019501960198020002020
7153,7275,6789,6599,6139,3877,8668,97012,40512,975

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

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

Cemeteries — 25 of 25 listed
NameLatLon
Anderson Family Cemetery38.88675-112.40651
Anderson Family Cemetery38.85901-112.4171
Burbank Cemetery38.81106-114.02195
Clear Lake Cemetery39.12644-112.7729
Delta City Cemetery39.36453-112.56585
Deseret City Cemetery39.29412-112.65799
Eskdale Cemetery39.10439-113.93936
Fillmore Cemetery38.9544-112.31215
Garrison Cemetery38.93896-114.0315
Hinckley City Cemetery39.34995-112.68605
Hockman Cemetery38.80252-112.43665
Holden Cemetery39.09773-112.26604
Kanosh Cemetery38.78524-112.4377
Kanosh Indian Village Cemetery38.81716-112.39726
Leamington Cemetery39.5272-112.25504
Lynndyl Cemetery39.51995-112.36743
Margaret Sue Carrington Grave38.71641-112.96718
McCornick Cemetery39.21525-112.42483
Meadow Cemetery38.8769-112.38604
Oak City Cemetery39.36832-112.33664
Oasis Cemetery39.30634-112.60827
Scipio Cemetery39.26162-112.09659
Scipio Pioneer Cemetery39.24107-112.09928
Sutherland Cemetery39.38439-112.65549
Talbot Family Cemetery39.53718-112.24605

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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