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Wasatch County, Utah

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

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36historic places

—earliest paper

1862formed

34,788pop. 2020

8cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 36 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1970. Most listings are in or near Midway, Heber City, Woodland.

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 Wasatch titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

34 of 36 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

36 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Austin-Wherritt House	Heber City	Building	1979
Blackley, George, House	Heber City	Building	1985
Bonner, George, Jr., House	Midway	Building	1986
Bonner, George, Sr., House	Midway	Building	1986
Bonner, William, House	Midway	Building	1986
Buehler, John H. and Agnes, House	Midway	Building	2019
Burgener-Boss Farmstead	Midway	Building	1994
Clyde, James William, House	Heber City	Building	1996
Coleman, William, House	Midway	Building	1986
Crook, Heber and Matilda, House and Lake Creek Schoolhouse	Heber City	Building	1995
Crook, John, House	Heber City	Building	1978
Fisher, David, House	Heber City	Building	1980
Hancock, Levi and Ellen O'Neil, House	Midway	Building	2019
Hatch, Abram, House	Heber City	Building	1975
Heber Second Ward Meetinghouse	Heber City	Building	1978
Hewlett, Lester F. and Margaret Stewart, Ranch House	Woodland	Building	1985
Huber, John, House and Creamery	Midway	Building	1988
Midway Social Hall	Midway	Building	1995
Midway Town Hall	Midway	Building	1994
Murdoch, John, House	Heber City	Building	1980
Murdock, Joseph S., House	Heber City	Building	1987
Schneitter Hotel	Midway	Building	1992
Snake Creek Hydroelectric Power Plant Historic District	Heber City	District	1989
Stewart Ranch Foreman's House	Woodland	Building	1985
Stewart, Barnard J., Ranch House	Woodland	Building	1985
Stewart, Charles B., Ranch House	Woodland	Building	1985
Stewart, Samuel W., Ranch House	Woodland	Building	1985
Stewart-Hewlett Ranch Dairy Barn	Woodland	Building	1985
Wasatch Saloon	Heber City	Building	1980
Wasatch Stake Tabernacle and Heber Amusement Hall	Heber City	Building	1970
Wasatch Wave Publishing Company Building	Heber City	Building	1979
Watkins, John and Margaret, House	Midway	Building	1986
Watkins-Coleman House	Midway	Building	1971
White, Ethelbert and Stewart, William M., Ranch House	Woodland	Building	1985
Wilson House and Farmstead	Midway	Building	2007
Wootton, Attewall, Jr., House	Midway	Building	1980

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Wasatch was formed in 1862 (1862-01-17) from Great Salt Lake, GREEN RIVER (Utah Territory, extinct), Sanpete, Summit, Utah.

WASATCH created by Utah Territory from GREAT SALT LAKE (now SALT LAKE), GREEN RIVER (Utah Territory, extinct), SANPETE, SUMMIT, and UTAH.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Wasatch County population from 1870 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1870	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
1,244	2,927	4,736	4,625	5,754	5,574	5,308	8,523	15,215	34,788

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).

Site	Type	Dist.
Timpanogos Cave National Monument	Park unit	47.9 km

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

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

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

Cemeteries — 8 of 8 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Center Creek Cemetery	40.47997	-111.34591
Charleston Cemetery	40.46078	-111.45823
Heber City Cemetery	40.51662	-111.401
Midway City Cemetery	40.50273	-111.48684
Mound City Cemetery	40.52598	-111.49382
Soldier Summit Cemetery	39.92341	-111.08214
Wallsburg Cemetery	40.39051	-111.42017
William Walter Wilson Burial Site	40.54499	-111.49332

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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