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Weber County, Utah

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—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
72historic places
—earliest paper
1850formed
262,223pop. 2020
20cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 72 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1971. Most listings are in or near Ogden, Odgen, Plain City.

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 Weber titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

58 of 72 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

72 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
American Can Company of Utah Building ComplexOgden CityBuilding2005
Arvondor ApartmentsOdgenBuilding1987
Aultorest Memorial Park Historic DistrictOgdenDistrict2023
Avelan ApartmentsOgdenBuilding1987
Avon ApartmentsOgdenBuilding1987
Barnhart ApartmentsOgdenBuilding1987
Becker, Gustav, HouseOgdenBuilding1977
Ben Lomond Hotel GarageOgdenBuilding2012
Bertha Eccles Community Art CenterOgdenBuilding1971
Bigelow-Ben Lomond HotelOgdenBuilding1990
Bramwell, George Walter Jr. and Isabelle, HousePlain CityBuilding2024
Browning ApartmentsOgdenBuilding1985
Browning, John Moses, HouseOgdenBuilding1973
Congregation B'rith Sholem SynagogueOgdenBuilding1985
Cross, Charles W., HouseOgdenBuilding1984
Dalton, John L. and Elizabeth, HouseOgdenBuilding1987
Dumke, John F., and Lillia, HouseOgdenBuilding2007
Eccles Avenue Historic DistrictOgdenDistrict1976
Eccles BuildingOgdenBuilding1982
El Monte Golf Course ClubhouseOgdenBuilding1985
Episcopal Church of the Good ShepherdOgdenBuilding1973
Fairview ApartmentsOgdenBuilding1987
Farnsworth ApartmentsOgdenBuilding1987
Farr, Valasco, HouseOgdenBuilding1978
Fern-Marylyn ApartmentsOgdenBuilding1987
Flowers ApartmentsOgdenBuilding1987
Fontenelle ApartmentsOgdenBuilding1987
Geffas ApartmentsOgdenBuilding1987
Goodyear, Miles, CabinOgdenBuilding1971
Helms ApartmentsOgdenBuilding1987
Hillcrest ApartmentsOgdenBuilding1987
Jefferson Avenue Historic DistrictOgdenDistrict1998
La Frantz ApartmentsOgdenBuilding1987
Ladywood ApartmentsOdgenBuilding1987
Lower 25th Street Historic DistrictOgdenDistrict1978
Lower 25th Street Historic District (Boundary Increase II)OgdenBuilding1994
Lower 25th Street Historic District (Boundary Increase)OgdenDistrict1983
Madison Elementary SchoolOgdenBuilding1982
Maguire, Don, DuplexOgdenBuilding1979
Marilyn Drive Historic DistrictOgdenDistrict2026
McGregor ApartmentsOgdenBuilding1987
Mountain View Auto CourtOgdenBuilding1987
New Brigham HotelOgdenBuilding1979
North Ogden Baseball Field and GrandstandNorth OgdenSite2026
Ogden Central Bench Historic DistrictOgdenDistrict2005
Ogden Fire Station No. 2OgdenBuilding2020
Ogden High SchoolOgdenBuilding1983
Ogden Union StationOgdenBuilding1971
Ogden Union Station (Boundary Increase)OgdenBuilding2005
Ogden Union Stockyard Exchange BuildingOgdenBuilding2015
Ogden/Weber Municipal BuildingOgdenBuilding1983
Patton, Augustus B., HouseOgdenBuilding1982
Pearl Billiard Parlor-The ClubOgdenBuilding2026
Peery ApartmentsOgdenBuilding1987
Peery's Egyptian TheatreOgdenBuilding1978
Pioneer Hydroelectric Power Plant Historic DistrictOgdenDistrict1989
Rushmer BuildingOgdenBuilding2022
Scowcroft WarehouseOgdenBuilding1978
Scowcroft, Heber, HouseOgdenBuilding1991
Skeen, William D., HousePlain CityBuilding1982
Smyth, Dennis A., HouseOgdenBuilding1982
Stone FarmsteadOgdenBuilding2004
Sunnyfield BarnEdenBuilding2024
U.S. Post Office and CourthouseOgdenBuilding1979
US Forest Service BuildingOdgenBuilding2006
Upton ApartmentsOgdenBuilding1987
Utah School for the Deaf and Blind Boys' DormitoryOgdenBuilding1985
Warner, Andrew J., HouseOgdenBuilding1977
Weber County Main LibraryOgdenBuilding2019
Weber River Railroad BridgeOgdenBuilding2015
Weber Stake Relief Society BuildingOgdenBuilding1989
Wilbur, J.M., Company Blacksmith ShopEdenBuilding2017

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Weber was formed in 1850 (1850-01-31) from unknown / original county.

WEBER created by the state of Deseret.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Weber County population from 1850 to 2020 (Census historical series).

262k132k1,1861850188019201940196020002020
18501860188019001920194019501960198020002020
1,1863,67512,34425,23943,46356,71483,319110,744144,616196,533262,223

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

20 cemeteries and 2 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 20 of 20 listed
NameLatLon
Abbey of the Holy Trinity Cemetery41.24086-111.71009
Aultorest Memorial Park41.19932-111.96031
Ben Lomond Cemetery41.31327-111.96549
Evergreen Memorial Park41.26407-111.95826
Good Shepherd Columbarium41.22321-111.97276
Hooper Cemetery41.1666-112.13132
Huntsville Cemetery41.26466-111.80187
Liberty CemeteryNoneNone
Liberty Cemetery41.33027-111.86166
Meadow View Cemetery41.29731-111.82014
Memorial Gardens of the Wasatch41.16299-111.93298
Mountain View Cemetery41.30758-111.81473
Ogden City Cemetery41.23244-111.96298
Plain City Cemetery41.29429-112.08628
Roy City Cemetery41.168-112.03613
Uintah Town Cemetery41.14626-111.94281
Warren Cemetery41.27273-112.14089
Washington Heights Memorial Cemetery41.17861-111.97042
West Warren Cemetery41.25106-112.15216
West Weber-Taylor Cemetery41.27577-112.08826
Historical populated places — 2 of 2
NameLatLon
Marriott41.24467-112.00939
Wilson41.22911-112.02522

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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