User:Jengod/List of Utah county name etymologies

This is a list of Utah county name etymologies.

Beaver County is named for the area's many beavers.
Box Elder County is named for the area's many box elders.
Cache County is named for the caches of furs collected in the area by Rocky Mountain Fur Company trappers.
Carbon County is named for the coal in the area.
Daggett County is named for Ellworth Daggett, the first Utah Surveyor General.
Davis County is named for Daniel C. Davis, a captain in the Mormon Battalion.
Duchesne County's name is of unknown origin.
Emery County is named for Utah Territory governor George W. Emery.
Garfield County is named for U.S. president James Garfield.
Grand County is named for the Grande River, later renamed the Colorado River.
Iron County is named for the area's iron deposits.
Juab County is named for a Native American word meaning valley or thirsty valley.
Kane County is named for Col. Thomas L. Kane, who helped early settlers.
Millard County is named for U.S. president Millard Fillmore.
Morgan County is named for Jedediah Morgan Grant, the father of Heber J. Grant, an early president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Piute County is named for the Piute Native American people.
Rich County is named for early Mormon apostle, Charles C. Rich.
Salt Lake County is named for the Great Salt Lake within its borders.
San Juan County is possibly named for the San Juan River.
Sanpete County may be named for a Ute leader named San Pitch.
Sevier County is named for the Sevier River.
Summit County is named because of the county's many very tall mountains.
Tooele County's name is of unknown origin.
Uintah County is named for the Ute Native American people.
Utah County is the Anglicization of Yuta, the Spanish pronunciation of Ute.
Wasatch County is named for a Ute word meaning mountain pass.
Washington County is named for U.S. President George Washington.
Wayne County's name is of uncertain origin.
Weber County is named after the Weber Basin area of the state.