County History
Towns & Locations
- Alta - living ghost town, currently a ski resort.
- Avenues - Northeast of downtown area.
- Bacchus
- Belmont Heights
- Big Cottonwood
-
Bingham or Bingham Canyon
- southwest part of county, covered by Kennecott's Bingham Copper
Mine tailings.
- Bluffdale
- Brighton
- Butlerville
- Camp Williams
- Capitol Hill - Area surrounding the state capitol builing.
- Copperfield or Upper Bingham - southwest part of county, covered by Kennecott's Bingham Copper Mine tailings.ings.
- Copperton
- Cottonwood
- Crescent
-
Cushing
- Draper
- Eldorado
- Emigration Canyon
- Federal Heights - Area east of the Avenues.
- Fort Douglas
- Garfield
- Glendale
- Granger - incorporated into West Valley City
- Granite
- Herriman
-
Highland Boy
- west part of county.
- Holladay
- Hunter
- Jordan - divided between incorpoation of South Jordan and West Jordan
- Kearns
- Lark - southwest part of county, covered starting in 1977 by Kennecott's Bingham Copper Mine tailings.ings.
- Little Cottonwood
- Magna
- Midvale
- Millcreek
- Murray
- Nauvoo
- North Salt Lake City
- Olympus Cove
- Pleasant Green
- Riverton
- Rose Park - Located between 600 and 1700 North and 900 West and Redwood Road (1700 West). Established as a community after World War II.
- Salt Lake City (county seat)
- Sandy
- Sherwood Park
- Snowbird
- Solitude
- South Jordan
- South Salt Lake
- Sugarhouse
- Taylorsville
- Telegraph - 1873-1948, southwest part of county.
- Union
- Union Fort
-
U.S. (United States Smelting & Refinings Company)
southwest part of county.
- West Jordan
- West Valley City
- Weston
- White City
Bingham Canyon Communities
These comminutes became part of the Bingham Copper Mine or its tailings.
NORTH FORK CANYONS
- Old Jordan
- Silver Shield
- Niagara
- Telegraph
- Terrace Heights
- Copperfield
- Commercial
- Greek Camp
- Japanese Camp
- Dinkeyville
SOUTH FORK CANYONS
- Boston Con
- Frisco
- Highland Boy
- Yampa
- Phoenix
- Apex
- Carr Fork
- Copper Heights
MAIN CANYON
- Bingham
- Markham Gulch
- Heaston Heights
- Freeman Gulch
- Winamuck
- Verona Gulch
- Frog Town
- Leadmine
- Copperton
