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Ivins (/ ˈ aɪ v ɪ n z / EYE-vinz) is a city in southwestern Washington County, Utah, United States. It is a part of the St. George Metropolitan Area as a suburb or "bedroom" community. The population was 8,978 at the 2020 census, up from 6,753 at the 2010 census. [5] Although Ivins was listed as a town in the 2000 census, [4] it became a ...
Silver Reef is a ghost town in Washington County, Utah, United States, about 15 miles (24 km) northeast of St. George and 1 mile (1.6 km) west of Leeds.John Kemple, a prospector from Nevada, discovered a vein of silver in a sandstone formation in 1866.
Map of the original monument boundaries (March 2017) Bears Ears National Monument and the Dark Canyon Wilderness from ISS, 2023. The monument is co-managed by the BLM and the USFS (the Monticello Unit of the Manti-La Sal National Forest), [12] along with a coalition of five local Native American tribes [13] —Navajo, Hopi, Ute Mountain Ute, Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation ...
Santa Clara is a town / city in Washington County, in southwestern Utah, (Western United States) and is a part of the St. George Metropolitan Area.The population has grown considerably in the last three decades, and was at 7,553 counted in the 2020 U.S. Decennial Census, up from 6,003 at the previous 2010 U.S. Decennial Census, and 4,630 at the earlier 2000 U.S. Decennial Census.
St. George, founded in 1861, largest town and current county seat of Washington County, Utah [54] when The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints patriarch / church president and territorial governor Brigham Young (1801-1877), selected 300 families to take over that southern area of the old federal Utah Territory (1850-1896), and grow ...
The area is also known as Utah's Dixie because the Mormon pioneers who settled the St. George area came to the area to raise cotton, which was milled at the cotton mill in Washington. The population was 27,993 as of 2020. Washington is a fast-growing suburb of St. George, and is the second largest city in Washington County. [4]
The Mormon Trail is the 1,300-mile (2,100 km) long route from Illinois to Utah on which Mormon pioneers (members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) traveled from 1846–47. Today, the Mormon Trail is a part of the United States National Trails System , known as the Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail .
The community lies on the Santa Clara River, northwest of the Red Mountains along local roads, northwest of the city of St. George, the county seat of Washington County. [2] [3] Its elevation is 3,658 feet (1,115 m). [1] Although Gunlock is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 84733. [4]