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History · Annabella

Annabella dates to 1871

Most of Annabella was built recently: 7% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1992. Below: 1 old photo or paper, maps from 1940 on, and the census since 1880.

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1famous people
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How Annabella began

When was Annabella founded?

1871

Annabella dates its founding to 1871 (Wikidata). The census first counted it in 1880.

First census: 205 in 18802020 census: 836155 years
Founding year: Wikidata. First post office: 1873.The full story ↓

What stands out about Annabella’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenOnly 1 old photo is in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.Shrank, then grewLost half of its people between 1900 and 1960, then grew 4-fold.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Annabella’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Date a photo1 archive item has no date. Guess the decade.+2Retake an old viewNebeker Lane Bridge, Spanning Sevier Ri…: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
People over time

Annabella, census by census

020040060080018801900192019401960198020002020378 in 1900Low: 177

Lost half of its people between 1900 and 1960, then grew 4-fold.

15 censuses, 1880–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Annabella’s Wikipedia page.

The story

How Annabella came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Annabella.

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The first two families to settle Omni Point in 1871 were Henry Dalton, a member of the Mormon Battalion, and Joseph Powell. Joseph Powell is undocumented and has been copied through time. The first name given to the settlement was Omni Point, because Richfield was called Omni. The "Point" was a high rise in the terrain, five miles directly south of Richfield. The town of Annabella was settled shortly after that, three miles to the North East of Omni Point by John Gleave and Edward Killick Roberts, along two creeks, which were named Cottonwood Creek and Annabella Springs. The town name was "Annabella", after two of the first women who settled there: Ann S. Roberts and Isabella Dalton. Isabella Dalton lived at Omni Point and died in 1873, two years after settlement. There is no memorial to her burial. She was likely buried at the Omni Point homestead. Henry Dalton moved his family shortly…

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Annabella, 1871 to 2020

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1871
    FoundingAnnabella is established
  3. 1873Post officeThe Annabella post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1940On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  6. 1945Born hereVirgil Carter is born here
  7. 21st century
  8. 2020CensusPopulation peaks at 836
By decade

Annabella, decade by decade

Date unknown1 to date
Nebeker Lane Bridge, Spanning Sevier River at County Road 25801, half mile northwest of AnnabellaDate?Nebeker Lane Bridge, Spanning Sevier River at County …
Today1 recent
AnnabellaUtah2007AnnabellaUtah
On the map

Annabella on the map, 1940 to 2001

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Annabella. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Annabella on the 1940 USGS mapAnnabella on the 1980 USGS mapAnnabella on the 2001 USGS map1940Monroe sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Annabella.

Then & now

Stand where they stood

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Nebeker Lane Bridge, Spanning Sevier River at County Road 25801, half mile northwest of Annabella
Retake this viewNebeker Lane Bridge, Spanning Sevier River at County Road 25801, half mile northwest of Annabella

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Questions about Annabella’s history

What year was Annabella founded?

In 1871, according to Wikidata. Annabella’s post office opened in 1873, and the census of 1880 counted 205 people here.

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (1), the Library of Congress (1), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.