More historic than 12% of U.S. towns · #98 of 119 in Utah. What drives it
Most of Enoch was built recently: 0.3% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 2001. Below: maps from 1950 on and the census since 1900.
Founding year: Wikidata. First post office: 1884.The full story ↓
History grade
What drives Enoch’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Enoch is more historic than 12% of U.S. towns, #98 of 119 in Utah. Its age holds the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Enoch’s overall grade.
Utah towns list more on the Register than most of the country (a typical Utah town has 3.0 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Enoch’s 0.0 sits below most of its state (18% of Utah towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.
NoteThe founding year comes from Wikidata alone; no second source gives 1851.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from D− to D. The pre-1940 share (±0.5 points) is firm at this size.
Founding year: Wikidata (other dates in Quick answers). Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
What stands out about Enoch’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Enoch was founded by Joel H. Johnson. It was originally known as Johnson's Springs and Fort Johnson.
Enoch was originally settled as part of an iron mission along with Cedar City and Parowan. The area was originally known as "Fort Johnson" and "Johnson Springs", after Joel H. Johnson, the earliest known white settler, who came to the area in 1851 with his family. In 1890, the area's name was changed to "Enoch", to avoid confusion with another settlement in Utah also named Johnson Springs. Enoch was officially incorporated on January 10, 1966, absorbing nearby Grimshawville, Stevensville, and Williamsville. The present name is after the Order of Enoch.
Passages that mention Enoch, cut from the printed page as they were published.
History of the organization of the Seventies1878Read the page →
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The gathering of the people and the building of the city increased and continued for a great length of time, until it was consummated. The form, the order and the architecture of the buildings of the City of Enoch, presented to the eye a glory and splendor surpassing our sublimest conceptions of art. The gardens, orchards and vineyards; the lawns, shades and floral fields, partaking of the best selections of fruits, flowers and evergreens that could be collected, from far
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History of the organization of the Seventies1878 · page 12Read the page →
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and so continuing their labors in this good work, answering to the Zion within them, and erecting and adorning temples * Joseph Smith said, on another occasion, in the hearing of some of the saints still surviving, that the City of Enoch would again take its place in the identical spot from which it had been detached, now forming that chasm of the earth, filled with water, called the Gulf of Mexico.
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Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
Timeline
Enoch, 1851 to 2020
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
In 1851, according to Wikidata. Enoch’s post office opened in 1884, and the census of 1900 counted 58 people here.
How does Enoch rank for history?
Enoch is more historic than 12% of U.S. towns, #98 of 119 in Utah. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
How old are the homes in Enoch?
0.3% of Enoch’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate), against a typical 2.8% for an Utah town; the median home was built in 2001.
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).
From Wikimedia Commons (2), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock), the USGS Geographic Names Information System and old county and town histories (Internet Archive). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
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