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History · Huntington

Huntington dates to 1875, and 3 of its places are on the National Register

More historic than 53% of U.S. towns. What drives it

Most of Huntington was built recently: 10% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1977. Its Register listings are the Huntington Roller Mill and Miller's House, the Leander Lemmon House and the Huntington Tithing Granary. Below: 3 old photos and papers, maps from 1917 on, and the census since 1890.

1875founded
3on the National Register
10%homes built before 1940
3old photos & papers
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From Huntington’s archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers

How Huntington began

When was Huntington founded?

1875

Huntington dates its founding to 1875 (Wikidata). The census first counted it in 1890.

First census: 513 in 18902020 census: 1,914151 years

How historic is Huntington?

B−

More historic than 53% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.

What drives the grade ↓
Founding year: Wikidata. First post office: 1880.The full story ↓
History grade

What drives Huntington’s History grade

On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Huntington is more historic than 53% of U.S. towns. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its age pulls it down.

B−
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Huntington’s overall grade.
Founding era1875, from Wikidata: founded 1850–1899, an older era than 37% of U.S. townsC+Homes built before 19409.5% of homes (±4.9) · typical UT town 2.8% · U.S. 8.4%B−National Register3 listings, 5 historic buildings, 25.4 per 10,000 residents · typical UT town 3.0 · U.S. 2.4B+
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 53%
NewerOlder

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 Huntington’s 25.4 sits above most of its state (74% of Utah towns have fewer) while its 5 historic buildings outnumber those of 70% of U.S. towns.

How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from C to B. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±4.9 points). Two sources give 1875.

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 Huntington’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 3 old photos are in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.Shrank, then grewLost a third of its people between 1920 and 1960, then more than doubled.
★ What stands out · Help out

Start Huntington’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Huntington’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
2 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Retake an old viewHuntington Ward Meeting House: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
People over time

Huntington, census by census

05001,0001,5002,0002,50019001920194019601980200020201,285 in 1920Low: 787

Lost a third of its people between 1920 and 1960, then more than doubled.

14 censuses, 1890–2020.

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

The story

How Huntington came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Huntington.

Read it all →

Huntington is named after Huntington Creek, and the creek was probably named for Huntington brothers (William, Oliver, and Dimick, sons of William Huntington) who led exploring parties into the region during the 1850s. The first settlers of European extraction in the area were four stockmen, Leander Lemmon, James McHadden, Bill Gentry, and Alfred Starr, who brought their herds to Huntington Creek in 1875.

ChaptersMine disaster

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Huntington, 1875 to 1995

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1875
    FoundingHuntington is established
  3. 1880Post officeThe Huntington post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1901BuiltLeander Lemmon House is built
  6. 1914In the archiveHuntington Ward Meeting House
  7. 1969On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  8. 1980CensusPopulation peaks at 2,316
  9. 1995In the archiveThe Energy Loop: Huntington/Eccles Canyons Scenic Byway - Byway Entrance Orientation on T…
By decade

Huntington, decade by decade

2 decades in the archive, from the 1910s to the 1990s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1910s1 item
Huntington Ward Meeting House1914Huntington Ward Meeting House
1920s–1980snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
Add from your album
1990s2 items
The Energy Loop: Huntington/Eccles Canyons Scenic Byway - Byway Entrance Orientation on The Energy Loop1995The Energy Loop: Huntington/Eccles Canyons Scenic Byw…The Energy Loop: Huntington/Eccles Canyons Scenic Byway - Huntington Entrance Kiosk1995The Energy Loop: Huntington/Eccles Canyons Scenic Byw…
Today3 recent
Lemmon House2010Lemmon HouseHuntington Roller Mill2010Huntington Roller MillHuntingtonUtah2008HuntingtonUtah
On the map

Huntington on the map in 1969

The U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Huntington.

Huntington on the 1969 USGS map1969Huntington sheet · 1:24,000

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

Every building

Huntington, building by building, 1917

Fire insurance maps drew every building, what it was made of and what it was used for, so insurers could price the risk of fire. Pick a sheet.

Huntington fire insurance map, 1917, sheet 11917Sheet 1 of 1
Sheets
BrickWoodStone

Sanborn Map Company, via the Library of Congress. Editions published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.

Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

Huntington Ward Meeting House
Retake this viewHuntington Ward Meeting House, 1914

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Huntington’s page.

Retake this view · +15
On the National Register

3 historic places in Huntington

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

places listed
3
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
5
each building in a district counts
first listed
1979
Huntington Roller Mill and Miller's House
Huntington Roller Mill and Miller's HouseLeander Lemmon House, built 1901Huntington Tithing Granary
Buildings

Architectural styles listings

Victorian1
Vernacular Classical1
Vernacular1
Huntington Roller Mill and Miller's HouseBuilding
Leander Lemmon HouseVictorian · Built 1901
All 3 listings
Huntington Tithing GranaryBuilding · listed 1985

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Questions about Huntington’s history

What year was Huntington founded?

In 1875, according to Wikidata. Huntington’s post office opened in 1880, and the census of 1890 counted 513 people here.

How does Huntington rank for history?

Huntington is more historic than 53% of U.S. towns. 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.

What is on the National Register in Huntington?

Three places: the Huntington Roller Mill and Miller's House (listed 1979), the Leander Lemmon House (2002) and the Huntington Tithing Granary (1985).

How old are the homes in Huntington?

10% of Huntington’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±4.9 points), against a typical 2.8% for an Utah town; the median home was built in 1977.

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Sources

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).

From Wikimedia Commons (6), the National Register of Historic Places (3), 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 Sanborn fire insurance maps (Library of Congress). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.