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History · Uintah

Uintah dates to 1850

More historic than 20% of U.S. towns. What drives it

Most of Uintah was built recently: 5% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1994. Below: 5 old photos and papers, maps from 1955 on, and the census since 1880.

1850founded
0on the National Register
5%homes built before 1940
5old photos & papers
2famous people
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From Uintah’s archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers

How Uintah began

When was Uintah founded?

1850

Uintah dates its founding to 1850 (Wikidata). The census first counted it in 1880.

First census: 247 in 18802020 census: 1,454176 years

How historic is Uintah?

C−

More historic than 20% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.

What drives the grade ↓
Founding year: Wikidata. First post office: 1867.The full story ↓
History grade

What drives Uintah’s History grade

On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Uintah is more historic than 20% of U.S. towns. Its age holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.

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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Uintah’s overall grade.
Founding era1850, from Wikidata: founded 1850–1899, an older era than 37% of U.S. townsC+Homes built before 19405.2% of homes (±4.2) · typical UT town 2.8% · U.S. 8.4%CNational RegisterNo listings counted · typical UT town 3.0 per 10,000 · U.S. 2.4C−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 20%
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 Uintah’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.

How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from D to C. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±4.2 points). Two sources give 1850.

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 Uintah’s past

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

Shrank, then grewLost a third of its people between 1900 and 1910, then grew 8-fold.Lost villages1 post office opened and closed inside today’s Uintah, and 4 old place names are still on the map.
★ What stands out · People over time

Uintah, census by census

02004006008001,0001,2001,4001,60018801900192019401960198020002020302 in 1900Low: 178

Lost a third of its people between 1900 and 1910, then grew 8-fold.

15 censuses, 1880–2020.

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

Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

Uintah had its own post office from 1869 to 1919. Another post office, Easton, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Easton
1867–1868
Uintah
1869–1919
18601940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Canyon ViewMountain Valley RanchettesRio VistaUintah Junction
Gone or out of use
West Weber Fortmilitary
1cemetery inside Uintah
Uintah Town

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

The story

How Uintah came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Uintah.

Read it all →

Long before the first Anglo-Europeans came to Utah, the Uintah area was a favorite camping and hunting ground for Native Americans as they traveled through Weber Canyon. Archeological work has revealed Native American presence dating back at least 5,000 years. In fact, Uintah is named after the Weber Ute Band of Shoshone Indians which occupied the area at the time of white settlement.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Uintah, 1850 to 2020

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1850
    FoundingUintah is established
  3. 1855Born hereEdmund Orson Wattis, Jr is born here
  4. 1859Born hereWilliam Henry Wattis is born here
  5. 1867Post officeThe Easton post office opens
  6. 1868In the archiveDrie postkoetsen op de weg van Uintah naar Salt Lake City Stops for Salt Lake from Uintah…
  7. 1868Post officeThe Easton post office closes
  8. 1869Post officeThe Uintah post office opens
  9. 20th century
  10. 1919Post officeThe Uintah post office closes
  11. 1955On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  12. 1970In the archiveCity of Los Angeles
  13. 21st century
  14. 2020CensusPopulation peaks at 1,454
By decade

Uintah, decade by decade

2 decades in the archive, from the 1860s to the 1970s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1860s3 items
Drie postkoetsen op de weg van Uintah naar Salt Lake City Stops for Salt Lake from Uintah (titel op object) Scenery of …1868Drie postkoetsen op de weg van Uintah naar Salt Lake …Uinta, mouth of Weber Canyon. Utah1869Uinta, mouth of Weber Canyon. UtahUinta, mouth of Weber Canyon. Utah1869Uinta, mouth of Weber Canyon. Utah
1970s1 item
City of Los Angeles1970City of Los Angeles
1980s–1990snothing 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
Date unknown1 to date
Uintah Bridge, Spanning Weber River at 6600 South StreetDate?Uintah Bridge, Spanning Weber River at 6600 South Str…
Today1 recent
Uintah Utah City Hall2011Uintah Utah City Hall
On the map

Uintah on the map, 1955 to 1992

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

Uintah on the 1955 USGS mapUintah on the 1969 USGS mapUintah on the 1975 USGS mapUintah on the 1986 USGS mapUintah on the 1992 USGS map1955Ogden 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 Uintah.

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.

Drie postkoetsen op de weg van Uintah naar Salt Lake City Stops for Salt Lake from Uintah (titel op object) Scenery of …
Retake this viewDrie postkoetsen op de weg van Uintah naar Salt Lake City Stops for Salt Lake from Uintah (titel op object) Scenery of …, 1868

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

Retake this view · +15
Famous people

2 famous people were born in Uintah

Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.

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Edmund Orson Wattis, JrAmerican businessman · b. 1855
William Henry WattisAmerican businessman · b. 1859
Help out

Start Uintah’s collection

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

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
1 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 viewDrie postkoetsen op de weg van Uintah n…: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

South WeberIts storyD

Questions about Uintah’s history

What year was Uintah founded?

In 1850, according to Wikidata. Uintah’s post office opened in 1867, and the census of 1880 counted 247 people here.

How does Uintah rank for history?

Uintah is more historic than 20% 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.

How old are the homes in Uintah?

5% of Uintah’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±4.2 points), against a typical 2.8% for an Utah town; the median home was built in 1994.

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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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 (5), 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.