Utah County Courthouses

There are 29 counties in the U.S. state of Utah. There were originally 7counties established under the provisional State of Deseret in 1849: Davis, Iron, Sanpete, Salt Lake, Tooele, Utah, and Weber. The Territory of Utah was created in 1851 with the first territorial legislature meeting from 1851–1852. The first legislature re-created the original counties from the State of Deseret under territorial law as well as establishing 3 additional counties: Juab, Millard, and Washington. All other counties were established between 1854 and 1894 by the Utah Territorial Legislature under territorial law except for the last 2 counties formed, Daggett and Duchesne. They were created by popular vote and by gubernatorial proclamation after Utah became a state.