Box Elder County, Utah

Location within Utah

Box Elder County is a county in the U.S. state of Utah. As of the 2020 census, the county had a population of 57,666.[1] The county seat is Brigham City.

History

The county was created by the Utah Territory legislature on January 5, 1856, with territory taken from Weber County.

The first transcontinental railroad line was complete when the Central Pacific Railroad and the Union Pacific Railroad met on May 10, 1869 in the county at Promontory Summit.

In 2026, a controversy arose over a proposed data center that originally was to be the largest data center in the United States.[2][3] The controversy was mainly about the environmental impact of the center.[4][5]

Significant locations

Golden Spike National Historical Park is a United States National Historical Park at Promontory Summit. It commemorates the completion of the first transcontinental railroad line.

Promontory Point is a ghost town in the county.

The Spiral Jetty, is an earthwork sculpture by Robert Smithson. It was finished in 1970. It is on the north shore of the Great Salt Lake.

On November 19, 2005, sculptor Zaq Landsberg declared his plot to be independent from the United States, creating the Republic of Zaqistan.

References

  1. ↑ "Box Elder County, Utah". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 27, 2023.
  2. ↑ Cox, Erin (2026-05-13). "Local forum discusses community questions about approved data center in Box Elder County". KSLTV.com. Retrieved 2026-05-16.
  3. ↑ "Utahns rally at Capitol against Box Elder County data center project". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved 2026-05-16.
  4. ↑ "Utah House speaker says Box Elder hyperscale project is bad 'personally, and for my ranch'". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved 2026-05-16.
  5. ↑ KUTV, Brian Mullahy (2026-05-16). "Box Elder planned data center near epicenter of Utah's largest earthquake". KUTV. Retrieved 2026-05-16.
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