Welcome to Piute County! - Smallest County in Utah
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Piute County is one of the smallest counties in Utah in terms of land area and the second smallest in population. It contains 754 square miles of semidesert valleys and spectacularly beautiful mountains. Nearly 75% of the land area of the county is federal land, divided nearly equally between the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management. The privately owned land is used largely for agriculture which is presently the principal source of income in the county. Principal agricultural products are livestock and dairy products because the soils and climatic conditions are most suitable for the production of livestock feeds and because of the excellent mountain and desert ranges in and around Piute County. Mining has been a principal industry in the county and has great promise of becoming such again, but employs few workers now.
Junction, the county seat, is located 200 miles south of Salt Lake City in south-central Utah. It is one of four small incorporated communities in the county. It is located on U.S. Highway 89 at the junction with State Highway 153, a spectacular scenic road over the beautiful Tushar Mountains to Beaver and U.S. Highway 91.
Blessed with pure air, and clean, clear water, surrounded by national parks and beautiful mountain scenery, possessed of natural resources for improved agriculture, increased mining activity, and unlimited development possibilities for outdoor recreation, and having a ready, capable, and willing labor force looking for expanded job opportunities, Piute County has a promising future.
Junction, the county seat, is located 200 miles south of Salt Lake City in south-central Utah. It is one of four small incorporated communities in the county. It is located on U.S. Highway 89 at the junction with State Highway 153, a spectacular scenic road over the beautiful Tushar Mountains to Beaver and U.S. Highway 91.
Blessed with pure air, and clean, clear water, surrounded by national parks and beautiful mountain scenery, possessed of natural resources for improved agriculture, increased mining activity, and unlimited development possibilities for outdoor recreation, and having a ready, capable, and willing labor force looking for expanded job opportunities, Piute County has a promising future.
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