Welcome to Box Elder County ...
Time Zone: Box Elder County lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time.
The community of Brigham City is the Seat for Box Elder County.
Box Elder County was founded in 1856 and was created by taking area from Weber County.
From the Census Estimates for 2019, <1> Box Elder had a population of 55,957 people. This is an increase of 11.97% since the last Census (which gave a population of 49,975 people in 2010).
At the time of the 2010 Census, Box Elder represented 1.81% of the total population of Utah.
Below are some of the communities located in Box Elder County:
- Bear River City
- Brigham City
- Corinne
- Deweyville
- Elwood
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,105 people
- Jump to Google Maps centered on Elwood
- Fielding
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fielding
- Population from the 2020 Census: 482 people
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fielding have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to Google Maps centered on Fielding
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fielding<2>
- Garland
- Honeyville
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Howell
- Mantua
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mantua
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,019 people
- Former names for Mantua:
- Copenhagen
- Flaxville
- Geneva
- Little Valley
- Jump to Google Maps centered on Mantua
- Perry
- Plymouth
- Portage
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portage
- Population from the 2020 Census: 274 people
- Jump to Google Maps centered on Portage
- Snowville
- Tremonton
- Willard
Websites of Interest ...
- Websites specific to Utah
- Websites specific to Box Elder County
- Websites for nearby counties
- Cache County
- Weber County
- Tooele County
- Elko County
- Cassia County
- Oneida County
- Cemetery Information and Directories
- Of Special Interest ...
- The GenDisasters website specializes in newspaper articles about tragedies and disasters. While it makes interesting reading all by itself, it should be of special interest to genealogists and family historians looking for people who were either affected by or directly involved in such tragedies.
- At this time (Dec 2022), GenDisasters website is currently offline due to a hacker attack. Hopefully they will be back soon.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | On a yearly basis, the US Census Bureau creates an estimate of the county's population. Keep in mind that this is an estimate and not an actual count. The last physical count was the 2010 Census and the next count will be for the 2020 Census. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |