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Box Elder County
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county in northwestern Utah, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Utah
- Founded
- January 5, 1856
- Named after
- Box elder tree
- Seat
- Brigham City
- Largest city
- Brigham City
- Total
- 6,729 sq mi (17,430 km )
- Land
- 5,746 sq mi (14,880 km )
- Water
- 934 sq mi (2,420 km ) 15%
- Estimate 2025
- 65,320
- Density
- 10.04/sq mi (3.875/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−7 ( Mountain )
- Summer dst
- UTC−6 ( MDT )
- Congressional district
- 1st
- Website
- www .boxeldercountyut .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Box Elder County is a county at the northwestern corner of Utah, United States. At the 2020 United States census, the population was 57,666, up from the 2010 figure of 49,975. Its county seat and largest city is Brigham City. The county was named for the box elder trees that abound in the county.
Box Elder County is part of the Ogden-Clearfield, UT Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Salt Lake City-Provo-Orem, UT Combined Statistical Area.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Box Elder County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.