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Tooele County
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county in northwestern Utah, United States
Tooele County is a county located in northwestern Utah. It matters as part of Utah's local government structure and regional geography.
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Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Utah
- Founded
- January 31, 1850
- Organized
- June 10, 1851
- Seat
- Tooele
- Largest city
- Tooele
- Type
- County Commission
- Body
- Tooele County , Commissioner
- Total
- 7,286 sq mi (18,870 km )
- Land
- 6,941 sq mi (17,980 km )
- Water
- 345 sq mi (890 km )
- Elevation
- 4,278 ft (1,304 m)
- Estimate 2025
- 87,461
- Density
- 10.47/sq mi (4.044/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-7 ( Mountain Time Zone )
- Summer dst
- UTC-6 ( Mountain Daylight Time )
- Area codes
- Area code 435
- Fips code
- 49-045
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Population
- 72698
- Area
- 18874
- Official website
- www.tooeleco.gov
- Image
- Tooele Utah Courthouse.jpeg
- Households
- 21147
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- Commons category
- Tooele County, Utah
- water as percent of area
- 4.7
- native label
- Tooele County
- inception
- 1852-00-00
- per capita income
- 27702
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Article
Tooele County (/tuːˈwɪlə/ too-WIL-ə) is a county in the U.S. state of Utah. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 72,698. Its county seat and largest city is Tooele. The county was created in 1850 and organized the following year. Tooele County is part of the Salt Lake City, UT Metropolitan Statistical Area.
The western half is mostly covered by the Great Salt Lake Desert and includes the city of Wendover (the immediate neighbor of West Wendover, Nevada) and Ibapah. Within the central section lies Skull Valley, between the Cedar and the Stansbury Mountains. It contains a few small towns as well as the Dugway Proving Ground. The population centers are on the eastern edge in the Tooele Valley, between the Stansbury and Oquirrh Mountains. This area contains the cities of Tooele, Grantsville, Erda, and Lake Point as well as the unincorporated community of Stansbury Park. Tooele Army Depot is located on the southern edge of the valley. The Stockton Bar geologic feature separates Tooele Valley and Rush Valley, in which the towns of Stockton, Vernon, Faust, and Rush Valley are located. Additional small towns, Ophir and Mercur, are located in two canyons on the south western side of the Oquirrh Mountains.