Settled in: Originally settled by Sylnanus Collet in 1867
Original Name: The community was originally an outgrowth of Benson, the area was first divided into Petersboro No.1 and Petersboro No. 2- No 2 became Cache Junction
Origin of Name: A natural name for this railroad junction in Cache County
Historic Summary: Cache Junction was an important railroad terminus on the Oregon Shortline Railroad; the Utah Northern Railway built the first line through Cache Valley, running through the Bear River Narrows near Beaver Dam, through Collinston and on to Logan; the Oregon Shortline, owned by Union Pacific later constructed a line, running north and south in western Cache Valley, connecting Wellsville and Hyrum to Preston, Idaho, then on to Montana; Cache Junction. built from 1889-90, became a main shipping terminus; at one time, it had a population of about 100, a bank, restaurants, a hotel, general store, saloon, grain elevators to store a million bushels of wheat, while the railroad maintained a roundhouse, water tank, icehouse, coal chute, stockyards, a railroad wye and spur tracks to handle loading and unloading
Location: 10 miles north of Mendon, 13.8 miles (19 minutes) northwest of Logan on Hwy 30 W, then north on Hwy 23 N
Population at 2020 Census: 38 residents of this western Cache Valley community