Iowa String Area of Tremonton, UT

    Iowa String Area of Tremonton, UT

    • Settled: In April 1898, during Box Elder County’s “Second Tier” of settlement by people from New Sharon, Iowa, led by Harvey Catell; about two years after the Iowa settlers, a group known as the German Colony came from Tremont, Illinois
    • Origin of Name: Two versions: 1) the original settlers from Iowa settled in a “string” along the road; hence “Iowa String;” 2) a guy from Iowa brought ha herd of hogs through town, saying “his hogs were the finest string of hogs from Iowa
    • Known for: A local designation given to an area of farms along 6800 West between Utah Highway 83 and the Box Elder County Fairgrounds in Tremonton 
    • Location: Adjacent to I-84 N approximatley from Tremonton to Garland, UT
    • No Population Estimates for this rural Northern Utah community 

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