Providence, UT

    Providence, UT

    • Settled:  April 20, 1859, the second community settlement in Cache Valley, following Wellsville
    • Original Name:  Spring Creek, named after the creek of the same name
    • Origin of Name:  Certain circumstances prompted early settlers to consider the establishment of the settlement to have been “providential” in nature, thus the community became known as Providence
    • Early History:   Notable early settlers included Ira and Sarah Rice, Captain Dainiel Spencer and his wife Elizabeth Ann and Hopkin and Margaret Matthews

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