Editing Kane County, Utah (section)

==History==
The county was created on January 16, 1864, by the old federal [[Utah Territory]] (1850–1896) territorial legislature, with areas partitioned off from earlier [[Washington County, Utah|Washington County]]. It was named for Col. [[Thomas L. Kane]] (1822–1883),<ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ|title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States|publisher=Govt. Print. Off.|author=Gannett, Henry|year=1905|page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ/page/n171 172]}}</ref> a friend of the [[Latter Day Saint]] ([[Mormons]]) settlers when they first arrived westward, led by patriarch [[Brigham Young]] (1801–1877), in the [[1840s]] and [[1850s]]. The county boundary was readjusted later, first in 1869, when a portion was returned back to Washington County; second in 1880, when [[San Juan County, Utah|San Juan County]] was partitioned off and created; and third, in 1883, when additional portions were partitioned from Kane and added to [[Iron County, Utah|Iron]] and back to Washington counties.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://publications.newberry.org/ahcbp/documents/UT_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm |title=&#91;&#91;Newberry Library&#93;&#93;. Individual County Chronologies – Kane County UT (accessed March 25, 2019) |access-date=March 25, 2019 |archive-date=March 6, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306153326/http://publications.newberry.org/ahcbp/documents/UT_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>