Editing Mantua, Utah (section)

== History ==
[[File:2015.05.30 16.00.01 IMG 2570 - Flickr - andrey zharkikh.jpg|thumb|left|Spring in the foothills on the west side of Mantua, May 2015]]
Mantua was settled in the mid-19th century when members of [[the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] were sent by [[Lorenzo Snow]] to the valley to grow flax. The first group arrived in Mantua in 1863 (although a sign at the main entry route states "Founded 1864"),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sltrib.com/news/2021/05/10/new-mantua-police-chief/|publisher=Salt Lake Tribune|title=New Mantua police chief was fired by West Jordan Police|date=May 11, 2021|access-date=May 11, 2021}}</ref> and were all émigrés from Denmark led by Hans Jens Jensen. Snow was from [[Mantua Township, Portage County, Ohio|Mantua, Ohio]], and the town was named after the Ohio community in his honor.<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=u78UAAAAYAAJ&q=mantua+flaxville&pg=RA1-PA83|title=Origin of Western Geographic Names|last=Jenson|first=Andrew|journal=The Utah Genealogical and Historical Magazine|volume=11|issue=2|page=83|year=1920|quote=But in 1864 the settlement was named Mantua, after Mantua, Portage County, Ohio, the birthplace of President Lorenzo Snow.}}</ref> Due to Danish pronunciation the town's pronunciation was changed to "man-away" unlike Ohio's ("man-tooway").<ref name=slt>{{cite newspaper |url=https://www.sltrib.com/artsliving/2023/10/07/utah-pronunciation-guide-how-say/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231012150431/https://www.sltrib.com/artsliving/2023/10/07/utah-pronunciation-guide-how-say/ |archive-date=October 12, 2023 |date=October 7, 2023 |newspaper=Salt Lake Tribune |title=Utah pronunciation guide: How to say odd Utah names and learn the history behind them |last=Cannon-O'Day |first=Kelly}}</ref> Prior to receiving its current name, the community was called '''Box Elder Valley''', '''Copenhagen''', '''Flaxville''', '''Geneva''', '''Hunsaker Valley''', '''Little Copenhagen''', and '''Little Valley'''.<ref>{{cite book|title=Utah Place Names: A Comprehensive Guide to the Origins of Geographic Names: A Compilation|last=Van Cott|first=John W.|publisher=[[University of Utah Press]]|location=Salt Lake City|page=244|year=1990|isbn=978-0-87480-345-7|oclc=797284427}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.townofmantua.com/4952.html|title=Town of Manuta: Mantua History|website=townofmantua.com|publisher=Town of Mantua|access-date=March 17, 2018}}</ref>