Editing List of counties in Utah (section)

==Former counties==
There were ten counties in the Territory of Utah that were absorbed by other states or other Utah counties.
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!style="background: #ccf; width:90px;"|County<ref name="CountyFormation" />
!style="background: #ccf;"|Established<ref name="CountyFormation" />
!style="background: #ccf;"|Superseded<ref name="CountyFormation" />
!class="unsortable" style="background: #ccf;"|Etymology
!style="background: #ccf;"|Present location<ref name="CountyFormation" />
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|[[Carson County, Utah Territory|Carson County]]
|January&nbsp;17, 1854
|March&nbsp;2, 1861
|Named for [[Kit Carson]], an American frontiersman<ref>{{harvtxt|Van Cott|1990|p=67}}</ref>
|[[Nevada]]
|-
|[[Cedar County, Utah Territory|Cedar County]]
|January&nbsp;5, 1856
|January&nbsp;17, 1862
|Named for the numerous cedar trees growing in the area (which are actually [[juniper|juniper trees]])<ref>{{Cite news |date=April 14, 2010 |title=Cedar City lacks namesake trees |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thespectrum/access/2009809121.html?FMT=ABS&date=Apr+14%2C+2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104004049/https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thespectrum/access/2009809121.html?FMT=ABS&date=Apr+14%2C+2010 |archive-date=November 4, 2012 |access-date=April 29, 2010 |work=The Spectrum |location=Cedar City}}</ref><ref>{{harvtxt|Van Cott|1990|p=72}}</ref>
|[[Utah County, Utah|Utah County]]
|-
|[[Desert County, Utah Territory|Desert County]]
|March&nbsp;3, 1852
|January&nbsp;17, 1862
|Named for the surrounding [[desert]]
|[[Box Elder County, Utah|Box Elder County]], [[Tooele County, Utah|Tooele County]] and [[Nevada]]
|-
|[[Greasewood County, Utah Territory|Greasewood County]]
|January&nbsp;5, 1856
|January&nbsp;17, 1862
|Named for the [[Sarcobatus|greasewood]] plant growing in the area<ref>{{harvtxt|Van Cott|1990|p=165}}</ref>
|[[Box Elder County, Utah|Box Elder County]]
|-
|[[Green River County, Utah Territory|Green River County]]
|March&nbsp;3, 1852
|February&nbsp;16, 1872
|Named for the [[Green River (Colorado River)|Green River]], a {{convert|730|mi|km|adj=on}} tributary of the [[Colorado River]] that runs through [[Wyoming]], [[Colorado]] and Utah<ref>{{harvtxt|Van Cott|1990|p=167}}</ref>
|[[Cache County, Utah|Cache]], [[Weber County, Utah|Weber]], [[Morgan County, Utah|Morgan]], [[Davis County, Utah|Davis]], [[Wasatch County, Utah|Wasatch]], [[Summit County, Utah|Summit]], [[Duchesne County, Utah|Duchesne]], [[Carbon County, Utah|Carbon]], and [[Utah County, Utah|Utah]] Counties, and [[Wyoming]] and [[Colorado]]
|-
|[[Humboldt County, Utah Territory|Humboldt County]]
|January&nbsp;5, 1856
|March&nbsp;2, 1861
|Named for the [[Humboldt River]], a {{convert|300|mi|km|adj=on}} river in Nevada and longest river in the [[Great Basin]]<ref>{{harvtxt|Van Cott|1990|p=195}}</ref>
|[[Nevada]]
|-
|[[Malad County, Utah Territory|Malad County]]
|January&nbsp;5, 1856
|January&nbsp;17, 1862
|Named for the [[Malad River (Idaho-Utah)|Malad River]], the name being [[French language|French]] for "sickly"<ref>{{harvtxt|Van Cott|1990|p=242}}</ref>
|[[Box Elder County, Utah|Box Elder County]]
|-
|[[Rio Virgen County, Utah Territory|Rio Virgen County]]
|February&nbsp;18, 1869
|February&nbsp;16, 1872
|Named for the [[Virgin River]] (''el [[Rio de la Virgen]]''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Naming of the Green, Sevier, and Virgin Rivers |url=https://issuu.com/utah10/docs/uhq_volume29_1961_number2/s/99025}}</ref>), a {{convert|160|mi|km|adj=mid|-long}} tributary of the Colorado River located in southern Utah and Nevada<ref>{{harvtxt|Van Cott|1990|p=317}}</ref>
|[[Washington County, Utah|Washington County]], [[Nevada]] and [[Arizona]] 
|-
|[[St. Mary's County, Utah Territory|St. Mary's County]]
|January&nbsp;5, 1856
|January&nbsp;17, 1862
|Named after the Mary's River, which was later renamed to the Humboldt River<ref>{{harvtxt|Van Cott|1990|p=325}}</ref>
|[[Nevada]]
|-
|[[Shambip County, Utah Territory|Shambip County]]
|January&nbsp;12, 1856
|January&nbsp;17, 1862
|[[Goshute]] Native American Tribe word for [[Rush Lake (Tooele County, Utah)|Rush Lake]]<ref>{{harvtxt|Van Cott|1990|p=336}}</ref>
|[[Tooele County, Utah|Tooele County]]
|}