Editing Sanpete County, Utah

{{Short description|County in Utah, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{Infobox U.S. county
 | county               = Sanpete County
 | state                = Utah
 | seal                 = 
 | founded year         = 1850
 | founded date         = January 31
 | seat wl              = Manti
 | largest city wl      = Ephraim
 | area_total_sq_mi     = 1603
 | area_land_sq_mi      = 1590
 | area_water_sq_mi     = 12
 | area percentage      = 0.8
 | population_as_of     = 2020
 | population_total     = 28437
 | pop_est_as_of        = 
 | population_est       = 
 | population_density_sq_mi = auto
 | time zone            = Mountain
 | web                  = http://sanpete.com 
 | named for            = [[Sanpitch (Ute chief)|Chief Sanpitch]]
 | ex image             = Sanpete county courthouse utah 9-18-2010.jpg
 | ex image cap         = [[Sanpete County Courthouse]]
 | ex image size        = 250px
 | district             = 2nd
 | district2            = 4th
}}

'''Sanpete County''' ({{IPAc-en|s|æ|n|ˈ|p|iː|t}} {{respell|san|PEET}}) is a [[County (United States)|county]] in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Utah]]. As of the [[2020 United States census]], the population was 28,437.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sanpete County, Utah|url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Sanpete_County,_Utah?g=050XX00US49039|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=July 1, 2023}}</ref> Its [[county seat]] is [[Manti, Utah|Manti]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx|access-date=June 7, 2011|title=Find a County|publisher=National Association of Counties|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626142102/http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx|archive-date=June 26, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> and its largest city is [[Ephraim, Utah|Ephraim]]. The county was created in 1850.<ref name=NB>{{cite web|url=http://publications.newberry.org/ahcbp/documents/UT_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm|title=Utah: Individual County Chronologies|website=Utah Atlas of Historical County Boundaries|publisher=[[Newberry Library|The Newberry Library]]|date=2008|access-date=June 26, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306153326/http://publications.newberry.org/ahcbp/documents/UT_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm|archive-date=March 6, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>

==History==
The Sanpete Valley may have been traversed or inhabited as long as 32,000 BP by small bands of hunters.{{citation needed|date=June 2022}}<!--this date is far earlier than generally accepted habitation of North America. A quick Google search finds oldest archeological sites in Utah are about 12,000 years old

https://www.archaeology.org/news/4685-160728-utah-prehistoric-tobacco

https://archive.sltrib.com/article.php?id=50231620&itype=CMSID

--> This habitation may have continued for about 20,000 years when the extinction of larger game animals forced a change. About 8,500 years ago, different groups{{specify|date=June 2022}} (characterized by use of [[atlatl]]s, millstones and textiles) came onto the scene. These also departed the area about 2,500 years ago, for unknown reasons, after which the area does not seem to have been visited by humans for 1,500 years.

Archeological evidence indicates that the [[Fremont people]] appeared next on the stage (from about 1-1300 CE), the first inhabitants of the area to domesticate crops and create relatively large communal settlements. In this county, the best-known Fremont site to date is "Witch's Knoll" {{convert|3|mi|km|spell=in}} SE of Ephraim. Around 1300 AD the evidence of Fremont habitation also ceases. The most recent groups of indigenous Americans in the Sanpete region are the [[Ute people|Ute]], [[Paiute]], [[Goshute]], and [[Shoshoni]], who appeared in Utah about 1300 and "perhaps they displaced, replaced, or assimilated the part-time Fremont hunter-gatherers."<ref>
National Park Service. [https://www.nps.gov/grba/learn/historyculture/fremont-indians.htm Fremont Indians]. Accessed June 7, 2022</ref> The Utes, Paiutes, Goshute and Shoshone share a common language family called [[Numic]].<ref name=HSC>{{Cite web |url=http://www.riversimulator.org/Resources/History/UtahCounties/HistoryOfSanpeteCounty1996AntreiRoberts.pdf |title=Albert Antrei & Allen Roberts ''A History of Sanpete County'' (1999). pp. 19-25 (accessed 31 March 2019) |access-date=April 1, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401044533/http://www.riversimulator.org/Resources/History/UtahCounties/HistoryOfSanpeteCounty1996AntreiRoberts.pdf |archive-date=April 1, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[Mormon pioneers]] arrived in the [[Great Basin]] in the summer of 1847. The first few years were spent establishing a base in the Great Salt Lake Valley, then groups were sent, usually by the directive of the church leaders, to settle the more outlying areas. In 1849 two Ute chiefs traveled from what is now Sanpete County about {{convert|125|mi|km}} north to the Salt Lake Valley to request a Mormon settlement be established. The chiefs, [[Walkara]] and Sowiette, asked Mormon leader [[Brigham Young]] to settle a group of his people in the valley of Sanpitch.<ref name=HSC/>  Young sent a party to explore the area in August of that year. It was deemed favorable to settlement, and Brigham Young called Isaac Morley and George Washington Bradley to organize about fifty families to move south and settle "San Pete."<ref name=HSC/> The group of 224 arrived on November 19, led by Isaac Morley, Charles Shumway, Seth Taft, and George Washington Bradley. After some debate, the first settlement in the valley was established on the present site of [[Manti, Utah]].<ref name=HSC/>

The [[State of Deseret]] enacted the county effective January 31, 1850. The region was named for the [[Ute Tribe|Ute]] chief [[Sanpitch (Ute chief)|Sanpitch]], which was changed to Sanpete.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://sanpete.com/pages/sanpete_name/|title=Where did Sanpete get its Name?|publisher=Sanpete County UT|website=Sanpete.com|access-date=July 21, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130523163825/http://sanpete.com/pages/sanpete_name/|archive-date=May 23, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> According to [[William Bright]], the name comes from the Ute word ''saimpitsi'', meaning "people of the [[Schoenoplectus acutus|tules]]".<ref>{{cite book|last=Bright|first=William|author-link=William Bright|title=Native American Placenames of the United States|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5XfxzCm1qa4C&pg=PA419|year=2004|publisher=University of Oklahoma Press|isbn=978-0-8061-3598-4|page=419|access-date=October 13, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140111214928/http://books.google.com/books?id=5XfxzCm1qa4C&pg=PA419|archive-date=January 11, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>

The county boundaries were adjusted more than a dozen times during the 19th century. These adjustments often shrank it from its previous size. As of 1880, the county of Sanpete included the area of what would later become modern-day Carbon County, as well as some of Emery, Uintah, and Grand Counties.<ref name="Mitchell’s 1880 State and County Map">{{cite web |last1=Mitchell |first1=Samuel |title=Mitchell's 1880 State and County Map of Utah and Nevada |url=https://mapgeeks.org/utah/ |website=MapGeeks |date=December 12, 2017 |access-date=November 27, 2021 |ref=23}}</ref> An adjustment in 1913 and refining of the county boundary definitions in 1919 brought Sanpete County to its present configuration.<ref>{{cite web |vauthors=John HL, etal |title=UT: Individual County Chronologies |url=https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/UT_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#SANPETE |website=digital.newberry.org |publisher=The Newberry Library |access-date=February 18, 2022 |language=English |date=2008}}</ref>

The [[Sanpete County Courthouse]], completed in 1935 by the [[Works Project Administration]], is on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref name="nrhpdoc">{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=85000811}}|title=Utah State Historical Society Structure/Site Information: Sanpete County Courthouse |publisher=[[National Park Service]]|author= John McCormick |date=1984 |access-date=August 13, 2019}} With {{NRHP url|id=85000811|photos=y|title=accompanying photo from 1984}}</ref>

==Geography==
The Sanpete Valley runs from north to south through the center of the county.<ref name=SCU>{{Cite web |url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/Sanpete+County,+UT/@39.4228539,-111.9118152,115011m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x8749a82368fd3571:0x756753ec7c1d6baa!8m2!3d39.3090085!4d-111.5706786 |title=''Sanpete County UT'' Google Maps (accessed 31 March 2019) |access-date=April 1, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401044532/https://www.google.com/maps/place/Sanpete%2BCounty,%2BUT/@39.4228539,-111.9118152,115011m/data%3D!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x8749a82368fd3571:0x756753ec7c1d6baa!8m2!3d39.3090085!4d-111.5706786 |archive-date=April 1, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> The county is sloped to the south, with its highest point east of Ephraim, on South Tent Mountain<ref name=SCU/> at {{convert|11,285|ft|m|abbr=on}} ASL.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.peakbagger.com/list.aspx?lid=13209 |title=Utah County High Points/Sanpete Co. Peakbagger (accessed 31 March 2019) |access-date=April 1, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327090116/https://www.peakbagger.com/list.aspx?lid=13209 |archive-date=March 27, 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The county has a total area of {{convert|1603|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|1590|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|12|sqmi}} (0.8%) is water.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/counties_list_49.txt|publisher=US Census Bureau|access-date=June 25, 2015|date=August 22, 2012|title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304123014/http://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/counties_list_49.txt|archive-date=March 4, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> The geographical center of Utah is located in Sanpete County, just west of Ephraim.

Sanpete County is bounded along its eastern side by the [[Wasatch Plateau]] (sometimes known as the Manti Mountains). The Wasatch Plateau rises to approximately {{convert|11,000|ft|m}}. Most of the Wasatch Plateau is encompassed by the Manti Division of the [[Manti-La Sal National Forest]]. Runoff from the western slopes of these mountains provides water to the county's cities and agricultural areas. Central Sanpete is dominated by the Sanpete Valley (sometimes known as the Sanpitch Valley), where most of the county's cities are located. The western side of the valley is bounded by the lower and drier [[San Pitch Mountains]], which also form part of the western boundary of the county. The [[San Pitch River]] runs from north to south through Sanpete and empties into the [[Sevier River]] in southwestern Sanpete. This portion of the Sevier River Valley is known as [[Gunnison, Utah|Gunnison]] Valley.

===Major highways===
{{div col|colwidth=33em}}
* United States Highway US-89
* Utah State Highway UT-28
* Utah State Highway UT-31
* Utah State Highway UT-116
* Utah State Highway UT-132
* Utah State Highway UT-137
* Utah State Highway UT-264
{{div col end}}

===Adjacent counties===
{{div col|colwidth=33em}}
* [[Utah County, Utah|Utah County]] - north
* [[Carbon County, Utah|Carbon County]] - northeast
* [[Emery County, Utah|Emery County]] - east
* [[Sevier County, Utah|Sevier County]]  - south
* [[Millard County, Utah|Millard County]] - southwest
* [[Juab County, Utah|Juab County]] - northwest
{{div col end}}

===Protected areas===
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* Bald Mountain Wildlife Management Area
* [[Fishlake National Forest]] (part)
* Hilltop Wildlife Management Area
* [[Manti-La Sal National Forest]] (part)
* Manti Wildlife Management Area
* Mayfield Face Wildlife Management Area
* Palisade State Park
* Spring City Wildlife Management Area
* [[Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest]] (part)
* Yuba State Park
{{div col end}}

===Lakes===
{{div col|colwidth=24em}}
* Academy Mill Reservoir
* Beaver Dam Reservoir (Benches Pond)
* Big Springs
* Blind Lake
* Blue Lake (near Grassy Lake)
* Blue Lake (near Henningson Reservoir)
* Blue Lake (near Wrigley Springs Reservoir)
* Boulger Reservoir
* Brush Reservoir
* Chester Ponds
* Commissary Spring
* Cottonwood Reservoir
* Cove Lake
* Deep Lake
* Dry Hole Reservoir
* Duck Fork Reservoir
* Emerald Lake
* Emery Reservoir
* Fairview Lakes
* Ferron Reservoir
* Grass Flat Reservoir
* Grassy Lake
* Gunnison Reservoir
* Hamburger Lake
* Harmonica Lake
* Hartney Lake
* Henningson Reservoir
* Huntington Reservoir
* Island Lake
* Jet Fox Reservoir
* John August Lake
* Johnson Springs
* Julius Flat Reservoir
* Little Madsen Reservoir
* Lizard Lake
* Loggers Fork Reservoir
* Lower Gooseberry Reservoir
* Madsen Lake
* Marys Lake
* McKinley Strates Reservoir
* Miller Flat Reservoir (part)
* New Canyon Reservoir
* Newfield Reservoir
* Ninemile Reservoir
* Olafs Pond
* Oleys Lakes
* Olsen Slough
* Palisade Lake
* Patton Reservoir
* Petes Hole Reservoir
* Petes Reservoir
* Rolfson Reservoir
* Rush Pond
* Sevier Bridge Reservoir (Yuba Lake) (part)
* Slide Lake
* Sixmile Ponds
** Lower Pond
** Upper Pond
* Snow Lake
* Soup Bowl
* Spinners Reservoir
* Crooked Creek Spring
* Three Lakes (one of the three)
* Town Reservoir
* Twin Lake
* Wales Reservoir
* Willow Lake
* Woods Lake
* WPA Ponds
* Wrigley Springs Reservoir (part)
* Yearns Reservoir
{{div col end}}

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1850= 365
|1860= 3815
|1870= 6786
|1880= 11557
|1890= 13146
|1900= 16313
|1910= 16704
|1920= 17505
|1930= 16022
|1940= 16063
|1950= 13891
|1960= 11053
|1970= 10976
|1980= 14620
|1990= 16259
|2000= 22763
|2010= 27822
|2020= 28437
|estref= 
|align-fn=center
|footnote=US Decennial Census<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=US Decennial Census|publisher=US Census Bureau|access-date=June 25, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150507121432/http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|archive-date=May 7, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref><br/>1790–1960<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu|title=Historical Census Browser|publisher=University of Virginia Library|access-date=June 25, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120811110448/http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu/|archive-date=August 11, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> 1900–1990<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/ut190090.txt|title=Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990|publisher=US Census Bureau|editor-last=Forstall|editor-first=Richard L.|date=June 25, 1995|access-date=March 27, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150403101559/http://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/ut190090.txt|archive-date=April 3, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref><br/>1990–2000<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf|title=Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000|publisher=US Census Bureau|date=April 2, 2001|access-date=June 25, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141218203824/http://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf|archive-date=December 18, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> 2010<ref name=QF>{{cite web|title=State & County QuickFacts|url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/49/49039.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=December 29, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160204080137/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/49/49039.html|archive-date=February 4, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> 2020<ref>[https://www.census.gov/library/visualizations/interactive/2020-population-and-housing-state-data.html 2020 Population and Housing State Data | Utah]</ref>
}}

===2020 census===
According to the [[2020 United States census]]<ref name="2020CensusDHC">{{Cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/data/tables/2023/dec/2020-census-dhc.html|title=2020 Census Demographic and Housing Characteristics File (DHC)|author=United States Census Bureau|author-link=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=November 3, 2024}}</ref> and [[American Community Survey|2020 American Community Survey]],<ref name="2020ACS">{{Cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/data/developers/data-sets/acs-5year.2020.html|title=American Community Survey 5-Year Data (2009-2022)|author=United States Census Bureau|author-link=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=November 3, 2024}}</ref> there were 28,437 people in Sanpete County with a [[population density]] of 17.9 people per square mile (6.9/km<sup>2</sup>). Among non-[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] people, the racial makeup was 23,688 (83.3%) [[White Americans|White]], 224 (0.8%) [[African Americans|African American]], 240 (0.8%) [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]], 171 (0.6%) [[Asian Americans|Asian]], 247 (0.9%) [[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]], 81 (0.3%) from [[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|other races]], and 743 (2.6%) from [[Multiracial Americans|two or more races]]. 3,043 (10.7%) people were Hispanic or Latino.

There were 15,266 (53.68%) males and 13,171 (46.32%) females, and the population distribution by age was 8,003 (28.1%) under the age of 18, 15,846 (55.7%) from 18 to 64, and 4,588 (16.1%) who were at least 65 years old. The median age was 33.7 years.

There were 8,394 households in Sanpete County with an average size of 3.39 of which 6,459 (76.9%) were families and 1,935 (23.1%) were non-families. Among all families, 5,387 (64.2%) were [[Marriage|married couples]], 389 (4.6%) were male householders with no spouse, and 683 (8.1%) were female householders with no spouse. Among all non-families, 1,610 (19.2%) were a single person living alone and 325 (3.9%) were two or more people living together. 3,190 (38.0%) of all households had children under the age of 18. 6,473 (77.1%) of households were [[Owner-occupancy|owner-occupied]] while 1,921 (22.9%) were [[Renting|renter-occupied]].

The median income for a Sanpete County household was $55,820 and the median family income was $65,047, with a [[per-capita income]] of $21,254. The median income for males that were [[Full-time job|full-time employees]] was $51,250 and for females $32,833. 14.8% of the population and 9.3% of families were below the [[Poverty threshold|poverty line]].

In terms of education attainment, out of the 18,205 people in Sanpete County 25 years or older, 1,465 (8.0%) had [[High school dropouts in the United States|not completed high school]], 5,758 (31.6%) had a [[high school diploma]] or equivalency, 7,205 (39.6%) had some college or [[associate degree]], 2,541 (14.0%) had a [[bachelor's degree]], and 1,236 (6.8%) had a [[Postgraduate education|graduate]] or [[professional degree]].

==Economy==
[[Image:sanpete turkeys.jpg|thumb|250px|left|Turkeys in a typical holding pen in northern Sanpete County near Moroni]]
Sanpete County is a largely agricultural region of the state, dotted with rural farming towns. Agriculture, livestock, small businesses, government employment, and [[Snow College]] form the economic backbone of the county.

A significant industry in the county is turkey ranching and the Moroni Feed Company, a [[domestic turkey|turkey]] producing and processing cooperative. Moroni Feed Company is a part owner of the marketing cooperative [[Norbest]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.norbest.com/a_moroni_feed.cfm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060710222028/http://www.norbest.com/a_moroni_feed.cfm | archive-date=July 10, 2006 | title=Norbest: Moroni Feed Company }}</ref> Moroni Feed Company operates several divisions throughout the county, including a turkey processing plant, hatchery, feed mill, propane store, and sales office located in and near the town of [[Moroni, Utah|Moroni]]. The company employs over 600 people throughout the state, with the corporate headquarters located near Moroni. Numerous turkey barns and sheds dot the landscape, primarily around Moroni and the other northern Sanpete towns.

[[Alfalfa]] fields and other animal feed crops make up the bulk of the agricultural activity and economy of the county.

==Communities==
[[File:Sanpete County Utah incorporated and unincorporated areas.svg|thumb|Map of Sanpete County communities]]

===Cities===
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* [[Centerfield, Utah|Centerfield]]
* [[Ephraim, Utah|Ephraim]]
* [[Fairview, Utah|Fairview]]
* [[Fountain Green, Utah|Fountain Green]]
* [[Gunnison, Utah|Gunnison]]
* [[Manti, Utah|Manti]] (county seat)
* [[Moroni, Utah|Moroni]]
* [[Mount Pleasant, Utah|Mount Pleasant]]
* [[Spring City, Utah|Spring City]]
{{div col end}}

===Towns===
{{div col}}
* [[Fayette, Utah|Fayette]]
* [[Mayfield, Utah|Mayfield]]
* [[Sterling, Utah|Sterling]]
* [[Wales, Utah|Wales]]
{{div col end}}

===Unincorporated communities===
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* [[Axtell, Utah|Axtell]]
* [[Chester, Utah|Chester]]
* [[Christianburg, Utah|Christianburg]]
* [[Freedom, Utah|Freedom]]
* [[Indianola, Utah|Indianola]]
* [[Jerusalem, Utah|Jerusalem]]
* [[Milburn, Utah|Milburn]]
* Oak Creek
* [[Spearmint, Utah|Spearmint]]
{{div col end}}

===Ghost towns===
* [[Clarion, Utah|Clarion]]
* [[Dover, Utah|Dover]]
* [[Manasseh, Utah|Manasseh]]

==Politics and government==
Sanpete County has traditionally voted Republican. In no national election since 1936 has the county selected the Democratic Party candidate (as of 2024).

{| class="wikitable"
|+State elected offices
! colspan="2" style="text-align:center; vertical-align:bottom;" |Position
!District
! style="text-align:center;" |Name
! valign="bottom" |Affiliation
! style="vertical-align:bottom; text-align:center;" |First elected
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" |&nbsp;
|[[Utah Senate|Senate]]
|24
| style="text-align:center;" |[[Derrin Owens]]
| style="text-align:center;" |[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| style="text-align:center;" |2020<ref>{{Cite web|title=Senator Owens Utah Senate|url=https://senate.utah.gov/sen/OWENSD/|access-date=November 16, 2021|website=senate.utah.gov}}</ref>
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" |&nbsp;
|[[Utah House of Representatives|House of Representatives]]
|58
| style="text-align:center;" |[[Steven J. Lund (politician)|Steven J. Lund]]
| style="text-align:center;" |[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| style="text-align:center;" |2020<ref>{{Cite web|title=Rep. Lund, Steven J.|url=https://house.utah.gov/rep/LUNDSJ/|access-date=November 17, 2021|website=Utah House of Representatives|language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" |&nbsp;
|[[Utah House of Representatives|House of Representatives]]
|70
| style="text-align:center;" |[[Carl Albrecht (politician)|Carl Albrecht]]
| style="text-align:center;" |[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| style="text-align:center;" |2016<ref>{{Cite web|title=Rep. Albrecht, Carl R.|url=https://house.utah.gov/rep/ALBRECR/|access-date=November 17, 2021|website=Utah House of Representatives|language=en-US|archive-date=November 17, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211117185306/https://house.utah.gov/rep/ALBRECR/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| style="background-color:lightgrey" |&nbsp;
|Board of Education
|14
| style="text-align:center;" |Mark Huntsman
| style="text-align:center;" |Nonpartisan
| style="text-align:center;" |2014<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mark Huntsman|url=https://www.schools.utah.gov/board/members/utah/markhuntsman|access-date=November 15, 2021|website=www.schools.utah.gov|archive-date=November 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211115183003/https://www.schools.utah.gov/board/members/utah/markhuntsman|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
|}

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{{PresRow|1976|Republican|3,683|1,925|327|Utah}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|3,995|1,220|437|Utah}}
{{PresRow|1968|Republican|3,304|1,696|312|Utah}}
{{PresRow|1964|Republican|2,620|2,547|0|Utah}}
{{PresRow|1960|Republican|3,322|2,180|3|Utah}}
{{PresRow|1956|Republican|3,883|1,778|0|Utah}}
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|4,146|2,221|0|Utah}}
{{PresRow|1948|Republican|3,336|3,041|36|Utah}}
{{PresRow|1944|Republican|3,196|3,071|0|Utah}}
{{PresRow|1940|Republican|3,722|3,524|4|Utah}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|2,738|3,959|51|Utah}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|3,147|3,600|86|Utah}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|3,694|2,482|19|Utah}}
{{PresRow|1924|Republican|3,374|2,228|381|Utah}}
{{PresRow|1920|Republican|3,741|2,406|72|Utah}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|2,918|3,382|162|Utah}}
{{PresRow|1912|Republican|2,488|1,984|1,455|Utah}}
{{PresRow|1908|Republican|3,334|2,307|131|Utah}}
{{PresRow|1904|Republican|3,829|1,741|175|Utah}}
{{PresRow|1900|Republican|3,575|2,441|31|Utah}}
{{PresFoot|1896|Democratic|1,813|3,387|0|Utah}}

==Education==
There are two school districts: [[North Sanpete School District]] and [[South Sanpete School District]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st49_ut/schooldistrict_maps/c49039_sanpete/DC20SD_C49039.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Sanpete County, UT|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=2024-09-28}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st49_ut/schooldistrict_maps/c49039_sanpete/DC20SD_C49039_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref>

==See also==
* [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Sanpete County, Utah]]
* [[Timpanog|Sanpits Tribe]]

==External links==
* [http://sanpete.com Sanpete County Official Website]
*[https://sanpetelife.com/ Sanpete Life: Resource for events and activities]

==References==
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{{Geographic Location
|Centre    = Sanpete County
|North     = [[Utah County, Utah|Utah County]]
|Northeast = [[Carbon County, Utah|Carbon County]]
|East      = [[Emery County, Utah|Emery County]]
|South     = [[Sevier County, Utah|Sevier County]]
|Southwest = [[Millard County, Utah|Millard County]]
|Northwest = [[Juab County, Utah|Juab County]]
}}

{{Sanpete}}
{{Utah}}
{{Authority control}}
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[[Category:Populated places established in 1850]]