Greenville is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...
in eastern
Beaver County,
Utah
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, United States.
Description
The community lies along
State Route 21 southwest of the city of
Beaver
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(the
county seat
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of Beaver County). Its elevation is .
Although Greenville is unincorporated, it has a
post office
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, with the
ZIP code of 84731.
History
The location of Greenville was originally a camp on the north side of a ford on the
Beaver River, along the
Mormon Road
Mormon Road, also known to the 49ers as the Southern Route, of the California Trail in the Western United States, was a seasonal wagon road pioneered by a Mormon party from Salt Lake City, Utah led by Jefferson Hunt, that followed the route of ...
until 1855. That year, the road was rerouted up river to the crossing at what later became
Beaver
Beavers are large, semiaquatic rodents in the genus ''Castor'' native to the temperate Northern Hemisphere. There are two extant species: the North American beaver (''Castor canadensis'') and the Eurasian beaver (''C. fiber''). Beavers ar ...
. Greenville was first settled in 1861. The community was named for the thick green grass which covered the original town site.
See also
References
External links
Populated places established in 1861
Unincorporated communities in Beaver County, Utah
Unincorporated communities in Utah
1861 establishments in Utah Territory
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