Standrod is an
unincorporated community in extreme northwestern
Box Elder County
Box Elder County is a county at the northwestern corner of Utah, United States. As of 2018, the estimated population is 54,950. Its county seat and largest city is Brigham City. The county was named for the box elder trees that abound in the co ...
,
Utah, United States,
very close to the
Idaho state line.
Description
Standrod is a
rural community that is reached primarily by dirt roads. The residents of Standrod primarily rely on agriculture. The community is in the area of the
Raft River Mountains
The Raft River Mountains are a mountain range in northern Box Elder County, Utah, United States. The mountains are located in the Raft River Division of the Minidoka Ranger District of the Sawtooth National Forest. The highest point is Bull Mou ...
. The climate of the area has four distinct seasons that occur in the northern
Great Basin
The Great Basin is the largest area of contiguous endorheic basin, endorheic watersheds, those with no outlets, in North America. It spans nearly all of Nevada, much of Utah, and portions of California, Idaho, Oregon, Wyoming, and Baja California ...
area.
History
Standrod was first settled in 1892. In 1898 a school house was built, placed deliberately on the state line so it was half in Idaho and half in Utah. The town was named for a judge in Idaho.
[ Andrew Jenson. ''Encyclopedic History of the Church''. p. 832]
See also
References
External links
Box Elder County history
Populated places established in 1892
Unincorporated communities in Box Elder County, Utah
Unincorporated communities in Utah
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