Yost 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 ...
located in northwestern
Box Elder County,
Utah
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, United States,
on the north central slopes of the
Raft River Mountains, some northwest of
Brigham City.
Description
The first name for the area was "George Creek" for a man named George Eddy Sanderson, an early range rider who came to the area with Charles Yost from the
Nevada Territory
The Territory of Nevada (N.T.) was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from March 2, 1861, until October 31, 1864, when it was admitted to the Union as the State of Nevada.
Prior to the creation of the Nevada ...
. Charles Yost remained in the area, becoming
postmaster in 1887. After Yost built his cabin, he lived alone until he married Maria Larsen from
Terrace, Utah, on the south side of the mountains. For four years she was the only woman living in Yost.
Yost was later settled by other pioneer homesteaders. By 1910 the population had increased to 251 people. The town had a schoolhouse and church built. Yost incorporated on August 19, 1935, during the
Great Depression. At the time, Yost's boundaries were the largest in area in the state of Utah. However, due to poor land quality for farming and
ranch
A ranch (from es, rancho/Mexican Spanish) is an area of land, including various structures, given primarily to ranching, the practice of raising grazing livestock such as cattle and sheep. It is a subtype of a farm. These terms are most ofte ...
ing, the population declined and the town of Yost disincorporated on January 6, 1984.
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{{Box Elder County, Utah
Former towns in Utah
Populated places established in 1935
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