Ibapah ( ) is a small
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
in far western
Tooele County,
Utah
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, United States, near the
Nevada
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state line.
Description
The settlement is located near the
Deep Creek Mountains. The site was originally established in 1859 by
Mormon missionaries sent to teach the local Native Americans farming methods. A
Pony Express station operated here in 1860 and 1861, and the town was on an early alignment of the
Lincoln Highway. A post office operated here from 1883 to 1980. Ibapah is currently inhabited mostly by
Goshute people, with scattered farmlands and a trading post belonging to more recent settlers. The community is the headquarters of the
Confederated Tribes of the Goshute Reservation, a
federally recognized tribe
A federally recognized tribe is a Native American tribe recognized by the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs as holding a government-to-government relationship with the US federal government. In the United States, the Native American tribe ...
.
Originally named Deep Creek for a creek of the same name in the area, the name was later changed to ''Ibapah'', an anglicized form of the
Goshute word ''Ai-bim-pa'' or ''Ai'bĭm-pa'' which means "White Clay Water".
The University of Utah - Shoshoni Dictionary
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The town is isolated and is usually reached by going out of Utah into Nevada and back into Utah.
Climate
The climate is typical of that of a high elevation Great Basin location, being semi-arid and featuring, in consequence, large differences in temperature between day and night.
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Unincorporated communities in Tooele County, Utah
Unincorporated communities in Utah
Populated places established in 1859
Pony Express stations
Goshute
1859 establishments in Utah Territory