Peterson is an
unincorporated community
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in northwestern
Morgan County,
Utah
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, United States.
Geography
Peterson is located in northwest
Morgan Valley, near Peterson Creek and
Interstate 84, northwest of the town of
Morgan.
Thurston Peak, the highest peak in the county at an elevation of , is located near Peterson.
Thurston Peak
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History
Peterson was first settled in 1855. It was originally named Weber City after the nearby Weber River
The Weber River ( ) (Shoshone: Ho-o-pah) is a long river of northern Utah, United States. It begins in the northwest of the Uinta Mountains and empties into the Great Salt Lake. The Weber River was named for American fur trapper John Henr ...
. The first public building, a combination school
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and LDS Church
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, informally known as the LDS Church or Mormon Church, is a nontrinitarian restorationist Christian denomination and the largest denomination in the Latter Day Saint movement. Founded during ...
, was opened in 1861. The town was designated county seat
A county seat is an administrative center, seat of government, or capital city of a county or parish (administrative division), civil parish. The term is in use in five countries: Canada, China, Hungary, Romania, and the United States. An equiva ...
in 1862, and remained so for four years, until it was replaced by Littleton in 1866, and then Morgan in 1868.["The Settlements of Morgan County"](_blank)
''Morgan County Utah Historical Society''. Accessed 21 Jun 2009. The Peterson General Store, which also housed a U.S. post office
A post office is a public facility and a retailer that provides mail services, such as accepting letter (message), letters and parcel (package), parcels, providing post office boxes, and selling postage stamps, packaging, and stationery. Post o ...
, opened in 1869. Other businesses included the Dexter Hotel, a train station
A train station, railroad station, or railway station is a railway facility where trains stop to load or unload passengers, freight, or both. It generally consists of at least one platform, one track, and a station building providing suc ...
, and a stockyard.Mormon
Mormons are a religious and cultural group related to Mormonism, the principal branch of the Latter Day Saint movement started by Joseph Smith in upstate New York during the 1820s. After Smith's death in 1844, the movement split into several ...
leader, and the first settler of Morgan County.
See also
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Unincorporated communities in Morgan County, Utah
Populated places established in 1855
Unincorporated communities in Utah
1855 establishments in Utah Territory