Pinto is an

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 Washington County,

Utah Utah is a landlocked state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is one of the Four Corners states, sharing a border with Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico. It also borders Wyoming to the northea ...

, United States. It was established in 1856 by Rufus C. Allen and other leaders of the LDS Southern Indian Mission so they could move away from Fort Harmony, Utah and John D. Lee's attempts to usurp their authority.

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PINTO, UTAH
from wchsutah.org WASHINGTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY (Washington County, Utah) accessed December 9, 2015. {{authority control Populated places established in 1856 Unincorporated communities in Washington County, Utah Unincorporated communities in Utah 1856 establishments in Utah Territory