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8 unusual facts about Salt Lake County


Ben McAdams

In November 2011, McAdams announced his campaign to succeed Peter Corroon as mayor of Salt Lake County, Utah.

Jacob B. Blair

He was a probate judge for Salt Lake County, Utah from 1892 to 1895, and surveyor general of Utah from 1897 to 1901.

Peter Corroon

Peter Maitland Corroon (born July 16, 1964) is an American politician in the Democratic Party and the former mayor of Salt Lake County, Utah.

Red Lopez

After years of investigating on his own time and money, Salt Lake County Deputy Sheriff Randy Lish confirmed that the Lopez of Utah and the Lopez of Texas were the same man.

Salt Lake County, Utah

Because there are only four major entrances to the Salt Lake Valley (to the north, east, and west of Salt Lake City proper as well as far to the south at Point of the Mountain), routes for long distance travel through the valley are mainly confined to an east-west strip through Salt Lake City and South Salt Lake and a north-south strip near the Jordan River.

The Granite School District, the largest in the state, is a broad district that covers a swath from Kearns and Taylorsville through West Valley City, Utah and eastward to South Salt Lake and Millcreek Township, among others.

Spencer H. Osborn

He served for ten years as president of the LDS Church's Granite Stake in Salt Lake County, Utah.

Wayne L. Niederhauser

A Republican, he is a member of the Utah State Senate, representing the state's 9th senate district in Salt Lake County including the cities of Sandy and Draper.


Alan Dayton

Alan Dayton was former Deputy Mayor of Salt Lake County and Acting Mayor of Salt Lake County after the indictment of Nancy Workman.

Brooke C. Wells

She owns several horses that she houses in Salt Lake County for the warmer times of the year and Sanpete County for the more drastic temperatures and weather of winter months.

Gary Herbert

Herbert was elected to serve out the remainder of the term in a special election in 2010, defeating Democratic nominee Salt Lake County Mayor Peter Corroon with 64% of the vote.

Salt Lake City Weekly

In 2004, City Weekly published a series of articles criticizing embattled Salt Lake County mayor Nancy Workman.


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Michigan left

The city of Draper, Utah, a suburb of Salt Lake City, announced in 2011 that it would be building Utah's first "ThrU Turn" at the intersection of 12300 South and State Street, just off Interstate 15 through Salt Lake County.