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About Salt Lake County

Headquarters

Salt Lake County Government is headquartered at:

County Government Center
2001 South State Street
Salt Lake City, UT 84190

The general telephone number for County offices is

801 468-3000

History

Settlement of Salt Lake County began on July 24, 1847, as Brigham Young and a party of 148 Mormon pioneers entered the Salt Lake Valley to end a 1,500 mile journey west.

Within a few years the Salt Lake Valley became a major center for trade and commerce as wagon trains carried settlers and miners westward.

Salt Lake City became the capitol city of the Territory of Utah and the County Seat on January 6, 1851.

The County became a corporate and political entity when the State of Utah was admitted to the Union on January 4, 1896. Due to continuous economic and population growth, Salt Lake County is now a large metropolitan area covering 764 square miles with more than 850,000 residents.

Salt Lake City is the traditional political and commercial center of this growing metropolis.

Salt Lake County includes:

• 764 square miles
• 35 miles long, north to south
  (from Davis County to the Point of the Mountain)
• 35 miles wide, east to west
  (from the Wasatch Mountains to the Oquirrh Mountains)
• 856 miles of County owned and operated roads
• 910,000 residents
• 15 municipalities
• 15 canyons
• 4 world class ski resorts

Salt Lake County:

• Operates on an annual budget of more than $750 million
• Employs over 7,000 workers
• Includes more than three dozen agencies providing nearly 100 services
• Built and operates two world-class softball complexes
• Built and operates six public golf courses
• Recruits more than 33,000 volunteers annually
• Sports programs attract 130,000 participants per year
• Operates Utah’s largest library system, circulating 11 million items per year
• Operates Utah’s largest fire department
• Operates Utah’s largest law enforcement agency
• Serves 900 Meals-on-Wheels meals per day
• Is a major provider of recreation activities and facilities in the valley