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''[[United States Genealogy|United States]]''> ''[[Utah Genealogy|Utah]]''> ''[[Emery County, Utah Genealogy|Emery County]]''> ''Moore''  
{{stub}}''[[United States|United States]]''> ''[[Utah]]''> ''[[Emery County, Utah|Emery County]]''> ''Moore''  


{{Wikipedia|Moore, Utah}}
== History  ==


== History  ==
Moore, Utah is located "on U-10 five miles northeast of Emery. The original name for this community was Rochester, the name of M.B. Whitney's hometown. Whitney was the promoter of the Independent Canal and Resevoir Company, which was incorporated in 1894 in order to develop the land in the vicinity. In 1940 the community name was changed to Moore to honor L.C. Moore, a landowner and manager of a local farm project." <ref>John W. Van Cott, ''Utah Place Names: A Comprehensive Guide To the Origins of Geographic Names'' (Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 1990), 257.</ref>


Moore, Utah is located "on U-10 five miles northeast of Emery. The original name for this community was Rochester, the name of M.B. Whitney's hometown. Whitney was the promoter of the Independent Canal and Resevoir Company, which was incorporated in 1894 in order to develop the land in the vicinity. In 1940 the community name was changed to Moore to honor L.C. Moore, a landowner and manager of a local farm project." <ref>John W. Van Cott, ''Utah Place Names: A Comprehensive Guide To the Origins of Geographic Names'' (Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 1990), 257.</ref>


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Wikipedia (http://www.wikipedia.com: accessed 3 March 2010), [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moore,_Utah "Moore, Utah."]  
Wikipedia (http://www.wikipedia.com: accessed 3 March 2010), [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moore,_Utah "Moore, Utah."]


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*[http://sites.rootsweb.com/~utemery/index.html The Emery County UT GenWeb Project], a member of [http://www.usgenweb.org/ The UTGenWeb Project], an affiliate of [[USGenWeb|The USGenWeb Project]]
*{{FSC|Utah%2C+Emery|subject|disp=FamilySearch Catalog}}


== References ==
== Web Sites ==
 
*[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~utemery/index.html The Emery County UT GenWeb Project], a member of [http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~utgenweb/index.html The UTGenWeb Project], an affiliate of [[USGenWeb|The USGenWeb Project]]


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*[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=localitydetails&subject=206011&subject_disp=Utah%2C+Emery&columns=*,0,0 Family History Library Catalog]


[[Category:Emery_County, Utah]]
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History[edit | edit source]

Moore, Utah is located "on U-10 five miles northeast of Emery. The original name for this community was Rochester, the name of M.B. Whitney's hometown. Whitney was the promoter of the Independent Canal and Resevoir Company, which was incorporated in 1894 in order to develop the land in the vicinity. In 1940 the community name was changed to Moore to honor L.C. Moore, a landowner and manager of a local farm project." [1]


Wikipedia (http://www.wikipedia.com: accessed 3 March 2010), "Moore, Utah."

Resources[edit | edit source]

Cemeteries[edit | edit source]

Web Sites[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. John W. Van Cott, Utah Place Names: A Comprehensive Guide To the Origins of Geographic Names (Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 1990), 257.