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== Historical Background == | == Historical Background == | ||
'''1847 '''-- First white settlers arrived in Utah and settled in Salt Lake Valley. | '''1847 '''-- First white settlers arrived in Utah and settled in Salt Lake Valley. They called the area of present day Utah and parts of many surrounding states Deseret. | ||
'''1850-1896 '''-- Territorial Period. Each time the people of | '''1850-1896 '''-- Territorial Period. Each time the people of Deseret applied for statehood a census was taken. Deseret became a territory in 1850 and gained statehood in 1896. Censuses were taken 1850 (1851),1856, 1862, 1872, 1882, 1887, and 1894. Deseret was carved up as other western states were formed until 1896 when the state bacame Utah and reached its present size. | ||
'''1896-present '''-- Utah during statehood. | '''1896-present '''-- Utah during statehood. | ||
'''1880''' | '''1880''' -- Abbreviations used on the Utah census (in the left margin of each census page):<br>'''M''' = Mormon<br>'''G''' = Gentile<br>'''A''' = Apostate Mormon<br>'''J''' = Josephites (members of the Reorganized Church -- RLDS)<br>'''M''' = Miscellaneous<br>'''D''' = Doubtful<br>From ''Deseret Weekly News'', September 6, 1882, page 58. | ||
== Indexes == | == Indexes == | ||