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''[[United States|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Utah Genealogy|Utah]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Box Elder County, Utah |Box Elder]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]'' '''Willard''' | ''[[United States|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Utah Genealogy|Utah]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Box Elder County, Utah |Box Elder]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]'' '''Willard''' | ||
== History== | == History== | ||
{{Wikipedia|Willard, Utah}}Willard had its beginning in 1851, when several companies of settlers were sent out from Salt Lake City. Nineteen people located on North Willow Creek, seven miles south of where Brigham would soon be. Two years later, the settlement was moved to a better site, two miles farther south, and the name North Willow Creek was given to the new settlement. A fort wall was built to protect them from the threat of Indian attacks. <ref>Jones, Merlene T. Braegger; ''Willard Centennial 1851- 1951 A brief history of the past one hundred years'' </ref> <br> | {{Wikipedia|Willard, Utah}}Willard had its beginning in 1851, when several companies of settlers were sent out from Salt Lake City. Nineteen people located on North Willow Creek, seven miles south of where Brigham would soon be. Two years later, the settlement was moved to a better site, two miles farther south, and the name North Willow Creek was given to the new settlement. A fort wall was built to protect them from the threat of Indian attacks. <ref>[[Jones, Merlene T. Braegger; Willard Centennial 1851- 1951 A brief history of the past one hundred years|Jones, Merlene T. Braegger; ''Willard Centennial 1851- 1951 A brief history of the past one hundred years'']] </ref> <br> | ||
In 1859 the area was renamed Willard in honor of Willard Richards.<ref> [http://www.onlineutah.com/willardhistory.shtml History of Willard Utah] </ref> Willard received her charter as a city in 1870. The town site encompasses seven square miles, being three and a half miles long and two miles wide.<br> | In 1859 the area was renamed Willard in honor of Willard Richards.<ref> [http://www.onlineutah.com/willardhistory.shtml History of Willard Utah] </ref> Willard received her charter as a city in 1870. The town site encompasses seven square miles, being three and a half miles long and two miles wide.<br> | ||