Willard, Utah
United States 
Utah Box Elder County Willard
Quick History
Willard, the southernmost community in Box Elder County. Seven miles north is Brigham City; and Ogden is thirteen miles to the south. To the west are salt flats and the fresh water Willard Bay, created in 1964.
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.
In the fall of 1851 North Willow Creek was surveyed by Henry G. Sherwood, assisted by Cyril Call. In 1859 it was renamed Willard in honor of Willard Richards, a recently-deceased Apostle of the Mormon church, and counselor to Brigham Young. 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.
Most of Willard's first settlers were mostly of Welsh, English, Scottish and Dutch descent. Most were farmers, but some were merchants, carpenters, blacksmiths and school teachers. [1]
Location
Willard is located in eastern Box Elder County. It is bordered on the east by the Wasatch Mountains, on the west by the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, on the north by Perry and on the south by Farr West and Pleasant View. Utah Wikipedia.
City Hall
- Willard City Business Office
80 W 50 S, Willard, UT
435-734-9881
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References
- ↑ Merlene T. Braegger Jones; The Willard Pioneer Cemetery