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== History == | == History == | ||
Emery is located "on U-10 fifteen miles southwest of Ferron. The town was first called Muddy Creek after the nearby creek. It was later named Emery in honor of George W. Emery of Tennessee, who was appointed governor of Utah Territory in 1875." <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), 127-128.</ref> | Emery, Utah is located "on U-10 fifteen miles southwest of Ferron. The town was first called Muddy Creek after the nearby creek. It was later named Emery in honor of George W. Emery of Tennessee, who was appointed governor of Utah Territory in 1875." <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), 127-128.</ref> | ||
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Wikipedia (http://www.wikipedia.com: accessed 3 March 2010), [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emery,_Utah "Emery, Utah."] | Wikipedia (http://www.wikipedia.com: accessed 3 March 2010), [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emery,_Utah "Emery, Utah."] | ||