Payson, Utah

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Quick History

Wikipedia has an excellent article on Payson UT.

History of Payson, Utah County, Utah.

Payson has a city web site, with the current calendar of community events, education information, parks and recreation and other information.

Resources

Cemeteries

Payson City Cemetery
Payson City Cemetery Department
805 E 400 439 W Utah Ave
Payson, UT 84651-2042
(801) 465-5260

• Payson City Cemetery in Payson UT at official Payson City website
• Payson City Cemetery in Payson UT at Names in Stone. Location of each burial shown on map.
• Payson City Cemetery in Payson UT at Find a Grave
• Payson City Cemetery in Payson UT at Utah Gravestones
• Payson City Cemetery in Payson UT at Billion Graves. Headstone photos GPS tagged, index of photographed headstones. Cemetery location shown on Google map

Church History and Records

• Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

1. Park (Payson)
2. Payson
3. Payson 1
4. Payson 2
5. Payson 3
6. Payson 4

Directories

• Utah County and Utah Territorial Business Directory, Culmer, 1879-80 - Free (Don's List)
  - includes every resident in Utah County, Payson begins on the bottom of page 233-239

• Provo City and Utah County Directory : including the cities of Provo, American Fork, Lehi, Payson, Spanish Fork, and Springville Library has 1891 (film), 1904-05 (film), 1913-14, 1915-16, 1917-18, 1920, 1926 (film), 1930-31, 1935-36, 1941, 1946, 1950, 1955, 1961, 1965, 1969-70, 1975, 1980, 1985, 1987, 1996- .

Genealogical and Historical Societies

The Payson Historical Society was founded in 1989 to collect and preserve historical items pertinent to Payson City History.

Geography and Demographics

• The Geography and Demographics of the 2000 Census listed 12,716 people.

• The History of Payson, the city initially called Peteetneet Creek, after a Ute Indian Chief is located about 60 miles south of Salt Lake, and is in Utah County.

Library

Payson City Library is located on Main Street

Museum

• Peteetneet Museum and Cultural Arts Center is located in the historical Peteetneet School built in 1901, 10 North 600 East, Payson, UT 84651 (801) 465-5265 FAX (801)465-9427

• Take a Walking Tour of Old Fort Peteetneet, Old Fort Payson, and Historic Payson and find out about some of the old homes, and historical sites in down town Payson.
• Exhibits on the three floors of the Peteetneet Museum.

Newspapers

• The Payson Chronicle 145 Esat Utah Ave, Payson, Utah 84651, phone 801-465-9221
• The Deseret News will have a section on the current Payson City news
• The Salt Lake Tribune reports on Payson local news, this paper is out of Salt Lake City.
• The Daily Herald is a Utah Valley newspaper which also reports on the Payson news.

Schools

There are ten schools listed in Payson area, which is part of  the Nebo School District.

1. Barnett Elementary School 456 N 300 E, Payson, UT (801) 465-6000
2. Mt Nebo Junior High School 851 W 450 S, Payson, UT (801) 465-6040
3. Nebo District Community School 1050 S Main St, Payson, UT (801) 465-6031
4. Payson Junior High School 1025 Highway 198, Payson, UT (801) 465-6015
5. Payson Middle School  851 W 450 S, Payson, UT (801) 465-6040
6. Spring Lake Elementary School 1750 S 500 W, Payson, UT (801) 465-6070
7. Starbright Pre School 174 N 200 W, Payson, UT (801) 465-4496
8. Taylor Elementary School 92 S 500 W, Payson, UT (801) 465-6050
9. Wilson Elementary School 590 W 500 S, Payson, UT (801) 465-6060
10. Payson High School Grades 10-12 1050 S Main St Payson, UT 84651-3319 801-465-6025