Thanks for visiting the SLCo
Sesquicentennial Celebration web site. The first official meeting of Salt Lake County
government was held on March 15, 1852.
We’ve come a long way in 150 years. We now operate
over 150 facilities ranging from community pools and parks to the Southtowne Exposition Center.
We also provide hundreds of quality programs and services to the community,
including plowing snowy roads, delivering hot meals to the homebound elderly, and managing
drug rehabilitation programs for those in need.
We are committed to service excellence for
Salt Lake County residents. more...
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Did You Know ?
The County Recorder that served the longest was Katie Dixon from 1975 to 1994.
In 1980 the population of Salt Lake County was 615,586.
That in 1865 the area of Bluffdale was settled.
That on January 28, 1868 the Territorial Legislature passed an act to drop the word “Great” from Salt Lake County and Salt Lake City.
That the only Salt Lake County resident to launch a national presidential campaign was Parley P. Christensen in 1920.
More trivia ....
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