{"id":8304,"date":"2023-09-23T13:07:18","date_gmt":"2023-09-23T13:07:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/?p=8304"},"modified":"2026-08-14T22:20:41","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T22:20:41","slug":"beaver-county-utah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/beaver-county-utah\/","title":{"rendered":"Beaver County, Utah"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Beaver County is a county in Utah, United States, on the state&#8217;s border with Nevada. It had a population of 7,072 at the 2020 census and covers 2,592 square miles (6,710 km2) centred near 38\u00b020\u2032N 113\u00b014\u2032W, in the west-central part of the state.<\/p>\n<p>Beaver is the county seat, and its postal code is 84713. The county has two incorporated cities, one incorporated town, and a scatter of unincorporated communities and 19th- and early-20th-century mining camps, most of them now abandoned. Beaver County observes Mountain Time and lies in Utah&#8217;s 2nd congressional district.<\/p>\n<h2>Towns &amp; Villages in Beaver County<\/h2>\n<p>Beaver County has three incorporated municipalities &mdash; two cities and one town &mdash; plus roughly a dozen unincorporated places, several of which are historic mining camps that were never formally platted or have since been abandoned. &ldquo;Unincorp.&rdquo; below covers both still-inhabited unincorporated communities and these ghost-town sites.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tv-table-scroll\">\n<table>\n<tr>\n<th>Place<\/th>\n<th>Type<\/th>\n<th>Pop.<\/th>\n<th>ZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Beaver<\/td>\n<td>City &middot; seat<\/td>\n<td>3,417<\/td>\n<td>84713<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Milford<\/td>\n<td>City<\/td>\n<td>1,410<\/td>\n<td>84751<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Minersville<\/td>\n<td>Town<\/td>\n<td>897<\/td>\n<td>84752<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Adamsville<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>84713<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Greenville<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>75<\/td>\n<td>84731<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Manderfield<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>84713<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Frisco<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp. (ghost town)<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Newhouse<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp. (ghost town)<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Sulphurdale<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Shauntie<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp. (ghost town)<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Thermo<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp. (ghost town)<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Cook Corner<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Cunningham Hill<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Murdock<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>North Creek<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Upton<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>Adamsville and Manderfield are small farming communities close enough to Beaver to share its ZIP code. Frisco, Newhouse, Shauntie and Thermo were 19th- and early-20th-century silver and mining camps west of Milford; all four are now abandoned, with only foundations, a cemetery, and in Frisco&#8217;s case a row of surviving beehive charcoal kilns marking the sites.<\/p>\n<h2>ZIP Codes<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>84713 &mdash; Beaver (also serves Adamsville, Manderfield)<\/li>\n<li>84751 &mdash; Milford<\/li>\n<li>84752 &mdash; Minersville<\/li>\n<li>84731 &mdash; Greenville<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The county&#8217;s mining ghost towns (Frisco, Newhouse, Shauntie, Thermo, Sulphurdale) have no standing post office and are not assigned their own ZIP code.<\/p>\n<h2>Geography<\/h2>\n<p>Beaver County sits in the Basin and Range country of west-central Utah, where north&ndash;south mountain ranges alternate with broad desert valleys. The Tushar Mountains rise along the county&#8217;s eastern edge, reaching 12,011 feet at the highest point on the border; the Mineral Mountains and San Francisco Mountains cross the county&#8217;s interior farther west. The Beaver River, fed by snowmelt from the Tushars, is the county&#8217;s principal stream and irrigates the farmland around Beaver and Minersville. Of the county&#8217;s 2,592 square miles, 2,590 are land and about 2.1 are water.<\/p>\n<p>Beaver County borders <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/millard-county\/\">Millard County<\/a> to the north, <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/sevier-county-utah\/\">Sevier County<\/a> to the northeast, <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/piute-county\/\">Piute County<\/a> to the east, <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/garfield-county-utah\/\">Garfield County<\/a> to the southeast, <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/iron-county-utah\/\">Iron County<\/a> to the south, and <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/lincoln-county-nevada\/\">Lincoln County, Nevada<\/a>, across the state line to the west.<\/p>\n<h2>Demographics<\/h2>\n<p>Beaver County had 7,072 residents at the 2020 census, up from 6,629 in 2010. Beaver, the county seat, is by far the largest community, followed by Milford. The county&#8217;s median household income is about $66,705, below the Utah median of $93,421. With 7,072 people spread across 2,590 square miles of land, the county&#8217;s population density is roughly 2.7 people per square mile, among the more sparsely settled parts of the state.<\/p>\n<h2>Economy &amp; Local Life<\/h2>\n<p>Agriculture and food processing anchor the local economy: a Smithfield Foods hog-processing plant near Beaver is one of the county&#8217;s largest single employers. Ranching, alfalfa and grain farming remain important in the Beaver River valley, and Milford has become a hub for renewable energy, with wind and geothermal power projects developed on the desert land west of town. Beaver is also a stopover town for Interstate 15 travelers, with motels, restaurants and fuel outlets clustered near the freeway interchanges.<\/p>\n<h2>History<\/h2>\n<p>Beaver County was created by the Utah territorial legislature on January 5, 1856, and named for the beaver once abundant along the Beaver River. Spanish explorers on the 1776 Dominguez&ndash;Escalante Expedition passed through the region more than a century before Mormon settlers established Beaver as a farming town in 1856. Silver strikes in the 1870s and 1880s brought a mining boom to the San Francisco Mountains, giving rise to Frisco and Newhouse; Frisco&#8217;s population and its violent, short-lived boomtown reputation made it one of Utah&#8217;s best-known 19th-century mining camps before the ore ran out and the town emptied.<\/p>\n<h2>Getting There<\/h2>\n<p>Interstate 15 runs the length of the county north to south, with U.S. Route 21 and U.S. Route 91 also passing through Beaver.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cedar City &mdash; 50 miles south<\/li>\n<li>Richfield &mdash; 55 miles northeast<\/li>\n<li>Milford &mdash; 30 miles west of Beaver<\/li>\n<li>Salt Lake City &mdash; 200 miles north<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The nearest commercial airport with scheduled service is Cedar City Regional Airport, about 50 miles south of Beaver.<\/p>\n<h2>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Where is Beaver County, Utah?<\/strong><br \/>\nIt is in the west-central part of the state, bordering Nevada, along the Interstate 15 corridor between Cedar City and Fillmore.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the population of Beaver County?<\/strong><br \/>\n7,072 at the 2020 census.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How big is Beaver County?<\/strong><br \/>\n2,592 square miles (6,710 km2), of which about 2,590 square miles are land.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the county seat of Beaver County?<\/strong><br \/>\nBeaver is the county seat and largest city.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How many towns are in Beaver County?<\/strong><br \/>\nTwo incorporated cities (Beaver and Milford), one incorporated town (Minersville), and about a dozen unincorporated communities and historic mining sites.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What ZIP codes are in Beaver County?<\/strong><br \/>\n84713 (Beaver), 84751 (Milford), 84752 (Minersville) and 84731 (Greenville).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Are Frisco and Newhouse still inhabited?<\/strong><br \/>\nNo. Both were 19th- and early-20th-century silver-mining camps in the San Francisco Mountains and are now abandoned ghost towns.<\/p>\n<p>More counties in this state: <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/category\/utah\/\">Towns and villages in Utah<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beaver County is a county in Utah, United States, on the state&#8217;s border with Nevada. It had a population of 7,072 at the 2020 census and covers 2,592 square miles (6,710 km2) centred near 38\u00b020\u2032N 113\u00b014\u2032W, in the west-central part of the state. Beaver is the county seat, and its postal code is 84713. 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