The Mormons (LDS) under Brigham Young, to get away from the control of the US Federal government and set up their own independent country of "Deseret".
Utah has a remarkable history. Probably the most important event in the history of Utah is the settling of the area by Mormons who moved to escape religious persecution.
The Mormons had intended on settling an area much larger than modern-day Utah and naming it Deseret. However, the federal government didn't want the Mormons having such a large territory, so they cut it down and renamed it Utah.
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Delaware is the 49th State in Area and Utah is the 13th largest US State.
Utah's water area is 2,755.18 square miles.
The area of Rush Lake - Utah - is 2,000,000.0 square meters.
Utah, by far.
Utah has a total area of 84,896 square miles. The United States has total area of 3,796,742 square miles. Utah has 2.236% of the total area in the United States.
Utah, USA covers a total area of 216,446km2 of which 7,136km2 is water.
Utah has a land area of about 82,170 square miles. This represents about 87% of the total area of the state.
The area code for the Utah state capital, Salt Lake City, is 801.
Answer: 52,571,936 acres. (land area).