Ticaboo, Utah

Ticaboo
Unincorporated community

Image of Ticaboo, with Mt. Ellsworth in the background
Ticaboo

Location within the state of Utah

Coordinates: 37°40′30″N 110°41′48″W / 37.67500°N 110.69667°W / 37.67500; -110.69667Coordinates: 37°40′30″N 110°41′48″W / 37.67500°N 110.69667°W / 37.67500; -110.69667
Country United States
State Utah
County Garfield
Founded 1977
Founded by A. Roy May
Government- Utilities are managed by Ticaboo Utility Improvement District
 • Type Local Improvement District
 • TUID CEO & District Manager Chip Shortreed
 • Master Development Lease Holder Ticaboo Resort, LLC
Elevation 4,265 ft (1,300 m)
Time zone Mountain (MST) (UTC-7)
 • Summer (DST) MDT (UTC-6)
ZIP codes 84533
Area code(s) 435
GNIS feature ID 1434980[1]

Ticaboo is an unincorporated community in far southeastern Garfield County, Utah, United States. It lies along State Route 276 more than 90 miles (140 km) by air east of the city of Panguitch, the county seat of Garfield County.[2] Its elevation is 4,265 feet (1,300 m).[1] Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 84533.[3] Ticaboo gets its name from Ticaboo Creek, which was named by Cass Hite in the 1880s, for a Paiute word meaning "friendly".[4]

History

The Ticaboo townsite is a master-planned community that was organized in the late 1970s to both provide housing to the then booming uranium mining industry in southeastern Garfield County, and tap into the tourism potential of nearby Lake Powell. The Ticaboo Resort was developed to provide accommodations to guests visiting the remote area as well as to encourage the development of a tourism base outside of Bullfrog in the northern Lake Powell area. [5]

The first inhabitants of Ticaboo were Kayenta Anasazi. In October 1981, the Division of Utah State History conducted an excavation of a small settlement known as the Ticaboo Town Ruins, located directly west of the town of Ticaboo.[6]

Ticaboo Resort is one of many master development lease holders tasked with the development of Ticaboo by the Utah School and Trust Lands Administration (SITLA). Previous master development lease holders have included mining companies who also owned mines in the Henry Mountain Complex, or the Shootaring Mill. Originally established in 1977, Plateau Resources Limited was the master development lease holder[7] and constructed the infrastructure that still exists today for electric, water, and wastewater.

Trail of the Ancients

Ticaboo is located on Utah State Route 276, which is a part of the Trail of the Ancients National Scenic Byway.

References

  1. 1 2 "Ticaboo, Utah". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2008-03-18.
  2. ↑ Rand McNally. The Road Atlas '08. Chicago: Rand McNally, 2008, pp. 102, 103.
  3. ↑ Zip Code Lookup
  4. ↑ Van Cott, John W. (1990). Utah Place Names. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press. p. 370. ISBN 0-87480-345-4.
  5. ↑ http://udn.lib.utah.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/gcn5/id/18545/show/18555/rec/35
  6. ↑ https://archive.org/stream/archaeologicalin00fike#page/n183/mode/2up/search/ticaboo
  7. ↑ http://udn.lib.utah.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/gcn5/id/11677/show/11686/rec/1

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