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Northrop, Utah

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261: 74: 542: 159: 537: 517: 527: 522: 62:. Nothing remains; the site was just beginning to be settled when it was washed away by the worst flood recorded in the Western United States. 152: 102:
John W. Van Cott, Utah Place Names: A Comprehensive Guide to the Origins of Geographic Names: a Compilation, University of Utah Press, 1990.
333: 145: 31:, United States, established in 1861 by Isaac Behunin. It was located at the confluence of the North Fork and East Fork of the 137: 42:
and the settlers moved to settle on some nearby land with more space for growth and above the river floods, in what is now
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Washington County Chapter, Daughters of the Utah Pioneers, " Under Dixie Sun", 1950 with 1978 Supplement. Page 127.
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The site of Northrop was just at the confluence of the North and East Forks of the
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ghost town
Washington County
Utah
Virgin River
Great Flood of 1862
Springdale
Virgin River
Grafton
Utah portal
List of ghost towns in Utah
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Washington County, Utah
County seat
St. George
Cities
Enterprise
Hildale
Hurricane
Ivins
La Verkin
Santa Clara
St. George
Toquerville
Washington
Towns
Apple Valley
Leeds

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