Ticaboo, Utah

Ticaboo (/ˈtɪkəbuː/ TIK-ə-boo) is an unincorporated community in far southeastern Garfield County, Utah, United States.[1]

Ticaboo, Utah
Unincorporated community
Image of Ticaboo, with Mt. Ellsworth in the background, May 2008
Image of Ticaboo, with Mt. Ellsworth in the background, May 2008
Ticaboo is located in Utah
Ticaboo
Ticaboo
Location of Ticaboo within the State of Utah
Ticaboo is located in the United States
Ticaboo
Ticaboo
Ticaboo (the United States)
Coordinates: 37°40′30″N 110°41′48″W
CountryUnited States
StateUtah
CountyGarfield
Founded1977
Founded byA. Roy May
Government
- Utilities are managed by Ticaboo Utility Improvement District
 • TypeLocal Improvement District
 • TUID CEO & District ManagerTicaboo Management, LLC
 • Master Development Lease HolderTicaboo Resort, LLC
Elevation
[1]
4,265 ft (1,300 m)
Time zoneUTC-7 (Mountain (MST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-6 (MDT)
ZIP codes
84533
Area code435
GNIS feature ID1434980[1]

Description

The community lies along State Route 276, more than 90 miles (140 km) east of Panguitch, the county seat of Garfield County.[2][3] Its elevation is 4,265 feet (1,300 m).[1] It has a post office with the ZIP code 84533.[4] Ticaboo gets its name from Ticaboo Creek, which was named by Cass Hite in the 1880s, from a Paiute word meaning "friendly".[5]

History
Ticaboo Lodge at the Ticaboo Resort in Ticaboo, May 2012

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 Lodge was developed to attract 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.[6]

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.[7]

Latt Boren is the master development lease holder 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. Established in 1977, Plateau Resources Limited was the master development lease holder[8] and constructed the infrastructure that still exists today for electric, water, and wastewater.

Trail of the Ancients

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

See also

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References
  1. "Ticaboo". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. "MyTopo Maps - Ticaboo, UT, USA" (Map). mytopo.com. Trimble Navigation, Ltd. Retrieved March 19, 2018.
  3. Rand McNally. 'The Road Atlas '08. Chicago: Rand McNally, 2008, pp. 102, 103.
  4. USPS – Cities by ZIP Code
  5. Van Cott, John W. (1990). Utah Place Names: A Comprehensive Guide to the Origins of Geographic Names: A Compilation. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press. p. 370. ISBN 978-0-87480-345-7. OCLC 797284427.
  6. "Garfield County News | 1979-02-22 | Ticaboo Townsite Developers Tell Plans at 2-Day on-Site Sessions".
  7. "Archaeological investigations in Utah at Fish Springs, Clay Basin, northern San Rafael Swell, southern Henry Mountains". 1982.
  8. "Garfield County News | 1977-12-01 | Townsite for 800 under Planning for Mining Operation in Garfield".
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