Biohazard Cleanup Near North Bicknell Bicknell, UT

Bicknell is a town along State Route 24 in Wayne County, Utah.

The town was first settled in 1879 by A.K. Thurber, who built the first house in the area, and it was originally called Thurber, or Thurber Town.

In 1897 the town moved to a new location because of sandy soil and poor water conditions.

In 1914 Thomas W. Bicknell, a wealthy eastern author, historian, and Rhode Island Education Commissioner, offered a thousand-volume library to any Utah town that would rename itself after him.

The town of Grayson also wanted the library, so in a 1916 compromise Grayson took the name Blanding, Bicknell's wife's maiden name, and the two towns split the library, each receiving 500 books.

Bicknell was incorporated in 1938.

The 2020 census counted 323 residents in Bicknell, down slightly from 327 in 2010, and the 2000 census recorded 126 households in the town.

The town sits in Rabbit Valley in south-central Utah at an altitude of about 7,123 feet, with the Fremont River flowing through the valley.

Thousand Lake Mountain rises to the north and Boulder Mountain to the south, with Fishlake National Forest to the north and Dixie National Forest to the south.

The Capitol Reef National Park visitor center is about 17 miles east of town, and the Bicknell Bottoms wildlife habitat and fish hatchery lie about 3.5 miles southeast.