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Uintah is a city in Weber County, Utah, and the 2020 census counted 1,454 residents, up 10.0 percent from 1,322 in 2010.

Uintah sits at the mouth of Weber Canyon, 5 miles south of Ogden and 25 miles north of Salt Lake City, bordered by the Weber River on the south and west, the Uintah Bench on the north, and the Wasatch Mountains on the east.

Uintah is named for the Weber Ute Band of Shoshone Indians who occupied the area at the time of white settlement, and archaeological work has shown Native American presence there dating back at least 5,000 years.

Uintah was established in 1850, when eight Mormon families settled at a point on the Weber River first known as East Weber.

The settlement was renamed Easton in 1867 and then Uintah, after the local Shoshone people.

The arrival of the railroad through Weber Canyon turned Uintah into a boomtown with more than 100 businesses and a population of more than 5,000, but the population had fallen below 300 by 1900.

A fort with massive dirt walls was built in Uintah in 1854 for protection, was used until 1868, and was then torn down for railroad grade fill.

Uintah legally became a town in 1937, when residents incorporated mainly to get a modern water system, which was installed at a cost of 20,000 dollars.

Although Uintah was a town in 2000, it has since been classified as a fifth-class city under Utah law.

The 2000 census counted 365 households in Uintah.