George region, though it retains cultural ties to the city -for example, they share a daily newspaper.Īccording to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 20.1 square miles (52 km 2), all land. Its elevation of 5,846 feet (1,782 m) gives it a somewhat cooler climate compared to the nearby St. Geography and climate Historic Main StreetĬedar City is located in the southeast Great Basin and is approximately 20 miles (32 km) north of the northeastern edge of the Mojave Desert. In 2017 the Cedar City Utah Temple was dedicated. The city has shared in the rapid growth of much of southwestern Utah since the late 1980s. Cedar City continues to be a center of tourism, commercial development, education, and the arts in southwestern Utah. The completion of a railroad connection to Cedar City in 1923 established the area as a tourism gateway to nearby Bryce Canyon National Park, Zion National Park, Grand Canyon National Park, and Cedar Breaks National Monument. The iron works closed in 1858, though mining continued in the area until the 1980s. Cedar City TempleĬedar City was incorporated on February 18, 1868. A furnace operated from September 1852 for three years, producing about 25 tons of pig iron, using iron ore deposits located in the Iron Mountain District. In 1855, a new site, closer to the iron works and out of the flood plain of Coal Creek, was established at the suggestion of Brigham Young. Two companies of men led by Henry Lunt reached the fort site in a blizzard on November 11, 1851, making that date the official founding. The site, known as "Fort Cedar" or "Cedar City," was equidistant from vast iron deposits 10 miles (16 km) west and coal resources 10 miles (16 km) east up Cedar Canyon, but was named after the abundant local trees (which are actually junipers instead of cedar). Fifty years later, in 1826, mountain man and fur trader Jedediah Smith traveled through the area, exploring a route from Utah to California.Ĭedar City was originally settled in late 1851 by Mormon pioneers originating from Parowan, Utah, who were sent to build an iron works. Ancestors of the present-day Southern Paiute people met the Domínguez–Escalante expedition in this area in 1776. The presence of prehistoric people in the Cedar City area is revealed by rock art found in Parowan Gap to the north and Fremont sites dated to A.D. Further information: Cedar City Historic District
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