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
Ticaboo
Location of Ticaboo within the State of Utah
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 ManagerChip Shortreed
 • Master Development Lease HolderTicaboo Resort, LLC
Elevation4,265 ft (1,300 m)
Time zoneUTC-7 (Mountain (MST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-6 (MDT)
ZIP codes
84533
Area code(s)435
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] Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 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 Resort was developed to provide accommodations to 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]

Ticaboo Resort is one of many master development lease holders 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

 Utah portal

References
  1. "Ticaboo". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  2. "MyTopo Maps - Ticaboo, UT, USA" (Map). mytopo.com. Trimble Navigation, Ltd. Retrieved 19 Mar 2018.
  3. Rand McNally. 'The Road Atlas '08. Chicago: Rand McNally, 2008, pp. 102, 103.
  4. Zip Code Lookup
  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. http://udn.lib.utah.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/gcn5/id/18545/show/18555/rec/35
  7. https://archive.org/stream/archaeologicalin00fike#page/n183/mode/2up/search/ticaboo
  8. http://udn.lib.utah.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/gcn5/id/11677/show/11686/rec/1
  • Ticaboo at Garfield County Office of Tourism


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