About Iron County, UT

I am now going to use a few photographs of Cedar City, which is the next city along Interstate 15 as one travels South. Cedar City is the second oldest city in Iron County. It is the home of Southern Utah University, the Utah Shakespearean Festival, as well as numerous other festivals. I have a lot of photos of Cedar City, so I have many to show and chose from. It is the largest city in Iron County.

I am sorry I couldn't get the gas station sign out without a lot of photo shopping. Cedar City is home to the Iron mines where the county gets it's name.

This one is looking from the West side of Cedar City. Southern Utah University is the left side of the buildings near the top.

The above shot is one that I have used before, it is of Cedar City looking down from The Mountain.

I am continuing my little series of Towns that we work in here in Iron County. Enoch is an interesting city, originally a group of farms with few houses, it has become more or less a little bedroom community of Cedar City. Which is unique, as Cedar City isn't really that large of a city. It is also unique as it is one the one community that is situated West of Interstate 15. Cedar City has part of the city West of the Interstate, but it has spread that direction.

Part of this equation has made it difficult to get a very good photograph of the city. Anyway, here it is:

Enoch is also unique in that most of the lots are at least .4 of an acre, so it really gives the feeling of being out in country. It draws is name from the Bible. It is a nice city and easily the second largest in Iron County.

This is another in the now series that we are putting together about the beautiful towns that we also work in. We are blessed to have several of these really nice communities, some are larger than others but all enjoy very beautiful surroundings. This is Summit, Utah; one of the smallest of the communities along Interstate 15 in Iron County.

This photograph was taken from a dirt frontage road east of Interstate 15. Summit is the town that is the highest in elevation along Interstate 15 in Utah.

This is another distance photo only this one is of Parowan, Utah. Parowan is approximately 15 miles North of Cedar City. I thought that I would take photos of some of the smaller towns that we work in. Parowan is the County Seat of Iron County and is often called the "Mother City" of Southern Utah as most of the Pioneers that settled other communities came from or started from Parowan. This photograph is taken from Old Highway 91 South West of Parowan.

Parowan is another town whose name comes from a Native American word, this time it means evil water or bad water. There is a lake west of town called the Little Salt Lake, it is mostly a dry lake, but in times past, it did have water, which was bad:

Much like most of Iron County, Parowan is another jewel along Interstate 15. As you can see it is located in a very beautiful valley!

One of the great things about living in the Iron County area is that there are several small towns that we work in besides Cedar City. One of them is the town of Paragonah, it is approximately 20 miles North of Cedar City and is honestly one of the jewels in Iron County. The name is pronounced "Paragoonah", which is derived from a Native American word meaning sweet or good water. This is a photograph to show just how picturesque the town is from Interstate 15. This photo was taken from atop a bridge crossing I15:

As you can see there are still several farms and ranches in and around Paragonah, but it sets in absolutely gorgeous surroundings. It is a very quaint, and beautiful small town.