Weber County extends from the Great Salt Lake in the West to the Wasatch Range in the East.
Weber County’s seat is Ogden, and Ogden is home to Weber State University.
Weber County is the 4th most populated county in Utah.
Weber County was found after Lake Bonneville dried up. Sediments were left there after the lake which made for a perfect farming community.
The county was named after the Weber River is 1850.
The Weber River was named after John Henry Weber, who was a fur trapper and trader in the area in the mid 1820s.
Permanent settlement in the area began in 1843 by Miles Goodyear. He was a horse trader/trapper and he built a fort and trading post on the banks of the Weber River.
Promontory Summit is located just 60 miles northwest of Ogden. In 1869 this is where the nation’s first transcontinental railroad was completed.
In 1944, nearly 150 regular and special trains moved through the Union Station located in Ogden during WWII.
WWII also brought the building of Defense Depot Ogden and Hill Air Force Base for military use.
In the 1980s “Weber State College, the US Forest Service regional headquarters, the IRS Service Center, and the McKay-Dee and St. Benedict’s hospitals” among the county’s major employers. Today these and many more businesses and people call Weber County home.
