How Mormon is Utah?

Salt Lake County is becoming less Mormon — Utah County is headed in the other direction. While the LDS population teeters on minority status in Utah's most populous county, adherents are growing in number in Utah County. Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune Draper's LDS temple, shown June 14, is. read more

Mormons (/ˈmɔːrmənz/) are a religious and cultural group related to Mormonism, the principal branch of the Latter Day Saint movement of Restorationist Christianity, initiated by Joseph Smith in upstate New York during the 1820s. After Smith's death in 1844, the Mormons followed Brigham Young to what would become the Utah Territory. read more

In 1847, the first party of Mormon emigrants, led by Brigham Young, reached the Salt Lake Valley. This story of the thousand-mile Mormon exodus from the midwest to Salt Lake has become well-known as a tale of remarkable hard work, faith, and dedication. read more

Utah's Resources. Utah's resources include over five hundred types of minerals. Bingham Canyon mine is one of the largest copper mines in the world. read more