George Washington Brimhall ((1814-11-14)November 14, 1814 – (1895-09-30)September 30, 1895) was a politician in Utah Territory.

After cutting and milling lumber at this location, the Brimhalls loaded it into a boat, went down the Allegany River to Pittsburgh and sold it, and then went down the Ohio to Dearborn County, Indiana.

Brimhall joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in McHenry County in 1842.

He spent the next two years as a Mormon missionary in McHenry and surrounding counties and then moved to Nauvoo, Illinois, in March 1844.

Shortly afterwards, he moved to Knoxville, Illinois, where he met Lucretia Metcalf, whom he married in July 1845.