The road now exits the community and turns north before entering Paragonah and bisecting the town in half.

[2] The road from Parowan northeast through Paragonah and southwest through Summit was added to the state highway system in 1910,[3] and in the 1920s it became part of SR-1 and US-91.

[4] In 1968, with the construction of I-15 in the area imminent, SR-1 was moved to the proposed bypass, and the old route of SR-1 became State Route 38 (I-15 near Summit to Center Street in Parowan), SR-143 (Center Street to near 500 North in Parowan, and then continuing to I-15), and State Route 76 (near 500 North in Parowan to I-15 near Paragonah).

However, the state legislature did not concur with the latter, and the old road through Paragonah was maintained only until I-15 was completed.

)[6] The road from Parowan through Paragonah to I-15 was restored to the state highway system in 1978 as SR-271.