Willard, Utah

Willard (Shoshoni: Sogo-timp-bow ya)[4] is a city in Box Elder County, Utah, United States.

The east edge of the city is bordered by Cache National Forest in the Wasatch Range, and the west side extends into Willard Bay, a freshwater reservoir built out of the Great Salt Lake.

In 1957 the US Corps of Engineers built a fresh water lake which is now called Willard Bay.

A company of nineteen located on North Willow Creek, 7 miles (11 km) south of the site where Brigham City would be established.

Two years later, the infant community relocated two miles further south, and a fort wall was built due to the possibility of attacks by the Shohone and their allies.

Historically, the economy of Willard centered on agriculture, with fruit crops being the major product.

Gifted stonemason Shadrack Jones took advantage of local rock cliffs and the alluvial fan exposed as ancient Lake Bonneville receded.

Map of Utah highlighting Box Elder County