Rich County, Utah

Founding: 1864
Parent county: Cache
Namesake: Disputed—either Charles Rich, Mormon leader; or a reference to the Bear River Valley
Seat: Randolph (1870–)
Land area: 1,029 square miles
Population (2020): 2,510
Population (historic): 1,955 (1870); 1,527 (1890); 1,883 (1910); 1,873 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1870; 1880–1900; 1930s; 1970s; 1990–2020
Subdivisions: Four towns; one CDP
National Register listings: Two
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 321 (10.6%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 47.8%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 1.8%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 3.1%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,190
Average outbuilding value (1930): $708

Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.1 rooms

Number of farms (1920): 224
Average farm size (1920): 217.9 acres
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Randolph

 
Namesake: Randolph Stewart, founder of the town
Founding: 1870 (platting); 1872 (post office)
Population (2020): 467
Population (historic): 446 (1880); 821 (1900); 447 (1930)
Periods of population growth: 1870–1900; 1910s; 1930s; 1970s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 71 (36.4%)
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