Stansbury Park
Few places in Utah have a history as closely tied to the 1849–50 survey of Great Salt Lake as Stansbury Park. The community takes its name from Captain Howard Stansbury, the U.S. Army topographical engineer who led that expedition. It lies on the floor of Tooele Valley, between the Oquirrh Mountains to the east and the Stansbury Mountains to the west, in terrain shaped by ancient Lake Bonneville. Stansbury Park developed as a planned community in the late 20th century and includes a golf course and residential neighbourhoods. Midvalley Highway and State Route 138 connect this growing part of Tooele County with regional roads, while broad tracts of farmland retain the valley’s open character.
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