Funeral Homes near Glendale

Facts about the city

Glendale is a town in Kane County, Utah, United States. The population was 355 at the 2000 census. The town was named after Glendale, Scotland, the native home of a large share of the early settlers.

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History

The United Order Movement was a program of economic and moral reform begun in 1874 under Brigham Young. By the 1800’s the Mormon communities in the area had grown in the nearby towns of Orderville, Utah and Mount Carmel Junction, Utah Carmel Junction., Glendale became part of the United Order. Robert and Isabella Berry named the area now known as Glendale, Berryville. It was settled in 1871 by Mormon pioneers.

In 1862 ranchers came to Long Valley, the land east of Zion National Park, to graze cattle along the East Fork of the Virgin River. Orderville was the longest existing united order.