Funeral Homes near Dutch John

Facts about the city

Dutch John is a small census-designated place located in eastern Daggett County, Utah, United States, about 4 miles (6 km) northeast of the Flaming Gorge Dam on U.S. Route 191. The population was 145 at the 2010 census.

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History

The Dutch John townsite and its buildings continued to be owned by the Bureau of Reclamation until 1998, when the town was privatized. The county later completed a master plan for the Dutch John townsite, and has begun offering parcels of land for sale to developers. . The town was platted and constructed beginning in 1957 by the United States Bureau of Reclamation to house workers working on the construction of Flaming Gorge Dam.

During the peak years of construction activity at Flaming Gorge Dam, as many as 3,500 people lived in Dutch John.