History of Joseph, Utah
Taken from the Utah Place Names. (Links Added)

JOSEPH

Joseph (Sevier) is on US-89 six miles southwest of Elsinore near the Sevier River. The community was named for Joseph A. Young, first president of the Sevier Stake of the Mormon Church. It had an early name of Jerico.

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