Kanarraville ( ) is a town in Iron County, Utah, United States. The population was 442 at the 2020 census.
Demographics
As of the census
Kanarraville is located adjacent to the southwest end of Cedar Valley; it is also at the base of the Hurricane Cliffs, on the town's east border.
Climate
This region experiences warm (but not hot) and dry summers, with no average monthly temperatures above 71.6 °F. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Kanarraville has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate, abbreviated "Csb" on climate maps.
History
Kanarra, later renamed Kanarraville, on Kanarra Creek, was first settled in 1861 and 1862. It was named for Piute Chief Canarrah or Quanarrah, but settlers spelled it Kanarrah or Kanarra. Its settlers were families driven from Fort Harmony when the fort had to be abandoned after most of its adobe walls were washed away during a month of heavy rains in January and February, during the Great Flood of 1862. New Harmony in Washington County was the other settlement created by refugees from this disaster.
See also
- List of cities and towns in Utah