Birdseye is an unincorporated community

Unincorporated area

In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any municipality.To "incorporate" in this context means to form a municipal corporation, a city, town, or village with its own government. An unincorporated community is usually not subject to or taxed by a municipal government...

 in southeastern Utah County, Utah

Utah County, Utah

Utah County is a county located in the U.S. state of Utah. As of 2000, the population was 368,536 and by 2008 was estimated at 530,837. It was named for the Spanish name for the Ute Indians. The county seat and largest city is Provo...

 located on the back of the Wasatch Range

Wasatch Range

The Wasatch Range is a mountain range that stretches approximately from the Utah-Idaho border, south through central Utah in the western United States. It is generally considered the western edge of the greater Rocky Mountains, and the eastern edge of the Great Basin region...

 along U.S. Highway 89.

Birdseye was settled in 1885 and originally named "Summit Basin" and later "Clinton". The present name "Birdseye" was chosen because of the nearby birdseye marble

Marble

Marble is a metamorphic rock composed of recrystallized carbonate minerals, most commonly calcite or dolomite.Geologists use the term "marble" to refer to metamorphosed limestone; however stonemasons use the term more broadly to encompass unmetamorphosed limestone.Marble is commonly used for...

 located in the quarries near Indianola

Indianola, Utah

Indianola is an unincorporated community in Sanpete County, Utah, United States, east of U.S. Route 89 at Thistle Creek and miles northeast of Fairview. An early Indian village existed here, and in pioneer times the site was selected for an Indian reservation.The town of Indianola was settled in...

. Birdseye is also home to the Birdseye Boys Ranch, a treatment center for youth who have been identified as having "inappropriate sexual issues" or "highly sexualized behavior."