Garrison is an unincorporated town

Unincorporated area

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 in Millard County, Utah

Millard County, Utah

Millard County is a county located in the U.S. state of Utah. In 2010, its population was 12,420. It was named for Millard Fillmore, thirteenth President of the United States. Its county seat is Fillmore and the largest city is Delta.-Geography:...

, United States

United States

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. It is home to a Utah Department of Transportation

Utah Department of Transportation

The Utah Department of Transportation is an agency of the state government for the U.S. state of Utah. The agency is usually referred to by its initials UDOT . UDOT is charged with maintaining the network of state highways in Utah. The agency is headquartered in the Calvin L. Rampton state office...

 yard and office, but other than that, offers no services.

Geography

Garrison is located in Snake Valley

Snake Valley (Utah)

Snake Valley is a north-south trending valley that straddles the Nevada Utah border in the central Great Basin. It is bound by the Snake Range and the Deep Creek Mountains to the west and the Confusion Range to the east...

 in the far west central area of the state just east of the Nevada

Nevada

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 state line. In fact, some of the town's farms and structures are legally in Nevada. The Great Basin National Park

Great Basin National Park

Great Basin National Park is a United States National Park established in 1986, located in east-central Nevada near the Utah border. The park derives its name from the Great Basin, the dry and mountainous region between the Sierra Nevada and the Wasatch Mountains. Topographically, this area is...

 is in Nevada just a few miles west of the border, accessed via Baker

Baker, Nevada

Baker, Nevada is a small community and census-designated place in White Pine County, Nevada. It is located from Great Basin National Park on State Route 487. The town is named after an early settler, George W. Baker...

.

History

Originally founded as a cattle rustling and outlaw community in the 1850s, the town of Garrison later became the center of mining

Mining

Mining is the extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the earth, from an ore body, vein or seam. The term also includes the removal of soil. Materials recovered by mining include base metals, precious metals, iron, uranium, coal, diamonds, limestone, oil shale, rock...

interests. The name comes from the Garrison family who farmed in the area. After mining interests subsided the Garrisons had a livestock and hay ranch. Mrs. Garrison was a schoolteacher who also handled the mail and the town's name honors her.