{{Short description| Unincorporated community in the state of Utah, United States}} {{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}} {{Infobox settlement |name = Axtell, Utah |official_name = |settlement_type = Unincorporated community

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|established_title = Settled |established_date = 1870 |founder = Lars Peter Fjeldsted |named_for = Samuel Beach Axtell

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'''Axtell''' is an unincorporated community in the Sevier Valley on the southwestern edge of Sanpete County, Utah, United States.<ref name="gnis">{{gnis|1437493|Axtell}}. Retrieved on May 17, 2011.</ref>

==Description== {{US Census population | align = left | 1930= 266 | 1940= 288 | 1950= 238 |footnote = Source: U.S. Census Bureau<ref name=uscensus>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/prod/www/abs/decennial/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060208103743/http://www.census.gov/prod/www/abs/decennial/|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 February 2006|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=4 Nov 2011}}</ref> }}

The community is located on the U.S. Route 89 between the cities of Centerfield and Salina. The town was settled in 1870 under the name of ''Willowcreek'' (being located along the Willow Creek).<ref>{{cite book|title=Utah Place Names: A Comprehensive Guide to the Origins of Geographic Names: A Compilation|last=Van Cott|first=John W.|publisher=University of Utah Press|location=Salt Lake City|page=17|year=1990|isbn=978-0-87480-345-7|oclc=797284427}}</ref> It was renamed for Utah's former territorial governor Samuel Beach Axtell in 1891.<ref>{{cite book|title=A History of Sanpete County|last1=Antrei|first1=Albert C.T.|last2=Roberts|first2=Allen D.|series=Utah Centennial County History Series|publisher=Utah State Historical Society|location=Salt Lake City|pages=353&ndash;354|date=January 1999|isbn=0-913738-42-5}}</ref>

==See also== {{portal-inline|Utah}}

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Category:Unincorporated communities in Sanpete County, Utah Category:Unincorporated communities in Utah Category:Populated places in the United States established in 1870 Category:1870 establishments in Utah Territory

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