Boneta, Utah

{{Short description| Unincorporated community in the state of Utah, United States}} {{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}} '''Boneta''' is an unincorporated community in east-central Duchesne County, Utah, United States.<ref>{{GNIS|1437508}}</ref>

==History== A post office called Boneta was established in 1908, and remained in operation until 1960.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=UT&county=Duchesne | title=Duchesne County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=5 June 2016}}</ref> The community's name is derived from the first child death in the community, her named being Boneta.<ref>{{cite book|last=Leigh|first=Rufus Wood|title=Five hundred Utah place names: their origin and significance|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015013530756;view=1up;seq=17|year=1961|page=7}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z3Pqk9tazU4C&pg=PA44|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=44|year=1990|accessdate=10 Mar 2018|isbn=978-0-87480-345-7|oclc=797284427}}</ref>

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

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Category:Unincorporated communities in Duchesne County, Utah Category:Unincorporated communities in Utah