Charleston

History

In 1858, trapper Aaron Daniels moved to a place on the Provo River just north of where Charleston is today. The first farmers put in crops at Charleston in 1859, and the first houses were built by George Noakes and William Manning late that year near Noakes springs. Manning and George Noakes were the only residents until 1863 when a few others moved in. In 1866, there were about a dozen families, and after that, the population began to grow even faster. Noakes was the first Presiding elder in Charleston. Until 1877, the branch was part of the Heber Ward. The Charleston Ward was formed in July 1877, with Nymphus C. Murdock as bishop. The ward had 397 members in 1930, with 467 people living within the ward boundaries.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which is land, and , or 10.16%, is water.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• American Robin

  Turdus migratorius Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves
  6,817
• Mountain Chickadee

  Poecile gambeli (Ridgway, 1886) · Aves
  4,630
• Dark-eyed Junco

  Junco hyemalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  3,701
• Common Raven

  Corvus corax Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  3,634
• Pine Siskin

  Spinus pinus (A.Wilson, 1810) · Aves
  3,601
• Steller's Jay

  Cyanocitta stelleri (Gmelin, 1788) · Aves
  3,541
• Mallard

  Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  3,541
• Northern Flicker

  Colaptes auratus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  3,314

Most recent

• M 2.86 — 2026-08-07
  6 km NNW of Saratoga Springs, Utah
• M 2.81 — 2026-02-22
  7 km SW of Clear Creek, Utah
• M 3.52 — 2026-02-14
  4 km NNW of West Valley City, Utah
• M 3.5 — 2026-02-05
  6 km WNW of Lehi, Utah
• M 2.71 — 2026-02-05
  41 km ENE of Oakley, Utah
• M 2.97 — 2026-01-22
  41 km SSE of Evanston, Wyoming