Welcome to wonderful Downtown Payson, Utah! As of the 2000 census,
the city population was 12,716.
Payson is near I-15 and US-91, thirteen
miles south of Provo. An early name was Peteetneet or Fort
Peteetneet for Chief Peteetneet and his people, who camped on the
site at Peteetneet Creek. James Pace, John Courtland, A.J. Stewart,
their families, and other Mormon pioneers settled there in 1850 and
for a while after March 1851 the settlement was known as Pacen.
Pacen was changed to Payson when the town was incorperated on
January 21, 1853, under Utah territorial law.
There are alot of great Caches and Cachers in Payson and the
near-by areas, be sure to check it out.
