Dutch John, UT

Dutch John is a town located in eastern Daggett County, Utah, United States, approximately 4 miles northeast of the Flaming Gorge Dam on U.S. Route 191. The 2020 census counted 141 residents. The town was platted and constructed beginning in 1957 by the United States Bureau of Reclamation to house workers working on the construction of Flaming Gorge Dam. After the dam's completion in 1964, Dutch John became home to a smaller number of dam maintenance and operations personnel, as well as employees of the National Park Service and United States Forest Service. A newcomer can read Dutch John through the overlap of its older landmarks, surrounding geography, and current places. For a newcomer, Dutch John comes into focus through those concrete links among its past, landscape, and current routines. Dutch John is home to a smaller number of dam maintenance.