Provo
a city of Utah, the countyseat of Utah co. It is on the Provo river, and on the Denver and Rio Grande and the San Pedro, Los Angeles, and Salt Lake railroads. It is the center of an important agricultural, fruit-growing, and cattle-raising region. Its industries include the manufacture of woolen goods, flour, iron and tin roofing, etc. It is the seat of Brigham Young University, a Mormon tabernacle, Proctor Academy, a public library, Federal building, the State Insane Asylum, etc.
Pop. (1910) 8,925; (1920) 10,303.