Real Estate in Provo Utah

Provo Neighborhoods

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Provost South

Provost South

Homes for Sale in Provo UtahDenise Martin is Utah's Nicest Realtor (801) 602-9552 to buy or sell a home. The Provost South neighborhood is located on the western benches of South Provo.  Big views of Utah Lake and the East Bay golf course greet most homes each morning...

Provost

Provost

Homes for Sale in Provo UtahDenise Martin is Utah's Nicest Realtor (801) 602-9552 to buy or sell a home. Provost  is made up of an older neighborhood with lots of BYU married housing and duplexes and a large single family neighborhood with homes built in the 1970's...

Provo Bay

Provo Bay

Homes for Sale in Provo UtahDenise Martin is Utah's Nicest Realtor (801) 602-9552 to buy or sell a home. Provo's Provo Bay Neighborhood is dominated by the Provo Airport and Utah Lake State Park. There is lots of green space and agricultural land surrounding the...

Pleasant View

Pleasant View

Homes for Sale in Provo UtahDenise Martin is Utah's Nicest Realtor (801) 602-9552 to buy or sell a home. Provo's Pleasant View Neighborhood's nearness to BYU makes it very popular. There are town homes, apartments, and very nice single family homes. Runs from Utah...

Oak Hills

Oak Hills

Homes for Sale in Provo UtahDenise Martin is Utah's Nicest Realtor (801) 602-9552 to buy or sell a home. Oak Hills Neighborhood has been popular for Provo homeowners for decades. Many homes have recently or are currently being remodeled and updated.  This area has...

Timpview

Timpview

Homes for Sale in Provo UtahDenise Martin is Utah's Nicest Realtor (801) 602-9552 to buy or sell a home. Views, views, views is how most people describe Sherwood Hills.  Sitting on the East Bench of Provo, the homes are some of the most desirable in all of Provo. ...

North Park

North Park

Homes for Sale in Provo UtahDenise Martin is Utah's Nicest Realtor (801) 602-9552 to buy or sell a home. Provo's North Park Neighborhood is located in the metro area of Provo City. It includes many multi-family homes including apartment buildings, condo complexes, and...

Maeser

Maeser

Homes for Sale in Provo UtahDenise Martin is Utah's Nicest Realtor (801) 602-9552 to buy or sell a home. The Maeser Neighborhood is one of Provo's original communities.  Anchored by the Maeser Academy, this neighborhood is a mixture of classic mansions, older and...

Lakewood

Lakewood

Homes for Sale in Provo UtahDenise Martin is Utah's Nicest Realtor (801) 602-9552 to buy or sell a home. Provo's Lakewood Neighborhood has grown substantially over the last few years. That makes for a mix of brand new homes with older, smaller homes. The neighborhood...

Lakeview South

Lakeview South

Homes for Sale in Provo UtahDenise Martin is Utah's Nicest Realtor (801) 602-9552 to buy or sell a home. Provo's Lakeview South Neighborhoood is bordered by the Provo River giving residents easy access to the the Provo River Parkway Trail. There are still some...

Lakeview North

Lakeview North

Homes for Sale in Provo UtahDenise Martin is Utah's Nicest Realtor (801) 602-9552 to buy or sell a home. Provo's Lakeview North Neighborhood lies on the west side of I-15 in an area of single family homes. It is the home of the new Provo High School. The neighborhood...

Joaquin Real Estate

Joaquin Real Estate

Homes for Sale in Provo UtahDenise Martin is Utah's Nicest Realtor (801) 602-9552 to buy or sell a home. Known as the BYU zone, Joaquin is one of the best known, and most controversial, neighborhoods in Provo. Many of the houses have multiple tenants living in the...

History of Property Titles in Provo Utah

For the first two decades after its settlement in 1849, a serious problem bedeviled the people of Provo. None of the residents – or the rest of the inhabitants in the Utah Territory for that matter – possessed a legal title to the land they were living on. The United States Congress passed laws that made it possible for homesteaders to gain ownership of a 160 acre plot of land, but this law did not help the typical Utah settler. Because of the scarcity of arable land in the Great Basin, colonists were forced to intensively farm much smaller parcels of land that were ten or twenty acres in size.

Finally, on March 2, 1967, Congress passed a law that gave the elected leader of a city or town the authority to enter a land claim on behalf of its residents for the farmland and city lots held by members of the community. After gaining legal ownership of the land, the community leader then transferred the deeds to those in possession of the land.

Brigham Young and Mayor Abraham Smoot urged Provo residents to file on their lands before land jumpers from the East filed claims on the property. The citizens of Provo held a mass meeting and appointed Jesse Fox to resurvey the city plat, a total of 2,240 acres. Residents paid $1.00 per lot or $6.50 per five acres to have their land surveyed.

Fox finished his survey in March 1868. A year later, Mayer Smoot filed on the whole town site with the U.S. Land Office. This entry included not only private property, but public land like parks and roads. After Smoot received the titles to this property, he signed them over to the rightful owners.

Some people had lived on their land for decades before they received title. All of the original titles to land located in Provo are signed by Mayor Abraham O. Smoot.

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