Levan spelled backwards…

On our way to Zion, I entertained cs with factoids of the small towns along the way. At the I-15 freeway exit on the south side of Nephi is a sign stating this is the turn off to go to the town of Levan.

In 1854, Levan was the place where the Walker War was ended when Brigham Young passed the “pipe of peace” with Chief (no relation) Walker. Later, in September 1867, the name of LeVan was chosen by Brigham Young as the name for the townsite.

The word means the rear portion of a moving army. Though this is the common story for the naming of the town, many residents say the real story is different. They say that Levan was named such because it is navel spelled backwards. Navel meaning the center as Levan is the center of the state of Utah.

Not much has changed since 1867. There are only 688 residents (according to the 2000 census) living in the town. I guess you could say that Levan has been gathering a bunch of tnil…that’s lint spelled backwards.