FAYETTE

Fayette (Sanpete) is on U-28 five miles northwest of Gunnison. It was settled in 1861 by James Bartholomew, soon abandoned, then re-established in 1866. The original name was Warm Creek for the name of the creek upon which the people settled. Fayette was the name finally chosen because the Mormon Church was first organized in Fayette, Seneca County, New York.

John W. Van Cott