CEDAR CITY, a city of Iron county, Utah, in the south western part of the State, at an elevation of over 5,000f t. ; on Fed eral highway 91, and the terminus of a branch line of the Union Pacific railway, constructed in 1923. The population was 3,615 in 1930 by the Federal census. It is the largest city within a radius of 200M.; is surrounded by vast expanses of grazing coun try and potential agricultural land, with some 5o,000ac. in irri gated farms, and by great deposits of iron, coal and gypsum; and is the gateway to the Zion National park, Bryce canyon, the north rim of the Grand canyon, Kaibab forest and Cedar Breaks. A Branch of the State agricultural college is situated here. In 1849 an exploring party sent out by Brigham Young discovered the beds of iron ore which gave the county its name. A volunteer corn pany established a colony at Parowan, the county seat, in 1851. Cedar City was settled in 1851, and became the centre of the iron industry of that period, sending 12,500 lb. of pig-iron to Salt Lake City in the next eight years, besides manufacturing many articles of iron. With the development of rail transportation from the east the industry languished. In 1923 mining was begun on a large scale around Iron Springs, 1 om. W. of Cedar City, and the present production (by stripping methods) is about 250,00o tons a year, averaging 53% in iron content.