The townsite of Kanosh, selected by Brigham Young, was surveyed in 1867. Its first settlers were Noah Avery, William Penney, and Baldwin Watts. On Brigham Young’s advice, families from Petersburg and Corn Creek added strength to the new settlement. C-Nos, a Pahvant Indian chief, and his tribe of 400 lived in this locality, and the place was therefore given the name Kanosh. A tithing office building erected in 1870 also served as a meetinghouse, with Culbert King as the first bishop. The Latter-day Saints Church granted use of the building to the Daughters of Utah Pioneers in 1952.