Nebo National Forest was established by the U.S. Forest Service in Utah on July 1, 1908, with 343,920 acres (1,391.8 km²) from the consolidation of Payson and Vernon National Forests and part of Fillmore. On July 1, 1915, the entire forest was transferred to Manti National Forest. The lands presently exist in Manti-La Sal National Forest.^[1]

• Forest History Society
• Listing of the National Forests of the United States and Their Dates (from the Forest History Society website) Text from Davis, Richard C., ed. Encyclopedia of American Forest and Conservation History. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company for the Forest History Society, 1983. Vol. II, pp. 743-788.