It is the county seat of Wasatch County .
Heber City was founded by English immigrants who were members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter - day Saints in the late 1850s , and is named after the Mormon apostle Heber C. Kimball .
Heber City is the county seat of Wasatch County .
Heber City was founded by English immigrants who were members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter - day Saints in the late 1850s , and is named after the Mormon apostle Heber C. Kimball .