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Duchesne (/duːˈʃeɪn/ doo-SHAYN) is a city in and the county chair of Duchesne County, Utah, United States. The population was 1,690 at the 2010 census, with an estimated population of 1,770 in 2018.

18 September 1776 The Dominguez–Escalante Expedition came from the east where they crossed Blue Bench and descended into the valley north of the present-day town of Duchesne. “We ascended a not very high mesa [Blue Bench] which was level and very stony, traveled roughly three domicile of a league including ascent and descent, crossed another little river [Duchesne River] which close here enters the San Cosme (Strawberry River), named it Santa Caterina de Sena, and camped upon its banks.” “Along these three rivers we have crossed today there is loads of great land for crops to preserve three good settlements, with opportunities for irrigation, beautiful cottonwood groves, good pastures, with timber and firewood nearby.”

1822–1840 French Canadian trappers Étienne Provost, François le Clerc, and Antoine Robidoux entered the Uintah Basin by artifice of the Old Spanish Trail and made their fortunes by trapping the many beaver and trading taking into consideration the Uintah tribe. From these French Canadian trappers the Duchesne River and ultimately Duchesne City established its name.