Glenwood, Utah
Glenwood, Utah | ||
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FIPS code 49-29580[3] | | |
GNIS feature ID | 1441332[4] |
Glenwood is a town in
History
Glenwood was established in 1863 by Mormon pioneers. It was named for an early pioneer, Robert Wilson Glenn. The settlement's original name was Glencoe or Glen Cove but was changed in November 1864 when Orson Hyde (an LDS Church leader) visited the settlement and recommended Glenwood. A stone fort was constructed in April 1866.
The
Glenwood was an excellent site for a settlement, owing to fresh springs that naturally bubbled from the hills east of town. The springs still feed Glenwood's culinary water supply and supply water for the State of Utah fish hatchery southeast of town. A gristmill was built in Glenwood that became the first of its kind in the county.
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Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.5 square mile (1.4 km2), all land. The ZIP Code for the town is 84730.
The Mill Canyon-Sage Flat Watershed Project located in the drainage above Glenwood is designed to reduce
Climate
Large seasonal temperature differences typify this
Demographics
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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1880 | 462 | — | |
1890 | 496 | 7.4% | |
1900 | 422 | −14.9% | |
1910 | 359 | −14.9% | |
1920 | 564 | 57.1% | |
1930 | 350 | −37.9% | |
1940 | 385 | 10.0% | |
1950 | 338 | −12.2% | |
1960 | 277 | −18.0% | |
1970 | 212 | −23.5% | |
1980 | 447 | 110.8% | |
1990 | 437 | −2.2% | |
2000 | 437 | 0.0% | |
2010 | 464 | 6.2% | |
2019 (est.) | 476 | [2] | 2.6% |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau[8] |
As of the
There were 140 households, out of which 38.6% had children under 18 living with them, 82.9% were married couples living together, 3.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 13.6% were non-families. 13.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years or older. The average household size was 3.12, and the average family size was 3.44.
In the town, the population was spread out, with 30.9% under 18, 10.8% from 18 to 24, 18.8% from 25 to 44, 26.3% from 45 to 64, and 13.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 106.1 males. For every 100 females aged 18 and over, there were 105.4 males.
The median income for a household in the town was $45,192, and the median income for a family was $47,396. Males had a median income of $31,875 versus $19,286 for females. The
Historically the town population has cycled, with a high of 564 in the
Notable people
- Art Acord (1890-1931), an American silent film actor and rodeo champion known as the "Mormon Cowboy", born in Prattville (small unincorporated community generally considered part of Glenwood, though not technically within the official city boundaries).
- University of Alaska Museum of the North. Mount Anderson (Alaska) is named for him. Born in Glenwood in 1874.[10][11]
- McCarthy era personality - town resident[12]
- Ephraim P. Pectol, helped create the Capitol Reef National Park - born in Glenwood[13]
- LeConte Stewart, a Mormon artist and former head of the Art Department at the University of Utah - born in Glenwood in 1891
- John Naisbitt, Author of Mindsets, Megatrends, and other literary works, remarked in the forward to Mindsets that he grew up in Glenwood, Utah
See also
Notes
- ^ "2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
- ^ a b "Population and Housing Unit Estimates". United States Census Bureau. May 24, 2020. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
- ^ a b "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ Issac Washington Pierce Jr Families Histories, p19, compiled by Ruby Taylor Gourley
- ^ http://www.water.utah.gov/planning/swp/sevier/swp_sr09.pdf found on page 9-2
- ^ "Glenwood, Utah Köppen Climate Classification (Weatherbase)". Weatherbase.
- ^ "Census of Population and Housing". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved November 18, 2011.
- ^ "Population by Community and Census Precincts: From 1890 to 2000" (PDF). Historic Population Tables-Decennial Census. Utah Governor's Office of Planning & Budget. p. 2.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on September 4, 2006. Retrieved July 22, 2006.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "2004 annual rep 20050511.indd" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 8, 2005. Retrieved July 22, 2006.
- ^ "Gadfly Online". www.gadflyonline.com.
- ^ The Fathers of Capitol Reef National Park Archived April 19, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
Further reading
- Sorensen, Iva Lee; Bybee, Kay, eds. (1985), Founded on Faith: A History of Glenwood 1864-1984., OCLC 13796823
External links
- Quality water equals quality fish at the Glenwood Hatchery from the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources
- Report by the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources on the Pyrgulopsis Chamberlini, also known as the Smooth Glenwood Pyrg, a species of spring snail whose only known location is in the springs around Glenwood
- Report on the Pyrgulopsis Inopinana, also known as the Carinate Glenwood Pyrg, whose only known location is in the springs around Glenwood
- Glenwood Cooperative Store's entry on the National Register of Historic Places
- Glenwood Mill photos from 2006
- Glenwood Daughters of the Utah Pioneers Museum
- Glenwood summary
- Dam safety information from Utah Division of Water Rights