Piute County, Utah
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Congressional district | 2nd |
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Piute County (
History
Paiute County
By the 1860s, mining prospectors were pushing into central and southern Utah Territory, and several mining towns, such as Bullion and Webster, appeared. Mining activity had slowed by the 1900s, but gold mining (from lodes in Tushar Mountains) had produced 240,000 ounces of gold from 1868 through 1959.[7] As the nation entered The Great War, a mine on the east Tushar Mountains producing potash and alumina became a national center of attention, both because of the strategic value of these products, and because of persistent rumors of sabotage attempts and spying. The town of Alunite flourished (1915-1930), then died as the war effort wound down. Today it is abandoned.
Geography
The
Adjacent counties
- Sevier County (north)
- Wayne County (east)
- Garfield County (south)
- Beaver County (west)
Protected areas
- Dixie National Forest (part)
- Fishermans Bench Recreation Site
- Fishlake National Forest (part)
- Otter Creek State Park
- Piute State Park
Lakes
- Barney Lake
- Big Flat Reservoir
- Burnt Flat Reservoir
- Butte Reservoir
- Chicken Spring
- Clause Pond
- Dead Horse Reservoir
- Death Hollow Reservoir
- Dog Lake
- Dry Lake (southeast of Marysvale)
- Dry Lake (east of Piute Reservoir)
- Dry Wash Pond
- Durkee Reservoir
- Fish Lake Reservoir
- Forshea Reservoir
- Forshea Spring
- Forshea Spring Reservoir
- Hell Hole Reservoir
- Hidden Lake
- Little Meadows
- Little Park
- Lower Box Creek Reservoir[8]
- Manning Meadows Reservoir
- Middle Spring Lake
- Mud Lake
- Nicks Pond
- Otter Creek Reservoir
- Parker Lake
- Pine Point Reservoir
- Pole Canyon Reservoir
- Piute Reservoir
- Rock Canyon Reservoir
- Rock Spring
- Rocky Ford Reservoir
- Smiths Reservoir
- Taylor Pond
- Tuft Reservoir
- Upper Box Creek Reservoir[8]
- Voyles Pond
- West Cedar Grove Reservoir
- Willis Reservoir
- Wills Reservoir
- Willow Spring
- Willow Springs
- Windy Ridge Reservoir
- Wood Pond
Demographics
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
---|---|---|---|
1870 | 82 | — | |
1880 | 1,651 | 1,913.4% | |
1890 | 2,842 | 72.1% | |
1900 | 1,954 | −31.2% | |
1910 | 1,734 | −11.3% | |
1920 | 2,770 | 59.7% | |
1930 | 1,956 | −29.4% | |
1940 | 2,203 | 12.6% | |
1950 | 1,911 | −13.3% | |
1960 | 1,436 | −24.9% | |
1970 | 1,164 | −18.9% | |
1980 | 1,329 | 14.2% | |
1990 | 1,277 | −3.9% | |
2000 | 1,435 | 12.4% | |
2010 | 1,556 | 8.4% | |
2020 | 1,438 | −7.6% | |
US Decennial Census[11] 1790–1960[12] 1900–1990[13] 1990–2000[14] 2010[15] 2020[16] |
As of the
There were 509 households, out of which 33.00% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 67.6% were married couples living together, 5.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 23.4% were non-families. 22.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.79 and the average family size was 3.25.
The county population contained 30.7% under the age of 18, 6.6% from 18 to 24, 19.7% from 25 to 44, 26.0% from 45 to 64, and 17.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 104.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 101.6 males.
The median income for a household in the county was $29,625, and the median income for a family was $35,147. Males had a median income of $26,771 versus $18,438 for females. The
Politics and government
Piute County is a traditional Republican stronghold. In no national election since 1940 has the county selected the Democratic Party candidate (as of 2020).
Position | District | Name | Affiliation | First elected | |
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Senate
|
24 | Derrin Owens | Republican | 2020[17] | |
House of Representatives | 73 | Phil Lyman | Republican | 2018[18] | |
Board of Education | 14 | Mark Huntsman | Nonpartisan | 2014[19] |
Year | Republican | Democratic | Third party | |||
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No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | |
2020 | 773 | 88.44% | 86 | 9.84% | 15 | 1.72% |
2016 | 626 | 85.75% | 47 | 6.44% | 57 | 7.81% |
2012 | 697 | 89.13% | 74 | 9.46% | 11 | 1.41% |
2008 | 635 | 79.28% | 141 | 17.60% | 25 | 3.12% |
2004 | 646 | 83.57% | 123 | 15.91% | 4 | 0.52% |
2000 | 626 | 80.15% | 133 | 17.03% | 22 | 2.82% |
1996 | 475 | 66.25% | 176 | 24.55% | 66 | 9.21% |
1992 | 429 | 56.97% | 169 | 22.44% | 155 | 20.58% |
1988 | 476 | 69.29% | 206 | 29.99% | 5 | 0.73% |
1984 | 606 | 80.05% | 151 | 19.95% | 0 | 0.00% |
1980 | 551 | 76.63% | 157 | 21.84% | 11 | 1.53% |
1976 | 377 | 55.85% | 265 | 39.26% | 33 | 4.89% |
1972 | 475 | 78.77% | 102 | 16.92% | 26 | 4.31% |
1968 | 411 | 64.42% | 167 | 26.18% | 60 | 9.40% |
1964 | 361 | 56.94% | 273 | 43.06% | 0 | 0.00% |
1960 | 453 | 64.71% | 247 | 35.29% | 0 | 0.00% |
1956 | 548 | 75.27% | 180 | 24.73% | 0 | 0.00% |
1952 | 531 | 71.95% | 207 | 28.05% | 0 | 0.00% |
1948 | 440 | 57.67% | 315 | 41.28% | 8 | 1.05% |
1944 | 381 | 52.41% | 346 | 47.59% | 0 | 0.00% |
1940 | 442 | 48.57% | 466 | 51.21% | 2 | 0.22% |
1936 | 339 | 35.65% | 611 | 64.25% | 1 | 0.11% |
1932 | 433 | 50.70% | 403 | 47.19% | 18 | 2.11% |
1928 | 434 | 64.20% | 237 | 35.06% | 5 | 0.74% |
1924 | 398 | 61.42% | 208 | 32.10% | 42 | 6.48% |
1920 | 538 | 63.82% | 283 | 33.57% | 22 | 2.61% |
1916 | 269 | 36.25% | 417 | 56.20% | 56 | 7.55% |
1912 | 205 | 37.41% | 110 | 20.07% | 233 | 42.52% |
1908 | 333 | 56.54% | 157 | 26.66% | 99 | 16.81% |
1904 | 358 | 48.12% | 228 | 30.65% | 158 | 21.24% |
1900 | 330 | 53.75% | 280 | 45.60% | 4 | 0.65% |
1896 | 34 | 5.77% | 555 | 94.23% | 0 | 0.00% |
Communities
Towns
- Circleville
- Junction (county seat)
- Kingston
- Marysvale
Unincorporated communities
Former communities
See also
References
- ^ "Piute County, Utah". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 1, 2023.
- ^ Daggett County at the NE state corner, has the least county population (as of 2020 census).
- ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
- ^ The Utah Legislature later changed the county name to its current spelling. "About Piute State Park" Utah State Parks website (accessed March 22, 2019)
- ISBN 0-87480-345-4.
- ^ "[[Newberry Library]]. Individual County Chronologies - Piute County UT (accessed March 25, 2019)". Archived from the original on March 6, 2016. Retrieved March 25, 2019.
- ^ "History" - Piute County website. Accessed March 22, 2019
- ^ a b c d e f Piute County UT Google Maps (accessed 22 March 2019)
- ^ ""Find an Altitude/Piute County UT" Google Maps (accessed 22 March 2019)". Archived from the original on May 21, 2019. Retrieved March 22, 2019.
- ^ "2010 Census Gazetteer Files". US Census Bureau. August 22, 2012. Retrieved June 25, 2015.
- ^ "US Decennial Census". US Census Bureau. Retrieved June 25, 2015.
- ^ "Historical Census Browser". University of Virginia Library. Retrieved June 25, 2015.
- ^ Forstall, Richard L., ed. (June 25, 1995). "Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990". US Census Bureau. Retrieved March 27, 2015.
- ^ "Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000" (PDF). US Census Bureau. April 2, 2001. Retrieved June 25, 2015.
- ^ "State & County QuickFacts". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on June 6, 2011. Retrieved December 29, 2013.
- ^ 2020 Population and Housing State Data | Utah
- ^ "Senator Owens Utah Senate". senate.utah.gov. Retrieved November 16, 2021.
- ^ "Rep. Lyman, Phil". Utah House of Representatives. Retrieved November 15, 2021.
- ^ "Mark Huntsman". www.schools.utah.gov. Retrieved November 15, 2021.
- ^ Leip, David. "Atlas of US Presidential Elections". uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved March 31, 2018.
- Progressive Theodore Roosevelt, received 146 votes, while Socialist candidate Eugene Debsreceived 110 votes.