Birdseye, Utah

Birdseye, Utah
Unincorporated community
Birdseye Location of Birdseye within the State of Utah
Coordinates: 39°55′28″N111°32′59″W / 39.92444°N 111.54972°W / 39.92444; -111.54972
Country	United States
State	Utah
County	Utah
Settled	1885
Named after	Birdseye marble
Elevation [1]	5,430 ft (1,660 m)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Mountain (MST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (MDT)
ZIP code	84629
Area codes	801 & 385
GNIS feature ID	1438817 [1]

Birdseye is an unincorporated community in southeastern Utah County, Utah, United States. ^[1]

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
1900	150		—
1910	134		−10.7%
1920	50		−62.7%
1930	116		132.0%
1940	90		−22.4%
1950	77		−14.4%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau [2]

Description

The community is located on the back of the Wasatch Range, southeast of Loafer Mountain along U.S. Route 89 at the confluence of Bennie Creek and Thistle Creek. ^[3]

Birdseye was settled in 1885 and originally named Summit Basin and later Clinton. The present name "Birdseye" was chosen because of the nearby birdseye marble located in the quarries near Indianola. ^[4]

Notable person

• Shawn Nelson - Born in Birdseye, he was a plumber and U.S. Army veteran who stole an M60A3 Patton tank from a U.S. National Guard armory in San Diego, California and went on a rampage on May 17, 1995.

See also

Utahportal

References

1. "Birdsye". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
2. "Census of Population and Housing". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 8, 2006. Retrieved November 2, 2011.
3. "MyTopo Maps - Birdseye, UT, USA" (Map). mytopo.com. Trimble Navigation, Ltd. Retrieved March 10, 2018.
4. Van Cott, John W. (1990). Utah Place Names: A Comprehensive Guide to the Origins of Geographic Names: A Compilation. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press. p. 36. ISBN   978-0-87480-345-7. OCLC   797284427 . Retrieved March 10, 2018.

External links

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