Bothwell, Utah

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Bothwell, Utah
Unincorporated community
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Bothwell and the Bear River Valley,
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Bothwell (the United States)
Coordinates: 41°42′30″N112°15′30″W / 41.70833°N 112.25833°W / 41.70833; -112.25833
Country United States
State Utah
County Box Elder
Settled1894
Incorporated 1937
Disincorporated1967
Founded byWilliam H. Rowe
Named after John R. Bothwell
Elevation
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4,331 ft (1,320 m)
Time zone UTC-7 (Mountain (MST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-6 (MDT)
GNIS feature ID1425891 [1]

Bothwell is an unincorporated community in the Bear River Valley in eastern Box Elder County, Utah, United States. [1]

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Description

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
1940 282—
1950 31712.4%
1960 302−4.7%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau [2]

Located on highway State Route 102, the community is 4.5 miles (7.2 km) west of Tremonton and 3 miles (4.8 km) northeast of Thatcher.

Bothwell was founded as a farming community in 1894. It was originally named Rowville, after Mormon pioneer William H. Rowe. [3] It was renamed Bothwell in 1918, to honor the builders of the Bothwell Canal, a project that aided farming in the area by bringing irrigation water from the Bear River. John R. Bothwell was president of the waterworks at that time. [4]

Bothwell voted to incorporate as a town in 1937, in order to issue municipal bonds to develop the culinary water system. It was disincorporated sometime in the 1960s.

See also

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Bothwell". 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 4, 2011.
  3. ↑ 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. 45. ISBN   978-0-87480-345-7. OCLC   797284427 . Retrieved March 10, 2018.
  4. ↑ The Utah Genealogical and Historical Magazine

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