Box Elder County, Utah

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Box Elder County
County
Box Elder County Courthouse.jpeg
Box Elder County Courthouse, January 2010
Map of Utah highlighting Box Elder County.svg
Location within the U.S. state of Utah
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Utah's location within the U.S.
Coordinates: 41°31′N113°06′W / 41.51°N 113.10°W / 41.51; -113.10
CountryFlag of the United States.svg United States
StateFlag of Utah.svg  Utah
FoundedJanuary 5, 1856
Named for Box elder tree
Seat Brigham City
Largest cityBrigham City
Area
 • Total6,729 sq mi (17,430 km2)
 • Land5,746 sq mi (14,880 km2)
 • Water934 sq mi (2,420 km2)  15%
Population
 (2020)
 • Total57,666
 • Density8.6/sq mi (3.3/km2)
Time zone UTC−7 (Mountain)
 • Summer (DST) UTC−6 (MDT)
Congressional district 1st
Website www.boxeldercounty.org

Box Elder County is a county at the northwestern corner of Utah, United States. At the 2020 census, the population was 57,666, [1] up from the 2010 figure of 49,975. Its county seat and largest city is Brigham City. [2] The county was named for the box elder trees that abound in the county.

Contents

Box Elder County is part of the Ogden-Clearfield, UT Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Salt Lake City-Provo-Orem, UT Combined Statistical Area. Box Elder County.

Box Elder County is home to two regional campuses of Utah State University (located in Brigham City and Tremonton).

History

Corinne. Staff of the Daily Reporter. Box Elder County, Utah., 1869 - 1878 Corinne. Staff of the Daily Reporter. Box Elder County, Utah., 1869 - 1878 - NARA - 517302.tif
Corinne. Staff of the Daily Reporter. Box Elder County, Utah., 1869 - 1878
Box Elder County float, 1912 Box Elder County Float 1912.jpg
Box Elder County float, 1912
Box Elder County (details) Boxeldercounty.png
Box Elder County (details)

The county was created by the Utah Territory legislature on January 5, 1856, with the territory partitioned from Weber County. Its boundaries were altered in 1862 by adjustments between counties and in 1866 when all its area in the now-existent state of Nevada (which had gained territorial status in 1861 and statehood in 1864) was formally partitioned. The county boundaries were finally altered in 1880 by adjustments between Salt Lake and Weber counties. Its boundary has remained unchanged since 1880. [3] [4]

The California Trail followed Goose Creek from a point just north of the Idaho/Utah border southwest across northwestern Box Elder County to Little Goose Creek in northeastern Elko County, Nevada. [5] The link-up of the first transcontinental railroad occurred at Promontory Summit, Utah in 1869.

The Spiral Jetty, an earthwork sculpture by Robert Smithson, was built on the north shore of the Great Salt Lake in Box Elder County in 1970.

On November 19, 2005, sculptor Zaq Landsberg declared his plot to be independent from the United States, creating the Republic of Zaqistan. [6]

Geography

Box Elder County lies at the northwest corner of Utah. Its west border abuts the east border of the state of Nevada and its north border abuts the south border of the state of Idaho. Its territory includes large tracts of barren desert, contrasted by high, forested mountains. The Wasatch Front lies along the south-eastern border, where the main cities are found. [7] The terrain generally slopes to the south (toward the Great Salt Lake), although the NW corner of the county slopes to the north, allowing runoff from that area to flow to the Snake River drainage. The county's highest point is a mountain ridge near the NW corner, at 9,180 ft (2,800 m) ASL. [8] The county has a total area of 6,729 square miles (17,430 km2), of which 5,746 square miles (14,880 km2) is land and 984 square miles (2,550 km2) (15%) is water. [9] It is the fourth-largest county in Utah by area.

In the east lie the Wellsville Mountains, a branch of the Wasatch Range. In the west is a large, mostly uninhabited desert area. The Great Salt Lake lies in the southeastern corner of the county. The combined Interstate 15/Interstate 84 runs northward in the eastern part of the county. The two routes diverge at Tremonton, with I-84 heading northwest past Snowville into central and western Idaho and I-15 heading north past Plymouth and Portage into eastern Idaho.

Major highways

Adjacent counties

National protected areas

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
1860 1,608—
1870 4,855201.9%
1880 6,76139.3%
1890 7,64213.0%
1900 10,00931.0%
1910 13,89438.8%
1920 18,78835.2%
1930 17,810−5.2%
1940 18,8325.7%
1950 19,7344.8%
1960 25,06127.0%
1970 28,12912.2%
1980 33,22218.1%
1990 36,4859.8%
2000 42,74517.2%
2010 49,97516.9%
2020 57,66615.4%
US Decennial Census [10]
1790–1960 [11] 1900–1990 [12]
1990–2000 [13] 2010–2018 [14] 2019 [15] 2020 [16]

2000 census

As of the 2000 United States Census, there were 42,745 people, 13,144 households, and 10,804 families in the county. The population density was 7.44 people per square mile (2.87 people/km2). There were 14,209 housing units at an average density of 2.47 units per square mile (0.95 units/km2). The racial makeup of the county was 92.87% White, 0.17% Black or African American, 0.88% Native American, 0.96% Asian, 0.08% Pacific Islander, 3.45% from other races, and 1.60% from two or more races. 6.53% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 13,144 households, of which 47.10% had children under 18 living with them, 71.00% were married couples living together, 7.90% had a female householder with no husband present, and 17.80% were non-families. Of the 13,144 households, 281 are unmarried partner households: 247 heterosexual, 22 same-sex male, and 12 same-sex female. 16.00% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.40% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.22, and the average family size was 3.63.

The county population contained 36.10% under 18, 10.50% from 18 to 24, 25.40% from 25 to 44, 17.70% from 45 to 64, and 10.40% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 28 years. For every 100 females, there were 101.70 males. For every 100 females aged 18 and over, there were 98.90 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $44,630, and the median income for a family was $49,421. Males had a median income of $38,814 versus $22,435 for females. The per capita income for the county was $15,625. About 5.80% of families and 7.10% of the population were below the poverty line, including 8.30% of those under age 18 and 5.30% of those aged 65 or over.

2010 census

As of the 2010 census, [17] there were 49,975 people, 16,058 households, and 12,891 families in the county. The population density was 8.70 people per square mile (3.36 people/km2). There were 17,326 housing units at an average density of 3.02 units per square mile (1.17 units/km2). The racial makeup of the county was 91.77% White, 0.34% Black or African American, 0.82% Native American, 0.89% Asian, 0.17% Pacific Islander, 3.77% from other races, and 2.24% from two or more races. 8.31% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 16,058 households, out of which 41.32% had children under 18 living with them, 67.44% were married couples living together, 8.69% had a female householder with no husband present, and 19.72% were non-families. 17.16% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.39% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.09, and the average family size was 3.50.

The county population contained 36.60% under the age of 20, 5.55% from 20 to 24, 25.37% from 25 to 44, 21.35% from 45 to 64, and 11.13% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 30.6 years. For every 100 females, there were 101.59 males. For every 100 females aged 18 and over, there were 96.61 males.

2015

As of 2015, the largest self-reported ancestry groups in Box Elder County were:

Education

Elementary

  • Century
  • Discovery
  • Fielding
  • Foothill
  • Garland
  • Grouse Creek
  • Lake View
  • McKinley
  • Mountain View
  • North Park
  • Park Valley
  • Snowville
  • Three Mile Creek
  • Willard

Intermediate

Middle

High

Speciality schools

Post secondary

Politics and government

Box Elder voters are overwhelmingly Republican. In no national election since 1944 has the county selected the Democratic Party candidate, and the last Democrat to obtain one-quarter of the county's vote was Hubert Humphrey in 1968.

State elected offices
PositionDistrictNameAffiliationFirst elected
  Senate 17 Scott Sandall Republican 2018 [19]
  House of Representatives 1 Joel Ferry Republican 2018 [20]
  House of Representatives 29 Matthew Gwynn Republican 2020 [21]
 Board of Education1Jennie EarlNonpartisan2018 [22]
United States presidential election results for Box Elder County, Utah [23]
Year Republican Democratic Third party(ies)
No. %No. %No. %
2020 21,54878.87%4,47316.37%1,2994.75%
2016 12,23061.53%2,28211.48%5,36626.99%
2012 17,10188.11%1,98410.22%3231.66%
2008 15,22879.24%3,31117.23%6783.53%
2004 15,75185.75%2,24412.22%3732.03%
2000 12,28879.36%2,55516.50%6404.13%
1996 8,37362.65%3,17023.72%1,82213.63%
1992 7,71249.58%2,18614.05%5,65736.37%
1988 12,58581.40%2,73617.70%1400.91%
1984 13,24386.65%1,98312.98%570.37%
1980 12,50082.72%2,14214.18%4693.10%
1976 9,31969.02%3,35324.84%8296.14%
1972 9,88077.22%2,13416.68%7806.10%
1968 7,68065.71%3,09326.46%9157.83%
1964 6,85157.26%5,11342.74%00.00%
1960 6,59463.23%3,83136.74%30.03%
1956 5,80468.34%2,68931.66%00.00%
1952 5,85066.22%2,98433.78%00.00%
1948 3,79050.70%3,66749.06%180.24%
1944 3,05842.47%4,13857.46%50.07%
1940 3,24840.67%4,73659.30%20.03%
1936 2,18030.15%5,00169.16%500.69%
1932 3,04844.65%3,69554.12%841.23%
1928 3,31756.94%2,48842.71%200.34%
1924 3,08656.18%1,84133.52%56610.30%
1920 3,42158.86%2,33040.09%611.05%
1916 2,41644.67%2,95754.68%350.65%
1912 1,65040.61%1,40234.51%1,01124.88%
1908 2,39662.15%1,41736.76%421.09%
1904 2,40066.76%1,15132.02%441.22%
1900 1,63552.72%1,46047.08%60.19%
1896 73528.12%1,87971.88%00.00%

Communities

Map of Box Elder County municipalities and CDPs Box Elder County Utah incorporated and unincorporated areas.svg
Map of Box Elder County municipalities and CDPs

Cities

Towns

Census designated places

Unincorporated communities

Ghost towns

See also

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References

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