College Ward, Utah

College Ward, Utah
Unincorporated community
Former College Ward LDS Church meetinghouse, September 2015
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Coordinates: 41°40′37″N111°52′48″W / 41.67694°N 111.88000°W / 41.67694; -111.88000
Country	United States
State	Utah
County	Cache
Settled	1879
Named after	Brigham Young College
Elevation [1]	4,495 ft (1,370 m)
Time zone	UTC-7 (Mountain (MST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-6 (MDT)
ZIP code	84339
Area code	435
GNIS feature ID	1439893 [1]

College Ward is an unincorporated community in Cache County, Utah, United States.

The community is located in the southern Cache Valley along U.S. routes 89/91, approximately midway between Wellsville and Logan, the county seat. The city of Nibley borders College Ward to the east.

History

This area was part of a tract of more than 9,000 acres (3,600 ha) that Brigham Young donated in 1877 for the endowment of Brigham Young College. The first settlers leased plots of land and moved here in 1879. ^[2]

Demographics

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
1900	261		—
1910	254		−2.7%
1920	321		26.4%
1930	432		34.6%
1940	313		−27.5%
1950	276		−11.8%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau [3]

See also

Utahportal

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: College Ward, Utah
2. 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. pp. 86–87. ISBN   978-0-87480-345-7. OCLC   797284427 . Retrieved March 16, 2018.
3. "Census of Population and Housing". census.gov. United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 8, 2006. Retrieved November 18, 2011.

External links

• 1968 Masters Thesis from Utah State University, THE HISTORY OF COLLEGE AND YOUNG WARDS, CACHE COUNTY, UTAH by John A. Hansen