Davis County is a county in northern Utah,United States. As of the 2020 United States Census,the population was 362,679,making it Utah's third-most populous county. Its county seat is Farmington,and its largest city by both population and area is Layton.
Centerville is a city in southeastern Davis County,Utah,United States. Centerville is part of the Ogden-Clearfield Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 15,335 at the 2010 census. It is located adjacent to the easternmost part of the Great Salt Lake.
Layton (/ˈleɪʔɪn/) is a city in Davis County,Utah,United States. It is part of the Ogden-Clearfield Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2020 census,the city had a population of 81,773,with 2022 Census Bureau estimates showing an increase to 82,601. 2024 estimates place Layton's population at 87,392. Layton is the most populous city in Davis County and the ninth most populous in Utah.
Thomas Spencer Monson was an American religious leader,author,and the 16th president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. As president,he was considered by adherents of the religion to be a prophet,seer,and revelator. Monson's early career was as a manager at the Deseret News,a Utah newspaper owned by the LDS Church. He spent most of his life engaged in various church leadership positions and public service.
Robert William Bishop is an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for Utah's 1st congressional district from 2003 to 2021. A member of the Republican Party,he became the dean of Utah's congressional delegation after the retirement of Orrin Hatch from the U.S. Senate in 2019.
Since Utah became a U.S. state in 1896,it has sent congressional delegations to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives. Each state elects two senators to serve for six years. Before the Seventeenth Amendment in 1913,senators were elected by the Utah State Legislature. Members of the House of Representatives are elected to two-year terms,one from each of Utah's four congressional districts. Before becoming a state,the Territory of Utah elected a non-voting delegate at-large to Congress from 1850 to 1896.
Below is a chronological list of temples of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints with sortable columns. In the LDS Church,a temple is a building dedicated to be a House of the Lord and considered by church members to be the most sacred structures on earth. Upon completion,temples are usually open to the public for a short period of time,and then each is dedicated as a "House of the Lord," after which only members with a current temple recommend are permitted to enter. Thus,they are not churches or meetinghouses,but rather specialized places of worship. The LDS Church has 367 temples in various phases,which includes 197 dedicated temples,5 scheduled for dedication,49 under construction,1 scheduled for groundbreaking,and 115 others announced. Within temples,members of the LDS Church make covenants,receive instructions,and perform rituals and ordinances. Additionally,members consider the temple a place to commune with God,seek God's aid,understand God's will,and receive personal revelation.
Charles Rendell Mabey was an American politician who served as the fifth governor of Utah from 1921 to 1925. He is the last Utah governor to serve one term. He was a member of the Republican Party.
Gregory Holden Hughes is an American politician who served as a member of the Utah House of Representatives representing District 51 from January 1,2003 through December 31,2018. Hughes is the former Speaker of the House for the House of Representatives in the state of Utah. He announced that he would not be seeking reelection as Speaker of the House or as a representative in 2018. In 2020,Hughes ran for the office of Governor of Utah. Spencer Cox became the Republican nominee after the Republican primary vote. Hughes ran to replace retiring U.S. Congressman Chris Stewart in the 2023 Utah 2nd congressional district special election,losing the primary to Celeste Maloy.
Marlin Keith Jensen is an American attorney who has been a general authority of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints since 1989. He served as the official Church Historian and Recorder of the church from 2005 to 2012. He was the 19th man to hold that calling since it was established in 1830. Jensen was made an emeritus general authority in the October 2012 general conference.
Spencer Joel Condie has been a general authority of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints since 1989. Condie previously worked as a professor at Brigham Young University (BYU) and also served as a mission president for the LDS Church in Eastern Europe. In 2010,he was designated as an emeritus general authority.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Utah refers to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and its members in Utah. Utah has more church members than any other U.S. state or country. The LDS Church is also the largest denomination in Utah.
Rosemary Mix Wixom was the general president of the Primary of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 2010 to 2016. She was the twelfth general president of the Primary,the organization that is responsible for the instruction of the church's children ages three to eleven.
Tad Richards Callister was the 21st Sunday School General President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 2014 to 2019. He served previously in the church as a general authority from 2008 to 2014,including as a member of the Presidency of the Seventy from 2011 to 2014.
Stephen G. Handy is an American politician who served as a member of the Utah House of Representatives for the 16th district. He assumed office on April 15,2010.
The Davis Conference Center is a 110,000-square-foot convention/conference center with over 70,000-square-feet of flexible meeting space located in Layton,Utah,United States. After several failed attempts,the center opened its doors in 2004. The $11.3 million center was a joint effort financed and developed by Davis County,Layton city,and a group of developers led by Kevin Garn. “The center,which hosts 700 groups a year,is unique in that it offers exhibit space,conference space and an adjoining hotel for lodging,”according to Dave Hilliard,the director of operations for the Davis Conference Center. In the conference's first year it hosted 726 events. The conference center is attached to a Hilton Garden Inn,owned by Kevin Garn,and within walking distance to several hotels,the Layton Hills Mall,and restaurants. The Davis Conference Center features event spaces of different sizes,the biggest of which is a 12,500-square-foot ballroom with a 1,000 person capacity.
Pegasus Music and Video was a locally owned retailer based in Utah. The store started out as a single location in Bountiful,Utah. In 1985,the music retailer was purchased by Kevin Garn. Within eight years,the store grew from one location to fifteen locations spread across Utah,Wyoming,and Montana. By 1990,Pegasus began focusing more on rentals. Garn's music stores were known for carrying children's movies and instructional videos.
The First National Bank of Layton was a locally owned and operated bank in Layton,Utah. The bank was established in 1905 when the founders pooled together $25,000 to open a community bank. As of 2014,the bank has seven branches throughout the Wasatch Front. The First National Bank of Layton's chairman,Kevin Garn,was named to the position in 2000. K. John Jones was appointed as president and CEO in 2007. In 2019,First National Bank of Layton was acquired by Glacier Bancorp and was re-branded as First Community Bank Utah,Division of Glacier Bank.
The Layton Utah Temple is a temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Layton,Utah. The intent to construct the temple was announced by church president Russell M. Nelson on April 1,2018,during the 188th general conference. The Layton Utah Temple was announced concurrently with 6 other temples. At the time,the number of total operating or announced temples was 189. It is the 22nd temple in Utah and the second temple in Davis County.
