Alpine (Utah)
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.jpg) View of Alpine , in the Utah Valley |
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| Location in Utah | |||
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| Foundation : | 1850 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Utah | ||
| County : | Utah County | ||
| Coordinates : | 40 ° 27 ′ N , 111 ° 46 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Mountain ( UTC − 7 / −6 ) | ||
| Residents : | 7,146 (as of: 2000) | ||
| Population density : | 384.2 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 18.6 km 2 (approx. 7 mi 2 ) | ||
| Height : | 1509 m | ||
| Postal code : | 84004 | ||
| Area code : | +1 801 | ||
| FIPS : | 49-00540 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1438174 | ||
| Website : | www.alpinecity.org | ||
Alpine is a small town in Utah County , in the US state of Utah with 7738 inhabitants in 2005. The settlement is located at 1509 m at the upper end of the Utah Valley around Utah Lake west of the Wasatch Mountains, which run in north-south direction . Alpine is bounded by an extension of the Wasatch chain called the Transverse Range in the north and is part of the settlement axis below the mountains, which extends from Lehi to Provo . It counts as a suburb to Provo Orem- metropolitan area ( Provo-Orem metropolitan area ).
history
The site's history begins with Latter-day Saint Mormon pioneers of Jesus Christ , who moved south from Salt Lake City in 1850 to systematically colonize the Utah Lake area. The first family settled in what would later become Alpine at the upper end of the valley in September 1850, because the lakeshore was claimed by settlers who had arrived earlier in the same year and the water supply for building a ranch was secured under the mountains .
The settlement grew in the same year with more arrivals. A census from the end of the year already showed 29 residents of the place. In 1852, the first survey of the land and settlement took place, which was called Upper Dry Creek , Lone City and Mountainville in the early days , before it was promoted to city under its current name in January 1855. In 1857 there were already 40 families living in Alpine. By 1900 there were about 500 inhabitants. The number stagnated at this level until the 1950s, before rising to over 900 by 1960 and reaching 1,600 in 1975.
situation
Since the 1970s, the city has been changing from an agricultural small town to a commuter community whose residents work in the economic centers of the region. The population has grown rapidly since then. The attractive location of Alpine directly on the mountains above the valley attracted wealthy residents in particular, so that the median income per household in Alpine of $ 76,000 per year is well above the Utah Country average of $ 56,000 per year. The residents of Alpine, like those of all of Utah, have an above-average level of formal education, with the city of 43.8% of the population with college degrees still well above the county's average of 34.7%. 42.6% of Alpine's working population stated that they worked in a management position or an academic profession (“management, professional, and related occupations”). Also noteworthy is the proportion of 96.7% of single-family houses, almost 60% of which were only built after 1990 (figures from 2000).
Web links
- Official website of the city of Alpine ( English )
Individual evidence
- ↑ The history of the place is largely based on Jennie A. Wild: Alpine Yesterdays , 1982 (short version of the book on the City of Alpine website)
- ↑ a b c d US Census Bureau: Alpine ( Memento of July 24, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 40 kB)
- ↑ US Census Bureau: Utah County - Income ( Memento of the original from February 13, 2020 in the web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , As of 2000
- ↑ US Census Bureau: Utah County - Education ( Memento of the original from February 13, 2020 in the web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , As of 2000
