Blanding
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.jpg) Blanding from the air 2014 |
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| Location in Utah | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | 1905 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Utah | ||
| County : | San Juan County | ||
| Coordinates : | 37 ° 37 ′ N , 109 ° 29 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Mountain ( UTC − 7 / −6 ) | ||
| Residents : | 3,375 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 553.3 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 6.1 km 2 (approx. 2 mi 2 ) | ||
| Height : | 1861 m | ||
| Postal code : | 84511 | ||
| Area code : | +1 435 | ||
| FIPS : | 49-06370 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1438903 | ||
 Blanding Town Hall |
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Blanding is a small town (with the status " City ") in San Juan County in the southeast of the US -amerikanischen State of Utah . In 2010 , Blanding had 3,375 residents. Despite the small population, Blanding is the largest town in the county, the administrative seat of Monticello only has around 2000 residents.
Blanding is located on US Highway 191 at an altitude of about 1860 m on a table mountain stretching in a north-south direction between two washes that only temporarily carry water and run south to the San Juan River . In the north are the Abajo Mountains with the Abajo Peak .
history
The region was populated by Navajo Indians when it first came into contact with whites . Your Navajo Nation Reservation now extends across the south of the county, but does not extend as far as Blanding. The Ute Indians occasionally raided the region from the east.
The first whites were Mormon pioneers sent by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) to colonize the area. The first Mormons reached today's Bluff via the Hole-in-the-Rock Trail in 1880. From there they settled in Monticello, around 70 km to the north. The area in between, later known as blanding, was used as grazing land by ranchers from Monticello.
It was not until 1906 that the first families settled on Table Mountain and built a canal to supply the new settlement called Grayson with water from Johnson Creek , which came from the mountains and carries water permanently. Between 1912 and 1916, the city grew with the influx of Mormons who had originally emigrated to Mexico from the USA . They came back now when political unrest broke out there and sought new settlement areas in Utah. In 1914 the place was renamed Blanding.
The original economic basis of the place was cattle breeding and some agriculture. This expanded to include forestry. After the Second World War, the southeast of Utah was intensively explored for deposits of uranium , and other mineral resources were also found . Blanding became a mining settlement with modest oil production and a uranium mine. Both became unprofitable in the 1980s, so the place had to realign itself.
Blanding today
| Population development | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1910 | 385 | - | |
| 1920 | 1072 | 178.4% | |
| 1930 | 1001 | -6.6% | |
| 1940 | 1438 | 43.7% | |
| 1950 | 1177 | -18.2% | |
| 1960 | 1805 | 53.4% | |
| 1970 | 2250 | 24.7% | |
| 1980 | 3118 | 38.6% | |
| 1990 | 3162 | 1.4% | |
| 2000 | 3162 | 0% | |
| 2010 | 3375 | 6.7% | |
| 1910-2000 2010 | |||
Blanding's foundation today is tourism. Above all, the city's location contributes to this. Blanding is located at the eastern end of Utah State Highway 95 , which is one of the most attractive roads through the red sandstone region of Utah and is the full length National Scenic Byway . In addition, US Highway 191 forms the connection between Grand Canyon National Park and the Canyonlands and Arches National Parks near Moab through Blanding , so that a large number of tourists pass through Blanding.
The Abajo Mountains north of the city are part of the Manti La Sal National Forests and offer many opportunities for recreation in nature, such as hiking, fishing and hunting. In the immediate vicinity is the small Edge of the Cedars State Park , in the wider area there are two National Monuments . Hovenweep National Monument consists of six individual small archaeological sites and memorials for prehistoric Anasazi Indians. Natural Bridges National Monument preserves spectacular rock formations, including the eponymous natural stone arches .
Demographic data
According to the 2010 census , Blanding had 3,375 people in 1,013 households. The population density was 553.3 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 3.19 people lived in each of the 1013 households.
The racial the population was composed of 66.1 percent white, 0.3 percent African American, 29.4 percent Native American, 0.3 percent Asian, 0.1 percent (two people) Polynesians and 0.5 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 3.3 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 3.8 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.
35.0 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 53.8 percent were between 18 and 64 and 11.2 percent were 65 years or older. 51.2 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 45,286 USD . The per capita income was $ 16,906. 23.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Trivia
A scene from the 1971 road movie Vanishing Point San Francisco takes place near Blanding.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved May 9, 2013
- ↑ Unless otherwise stated, the story is based on Utah Historical Encyclopedia: Blanding ( Memento of the original from January 10, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ US Decennial Census. Retrieved May 9, 2013
Web links
- www.blandingutah.org Local tourist office
- www.city-data.com - Blanding, Utah