East Layton, Utah
| East Layton | |||
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 Former city administration offices |
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| Location in Utah | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | April 2, 1936 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Utah | ||
| County : | Davis County | ||
| Coordinates : | 41 ° 4 ′ N , 111 ° 56 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Mountain ( UTC − 7 / −6 ) | ||
| Height : | 1449 m | ||
| Postal code : | 84040 | ||
| Area code : | +1 801 | ||
| FIPS : | 49-21330 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1440835 | ||
East Layton is a former city in Davis County , Utah in the United States . The village, which was built with Layton , was incorporated as a town in 1936 in order to properly finance the local water supply. East Layton remained a small but steadily growing city with no significant industry and was converted into a City in 1972. Rapid growth during the 1970s led to the 1981 merger with Layton to create the largest city in Davis County today and one of the largest in Utah as a whole.
geography
East Layton stretched from Fairfield Road to the west and the foothills of the Wasatch Mountains to the east. The city limits were drawn irregularly and point north to Antelope Drive and south to Gentile Street. The former urban area covered just under five square kilometers. The city government offices were located at 1010 Emerald Drive ( 41 ° 4 ′ N , 111 ° 56 ′ W ) on the southwest corner of Andy Adams Park.
history
The area of East Layton was settled at the same time as Layton, whose namesake was Christopher Layton , and emerged in the 1850s as an outgrowth of Kaysville . When Layton was incorporated in 1920, East Layton remained a separate, non-statute settlement with few residents.
However, local water supplies were not reliable - a common problem in Utah's arid climate . Wells and rivers often dried up in the sun and drinking water had to be fetched in a laborious manner. David Green, who lived in East Layton for the rest of his life, proposed a municipal water supply system that was fed from Crooked Canyon in the Wasatch Mountains further east. In the 1930s, Green had convinced a number of his neighbors, but the banks in Utah lent him very little money because of the Great Depression. Funds have been provided for public works by the Works Progress Administration (WPA), but only for incorporated municipalities . In January 1936, 53 East Layton residents signed a petition to form a town so that a water supply system could be built. The city was registered on April 2, 1936 and David Green was appointed mayor.
East Layton's voters unanimously approved a loan in 1937 and the EPA approved the city's request. Funding was delayed, and residents of the town contacted Henry H. Blood for assistance. Blood was the then governor of the state and was able to use his influence to expedite the settlement and advance East Layton's venture. David Green oversaw the construction work being carried out by crews paid by the WPA. They laid a pipeline from the exit of Crooked Canyon to a reservoir on Valley View Drive on the eastern edge of the city. At one point along the line, a ravine had to be crossed by a wooden trestle bridge . The difficult terrain made the construction work difficult and construction progressed only slowly. The costs increased and the funds originally made available were exhausted. The state of Utah provided additional matching funds equal to the co-payments from East Layton residents. The WPA contributed around 60 percent of the construction costs up to completion.
| Population development | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1940 | 124 | - | |
| 1950 | 217 | 75% | |
| 1960 | 444 | 104.6% | |
| 1970 | 763 | 71.8% | |
| 1980 | 3531 | 362.8% | |
East Layton was once a sparsely populated rural settlement whose population initially decreased from 160 in 1936 to 124 in 1940 when incorporated. Even in the following decade, when Layton's population quintupled, East Layton did not keep pace; during this period, the population of East Layton could not even double. An expanded drinking water reservoir was completed in 1963 and the sewage system in 1969 and a year later the water supply was expanded. In a special population census in 1971, the place had 859 inhabitants, which East Layton met the requirements to be converted into a city of the third degree in January 1972 .
Despite the steady population growth, East Layton never had a significant income from business taxes , as there were hardly any companies in the city. The locals went shopping in Layton or other towns nearby. Land development led to strong growth in the 1970s when the town became a housing estate for the nearby Hill Air Force Base . Burdened with the tasks of a city, the size of which quadrupled in a short time, the voters approved the city council's proposal to incorporate it into the larger Layton. The two cities merged on January 13, 1981. Since then, East Layton has continued to develop, but it is still a largely residential area that is relatively sparsely populated.
Individual evidence
- ^ A b c d e Janice P. Dawson: East Layton . In: Carlsruh, Dan and Eve (Eds.): Layton, Utah: Historic Viewpoints . Kaysville-Layton Historical Society, 1985, pp. 349-353.
- ^ A b John W. Van Cott: Utah Place Names . University of Utah Press , Salt Lake City 1990, ISBN 0-87480-345-4 , p. 122.