Orangeville, Utah
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 Orangeville City Office |
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| Foundation : | 1878 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Utah | ||
| County : | Emery County | ||
| Coordinates : | 39 ° 14 ′ N , 111 ° 3 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Mountain ( UTC − 7 / −6 ) | ||
| Residents : | 1,470 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 432.4 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 3.4 km 2 (approx. 1 mi 2 ) of which 3.4 km 2 (approx. 1 mi 2 ) are land |
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| Height : | 1761 m | ||
| Postal code : | 84537 | ||
| Area code : | +1 435 | ||
| FIPS : | 49-56860 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1431021 | ||
| Mayor : | Bart Cox | ||
Orangeville is a small town of the type of a city in the northwest of Emery County in the US state of Utah and has 1470 inhabitants (2010). Orangeville is located on Cottonwood Creek on the eastern flank of the Wasatch Plateau above its twin town Castle Dale , the county seat of Emery County.
The economic base of the community is the Wilberg Mine , a coal mine, and a coal-fired power station owned by PacifiCorp near Castle Dale. In addition, there is slowly increasing tourism in the Manti La Sal National Forest above the town.
geography
The Valley of Cottonwood Creek is the middle of three tributaries to the San Rafael River that crosses and irrigates Castle Valley before draining to the Green River . Orangeville is located at the exit of the river valley from the canyon of the Wasatch Plateau, between Utah State Route 29 and Utah 57 , which lead from Castle Valley to the plateau. In accordance with the structure of the terrain, agricultural areas extend along the river, southeast and southwest of the village and in a small valley structure in the northwest.
history
The Indian settlement of the region goes back to the Archaic period . The Fremont culture has left innumerable rock paintings and petroglyphs . At the time of first contact with whites, the region was home to the Ute . Castle Valley is near the Old Spanish Trail from Nuevo Mexico to Alta California and has been sporadically visited by white traders and pioneers.
The first economic use of the region came from ranchers from Sanpete County on the other side of the Wasatch Plateau, who led their herds to Castle Valley from 1875. Systematic colonization of Castle Valley began in 1877 by Mormon pioneers sent to the valley by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ( Mormons ) to claim the settlement area before non-Mormon settlers could.
Orangeville emerged from Castle Dale, founded in 1878, which was ten kilometers thinly populated along Cottonwood Creek. It was officially measured in 1880 and divided into two settlement cores, Upper Castle Dale and Lower Castle Dale. Upper Castle Dale was renamed Orangeville in 1882 when a separate name was needed because of a new post office. The name comes from Orange Seely , the first bishop of the Church of Jesus Christ LDS in Castle Valley. The settlers came mainly from the Manti region on the other side of the Wasatch Plateau when the Cottonwood Creek valley was opened up for agriculture by irrigation channels. Orangeville received city status in March 1921. Around this time, the coal deposits on the slopes of the Wasatch Plateau were also developed.
In the 1930s, coal mining suffered from the Great Depression , and the city did not recover from the decline in jobs for several decades. In the 1960s, Cottonwood Creek was dammed in the mountains to the Joe's Valley Reservoir, which not only stabilized the irrigation of the agricultural land, but also created a popular recreational area with water sports and recreation around the reservoir.
In the 1970s, the Utah Power and Light Company built a coal-fired power station near Castle Dale that also employed workers from Orangeville. It is now operated by PacifiCorp after a merger. Since then, the population of the two settlements on Cottonwood Creek has increased significantly.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Unless otherwise noted, the history of the region is based on the Utah History Encyclopedia: Emery County , Utah Education Network
- ^ A b c Utah History to Go: Castle Dale
- ↑ Online Utah: History of Orangeville (based on a source from 1898)
