Brigham City, Utah "Brigham City"
Brigham City .
Brigham City, Utah Location in Box Elder County and the state of Utah Location in Box Elder County and the state of Utah Brigham City is a town/city in Box Elder County, Utah, United States.
The populace was 17,899 at the 2010 census. It is the governmental center of county of Box Elder County. It lies on the slope of the Wellsville Mountains, a branch of the Wasatch Range at the end of Box Elder Canyon.
Brigham City saw most of its expansion during the 1950s and 1960s, but has seen a struggling economy and stagnating expansion since then.
Brigham City is known for its peaches and holds an annual celebration called Peach Days on the weekend after Labor Day.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) dedicated its fourteenth temple in Utah in Brigham City on 23 September 2012.
Mormon pioneer William Davis first explored the Brigham City region in 1850.
Brigham Young directed Lorenzo Snow to lead extra pioneer to the site and foster a self-sufficient town/city at the site in 1853.
Snow directed both theological and political affairs in the settlement, eventually naming it Box Elder in 1855. When the town was incorporated on January 12, 1867, the name was changed to Brigham City with respect to Brigham Young. That same month, after the Utah council authorized a municipal election, inhabitants voted for Chester Loveland to be the town's first mayor. Brigham Young gave his last enhance sermon there in 1877 shortly before his death.
Other industries were added, and the Brigham City Co-op is widely recognized as the most prosperous of the Mormon Co-op ventures.
The federal government created Bushnell General Hospital on Brigham City's south side to treat soldiers wounded in the war.
Many young Native Americans visited the boarding school until it closed in 1984, although the Intermountain "I" on the mountain is still visible in tandem with Box Elder High School's "B".
The Utah State University Brigham City county-wide ground will be period to permanent buildings on this site and will mainly serve pupils from Box Elder, Weber and Davis counties. Construction will begin in the fall of 2014.
Even with layoffs over the past decade, much of Brigham City's economy relies on Thiokol, the creator of many missiles, as well as the solid rocket booster for the Space Shuttle.
Additionally, the small-town Autoliv (formerly a part of Thiokol) airbag plants also net Brigham City many jobs.
Nucor Corporation has two facilities in Brigham City, in addition to its steel foundry in close-by Plymouth.
Built in 1870 as part of the Brigham City Manufacturing and Mercantile Association, the foundry produced high character blankets and sweaters from locally produced wool fleeces.
Cooley opened this hospital in 1935, operating as the only acute care facility in Brigham City until 1976 when the Brigham City Community Hospital opened.
An initial owner was James Knudson, a former mayor of Brigham City.
Brigham City Archway Sign Main Street Made of opalite glass, the 12-inch-high (30 cm) lettering welcomes all to Brigham City, "Gateway to the World's Greatest Wild Bird Refuge." Brigham City Cemetery, 1969 Brigham City Cemetery 495 East 500 South Established in 1853 with the burial of a pioneer infant, the Brigham City cemetery is a beautiful, old-fashioned cemetery with aboveground grave markers.
Brigham City lies in southeastern Box Elder County on the slopes of the Wellsville Mountains, a branch of the Wasatch Range, at the end of Box Elder Canyon.
Brigham City is generally considered to be the northern end of the Wasatch Front.
Interstates 15 and 84 pass to the west of the town/city together.
They intersect in the city, climbing through Box Elder Canyon together.
Two routes of the Utah Transit Authority's bus fitness also furnish access to Brigham City from Ogden, and it also has a Greyhound bus stop.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 24.2 square miles (62.6 km2), of which 23.8 square miles (61.7 km2) is territory and 0.35 square miles (0.9 km2), or 1.40%, is water. It lies at an altitude of 4,315 feet (1,315 m).
The climate of Brigham City is generally the same as that of the rest of the Wasatch Front.
Climate data for Brigham City, Utah (1981 2010) Brigham City has exhibitions covering the area's art and history (the Brigham City Museum-Gallery) and natural history (the Box Elder Museum).
There is an LDS tabernacle in downtown Brigham City, as well as a temple.
The town/city is positioned in a prime historical and surroundingal region.
Nearby attractions include Golden Spike National Historic Site, which lies northwest of the town/city near Promontory Summit.
State Route 13 heads northwest from Brigham City and turns north at Corinne.
The Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge lies directly west of Brigham City on the northeast side of the Great Salt Lake at the mouth of the Bear River.
Brigham City was the namesake of American movie director, producer, writer, and actor Richard Dutcher's 2001 film Brigham City about murder in a fictitious small Mormon town, although it is not actually about the real Brigham City.
Movies that have scenes filmed in Brigham City include The Work and the Story, Species, and Clay Pigeons. The business Smith's Food and Drug was started in Brigham City.
The business Flying J was started in Brigham City and directed there as one of the biggest privately held companies until a several years ago when it relocated its command posts to Ogden, Utah.
The LDS Church President Brigham Young, for whom Brigham City is named, gave his final enhance address in the city.
The place where he gave his address is called Pioneer Park and is the locale of the municipal swimming pool and a several baseball diamonds, as well as being the locale of the city's annual Fourth of July fireworks display.
The LDS prophet Lorenzo Snow is buried in the Brigham City cemetery.
As of the census of 2000, there were 17,411 citizens , 5,526 homeholds, and 4,409 families living in the city.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 91.26% White, 0.24% African American, 1.63% Native American, 0.77% Asian, 0.10% Pacific Islander, 4.07% from other competitions, and 1.93% from two or more competitions.
In the city, the age distribution of the populace shows 34.2% under the age of 18, 11.1% from 18 to 24, 25.2% from 25 to 44, 17.4% from 45 to 64, and 12.1% who were 65 years of age or older.
Brigham City is part of the Box Elder School District.
The town/city has one high school, one middle school, one intermediate school, and five elementary schools.
Rob Bishop, former school teacher at Box Elder High and current member of the United States House of Representatives.
Taught LDS seminary in Brigham City.
Lived in the city; is buried in the Brigham City cemetery.
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Snow himself did not settle permanently in the town/city until later.
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