Roosevelt, Utah Roosevelt, Utah Location in Duchesne County and the state of Utah Location in Duchesne County and the state of Utah Named for Theodore Roosevelt Roosevelt is a town/city in Duchesne County, Utah, United States.
The proper pronunciation of the city's name / ro z v lt/ is based on how President Theodore Roosevelt pronounced his name: as stated to the man himself, "pronounced as if it was spelled 'Rosavelt.'" The town/city is on the easterly edge of Duchesne County, contiguous to the border with Uintah County.
The town of Ballard borders Roosevelt to the east.
Routes 40 and 191 pass through Roosevelt as Main Street, dominant east 30 miles (48 km) to Vernal and west 28 miles (45 km) to Duchesne.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city of Roosevelt has a total region of 5.6 square miles (14.4 km2), all of it land. The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 86.58% White American, 0.19% Black or African American, 8.14% Native American, 0.21% Asian American, none Pacific Islander American, 1.74% from other competitions, and 3.14% from two or more competitions.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 39.5% under the age of 18, 10.7% from 18 to 24, 25.4% from 25 to 44, 16.1% from 45 to 64, and 8.3% who were 65 years of age or older.
The town of Roosevelt was established in early 1906 when Ed Harmston turned his homestead claim into a townsite and laid out plots.
His wife titled the prospective town with respect to the president of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt.
Roosevelt was originally called "Dry Gulch City", taking its name from a close-by gulch which only carries water amid the early spring runoff season.
Roosevelt soon became the economic center for the area, eclipsing Myton and Duchesne.
From 1906 to 1914 Roosevelt was in Wasatch County, but in 1914 Duchesne County was formed from part of Wasatch County, and, as the biggest town in the county, Roosevelt anticipated becoming the county seat.
The populace of Roosevelt is roughly 6,700 citizens , but the town serves as the market seat for a several times that number from the many small suburbs and farming communities in the area.
Roosevelt is positioned in an region of vast petroleum reserves spanning the northeast corner of Utah and extending into Colorado.
The proposed Uinta Basin Rail universal would build a new barns line into Roosevelt for transporting petroleum drilled in the area.
The town/city used to have an petroleum refinery, "Plateau", titled for the geographic locale of the area, the Colorado Plateau.
The petroleum from this region is known as "Uinta Basin Black Wax Crude" and has to be refined differently than most types of oil.
Those in the petroleum company and territory owners who profit from petroleum shares pointed out amid the high petroleum prices of 2005 2006 that refineries were cutting their profits by limiting the amount of Uinta Basin Black Wax they would refine.
Roosevelt is also home of the only hospital in the county, Uintah Basin Medical Center.
Roosevelt has turn into the county's educational center with Union High School, Uintah Basin Applied Technology College, and Utah State University's Uintah Basin Regional Campus all positioned there.
Union High School is on the east end of town and straddles the border between Duchesne and Uintah Counties, thus the name "Union".
Roosevelt is part of the Duchesne School District. Other schools in the region include: Eagle View Elementary (Public/K-8), East Elementary School (Public/K-2), Kings Peak Elementary (Public/3-5), Roosevelt Middle School (Public/4-6), Roosevelt Junior High School (Public/6-8), and Thompsen School (Public/3-12).
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the dominant theological denomination in Roosevelt, with three stakes centers in town; the improve also contains Roman Catholic, Christian Assembly of God, Baptist, Jehovah's Witnesses, and other lesser denomination congregations.
Located near the Uintah/Ouray Indian Reservation command posts of Fort Duchesne, Roosevelt is a multicultural and polyethnic community, with Caucasians and Native Americans being the most various.
Roosevelt is situated in lands designated as the Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation and there are many Pow-Wows and Indian Ceremonies held throughout the summer and falls months.
The UBIC (Uintah Basin in Celebration) is Roosevelt's annual celebration.
"Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Roosevelt city, Utah".
Theodore Roosevelt Association.
An audio recording in which Roosevelt pronounces his own last name diverse ly.
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