Vernal, Utah "Vernal"
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Vernal, Utah East entrance of Vernal (2012) East entrance of Vernal (2012) Location inside Uintah County and Utah Location inside Uintah County and Utah State Utah County Uintah Named for Vernal Vernal, the governmental center of county and biggest city in Uintah County is in northeastern Utah, United States, about 175 miles (280 km) east of Salt Lake City and 20 miles (32 km) west of the Colorado border. As of the 2010 census, the town/city population was 9,089.
Vernal, unlike most Utah towns, was not settled by Mormons.
Brigham Young sent a scouting party to Uintah Basin in 1861 and received word back the region was good for nothing but nomad purposes, hunting grounds for Indians and "to hold the world together." That same year, President Abraham Lincoln set the region aside as the Uintah Indian Reservation, with Captain Pardon Dodds assigned Indian agent. Dodds later assembled the first cabin by a white man in the Uinta Basin about 1868.
Vernal is in the Uintah Basin, bordered on the north by the Uinta Mountains, one of the mostly several mountain peaks which lie in an east west clean water the usual north to south direction.
The Book Cliffs lie to the south, and Blue Mountain to the east, while Vernal itself lies in Ashley Valley, titled in honor of William H.
Vernal is positioned at 40 27 17 N 109 32 08 W on the northern edge of the Colorado Plateau and south of Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area on the Utah-Wyoming state line.
The town/city is in a high desert region of the Great Basin Desert.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 4.6 square miles (11.9 km ), all land.
Vernal has a cold semi-arid climate (Koppen: BSk ) with low humidity.
The average annual temperature is 45 F (7.2 C) with a mean high of 61 F (16.1 C) and a mean low of 29 F (-1.6 C). Climate data for Vernal, Utah (1981 2010) In the city, the populace was spread out with 32.3% under the age of 18, 13.0% from 18 to 24, 24.8% from 25 to 44, 17.6% from 45 to 64, and 12.3% who were 65 years of age or older.
Vernal's economy is based on extracting natural resources, including petroleum, natural gas, phosphate, and uintaite (more generally known as Gilsonite). This has led to the establishment of branch offices of companies such as Halliburton and Schlumberger. Tourism also plays a part in Vernal's economy due to the town's roots in the Old West and being a large site of ancient dinosaur fossils. Vernal and the encircling area are prominent among outside enthusiasts as they are situated near plentiful spots for fishing, fly fishing, hunting, and other outside activities.
Vernal's schools include Ashley Valley Education Center, Terra Academy, Uintah High, Vernal Junior High, Vernal Middle, Ashley Elementary, Discovery Elementary, and a branch of Utah State University.
In 2007, Uintah School District assembled new buildings for two elementary schools, Maeser and Naples Elementary, in the close-by communities to accommodate increased enrollment and eliminate unsafe older buildings.
Other region schools include Davis Elementary, Lapoint Elementary, Eagle View Elementary and Uintah Basin Christian Academy (pre-K 8).
The National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS) Rocky Mountain Branch.
Vernal is along an east west federal highway, U.S.
The city's Vernal-Uintah County Airport has scheduled nonstop air service to Salt Lake City (SLC) directed by Boutique Air with Pilatus PC-12 turboprop airplane .
The Dinosaur Roundup Rodeo is an annual rodeo held in Vernal in July.
It is the most famous event held in Vernal and has been running for years.
Convention is held amid March and August in Uintah County, Utah.
In 2015 it was the first anime convention held in Vernal as well as the first gaming convention held there, making it the first convention of its type in Vernal. In 2016 it was held in Naples, Utah for the first time, making G.A.M.
The Outlaw Trail Festival of the Arts, which features a juried art contest & show, has been running in Vernal for the last 26 years.
The Uintah County Fair occurs Thursday through Saturday each year in the second week of June.
July plays host to the annual craft fair on the Uintah County building's front lawn.
Vernal features annual parades for definite holidays such as Independence Day on July 4th and Pioneer Day on July 24th.
Lookout Point rests on the edge overlooking Ashley Valley, the valley in which Vernal is situated.
The Vernal branch of Zion's Bank was mailed through USPS one brick at a time.
Bank of Vernal (2010) The Bank of Vernal (a.k.a.
The 'Parcel Post' Bank) Building (3 West Main Street) is a registered historical building in the Uintah County Landmark Register. Also known as "the Bank that was sent by Mail", the Bank of Vernal was constructed in 1916-1917 by William H.
Coltharp, a Vernal businessman and entrepreneur.
Post Office the 180 miles (290 km) from Salt Lake City to Vernal. The Parcel Post brick shipments were transported from Salt Lake to Mack, Colorado by Denver & Rio Grande Railroad, then proceeded to Watson via the narrow gauge Uintah Railway, finally Vernal by wagon freight through steep roads.
The United States Postmaster General Albert Sidney Burleson explicitly stated in a letter that "it is not the intent of the United States Postal Service that buildings be shipped through the mail" Today the building is used as a branch office of Zions Bank.
The Quarry Visitor Center in Dinosaur National Monument, and the Vernal Utah Temple are other historic Vernal buildings.
The Vernal Temple is a small LDS temple in the old Vernal Tabernacle.
Lane Frost Rodeo star, visited junior high school in Vernal Dennis Preece Hall of Fame wrestling coach at small-town high school in Vernal Uintah County, Utah a b c d "Vernal, Utah".
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2014".
National Association of Counties.
Vernal, Utah from Desert - USA.com "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
Vernal Express.
"Parcel Post Bank (2) Markers".
The Bank That Was Sent Through the Post Office from stampsofdistinction.com "National Postal Museum".
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