Wendover, Utah For other places with the same name, see Wendover.
Wendover, Utah Border between Wendover, Utah and West Wendover, Nevada Border between Wendover, Utah and West Wendover, Nevada Location in Tooele County and the state of Utah Location in Tooele County and the state of Utah Location of Utah in the United States Location of Utah in the United States State Utah Wendover is a town/city in Tooele County, Utah, United States.
Wendover is on the border of Utah, and is adjoining with West Wendover, Nevada.
Interstate 80 runs just north of both cities, while Interstate 80 Business (Wendover Boulevard) runs through the two cities.
The Wendover Cut-off was the former path of the Victory Highway as well as U.S.
Route 40 to Wendover.
Today it serves as a frontage road between Wendover and Knolls just to the south of the Interstate.
The transcontinental telephone line was instead of as workers raised the final pole at Wendover, Utah on June 27, 1914, after assembly of 3,400 miles of telephone line.
From 1917 to 1939, a Western Pacific subsidiary known as the Deep Creek Railroad also directed into Wendover.
Hangar of the Enola Gay on the former Wendover Army Air Field During World War II, the close-by Wendover Army Air Field was a training base for bomber pilots, including the crew of the Enola Gay.
Recently[when?] the Utah Department of Transportation instead of an interchange at Aria Boulevard on Interstate 80.[dead link] Investment is also underway to restore the Wendover Airfield, which is presently managed by Tooele County.
Meanwhile, lodging has increased along Wendover Boulevard in recent years. Tooele County School District has instead of Anna Smith Elementary School, which serves the Wendover area. Wendover and Tooele County recently[when?] assembled a joint complex for municipal and county functions.
Movements to unite Wendover with West Wendover, which is positioned athwart the border in Nevada and allows gambling operations, have taken place but require the approval of the U.S.
Congress and the Nevada and Utah legislatures.
House of Representatives passed a resolution permitting Wendover to leave Utah and join Nevada in 2002, but the bill was blocked in the U.S.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 6.4 square miles (16.7 km ), all of it land.
According to the Koppen Climate Classification system, Wendover has a semi-arid climate, abbreviated "BSk" on climate maps. Climate data for West Wendover Air Force Base In the city, the populace was spread out with 39.9% under the age of 18, 13.0% from 18 to 24, 30.0% from 25 to 44, 13.2% from 45 to 64, and 3.9% who were 65 years of age or older.
About 24.7% of families and 26.1% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 29.1% of those under age 18 and 16.1% of those age 65 or over.
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Grant to help Wendover Airfield".
"Hotels near Wendover, UT".
Archived March 4, 2012, at the Wayback Machine.
"Wendovers' Leaders Will Consider Next Move".
Climate Summary for Wendover, Utah "WENDOVER USAF AUX FLD, UTAH (429382)".
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"Enumeration of Population and Housing".
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