Kaysville, Utah

{{Infobox settlement

|official_name = Kaysville, Utah

|settlement_type = City

|motto =

|image_skyline = KaysvilleUtah.jpeg

|imagesize =

|image_caption = Kaysville City Municipal Center

|image_map = Davis County Utah incorporated and unincorporated areas Kaysville highlighted.svg

|mapsize = 300px

|map_caption = Location in Davis County and the state of Utah

| subdivision_type = Country

|subdivision_name = United States

|subdivision_type1 = State

|subdivision_name1 = Utah

|subdivision_type2 = County

|subdivision_name2 = Davis

|government_footnotes =

|government_type =

|leader_title = Mayor

|leader_name =

|established_title = Settled

|established_date = 1849

|named_for = William Kay, a pioneer settler{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=sa9SAAAAIBAJ&sjid=c38DAAAAIBAJ&pg=2503%2C5092871 | title=You name it - there's a town for it | work=The Deseret News | date=Jan 22, 1977 | access-date=18 October 2015 | author=Van Atta, Dale | pages=W6}}

|unit_pref = Imperial

|area_footnotes = {{cite web|title=2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2019_Gazetteer/2019_gaz_place_49.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=August 7, 2020}}

|area_total_km2 = 27.31

|area_land_km2 = 27.20

|area_water_km2 = 0.11

|area_total_sq_mi = 10.54

|area_land_sq_mi = 10.50

|area_water_sq_mi = 0.04

|population_as_of = 2020

|pop_est_footnotes = {{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/tables.2019.html|date=May 24, 2020|title=Population and Housing Unit Estimates|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=May 27, 2020}}

|population_footnotes =

|population_total = 32945

|population_est = 32941

|pop_est_as_of = 2023

|population_density_km2 = 1190.94

|population_density_sq_mi = 3084.47

|timezone = Mountain (MST)

|utc_offset = −7

|timezone_DST = MDT

|utc_offset_DST = −6

|elevation_footnotes =

|elevation_ft = 4298

|coordinates = {{coord|41|1|59|N|111|56|10|W|region:US-UT_type:city|display=inline,title}}

|postal_code_type = ZIP code

|postal_code = 84037

|area_code = 385, 801

|blank_name = FIPS code

|blank_info = 49-40360{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}}

|blank1_name = GNIS feature ID

|blank1_info = 2410169{{GNIS|2410169}}

|website = {{URL|www.kaysvillecity.com}}

|footnotes =

}}

Kaysville is a city in Davis County, Utah. It is part of the Ogden–Clearfield metropolitan area. The population was 32,945 at the time of the 2020 census.{{Cite web |title=Demographics {{!}} Kaysville, UT |url=https://www.kaysville.gov/503/Demographics |access-date=2024-07-30 |website=www.kaysville.gov}}

Kaysville is home to the USU Botanical Gardens, which also serve as an extension location and distance education center for Utah State University.

History

Image:Kaysville Tabernacle of the LDS Church.jpeg

Shortly after Latter Day Saint pioneers arrived in 1847, the Kaysville area, originally known as "Kay's Creek" or Kay's Ward,[https://books.google.com/books?id=u78UAAAAYAAJ&dq=%22kay's%20creek%22%20utah&pg=RA1-PA35 - The Utah Genealogical and Historical Magazine, Volumes 10-12] was settled by Hector Haight in 1847{{Cite web |url=http://www.kaysvillecity.com//img/File/General%20Plan%202014%20final(1).pdf |title=- 2014 General Plan |access-date=2015-11-01 |archive-date=2015-10-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151026221643/http://www.kaysvillecity.com/img/File/General%20Plan%202014%20final(1).pdf |url-status=dead }} as a farming community. He had been sent north to find feed for the stock and soon thereafter constructed a cabin and brought his family to settle the area. Farmington, Utah also claims Hector Haight as its original settler. Two miles north of Haight's original settlement, Samuel Holmes built a cabin in 1849 and was soon joined by other settlers from Salt Lake, namely Edward Phillips, John Green, and William Kay.[http://www.kaysvillecity.com/about.history.html Kaysville history] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081011080714/http://www.kaysvillecity.com/about.history.html |date=2008-10-11 }}. - City of Kaysville

Although settlement began in the 1847, the name of Kaysville connects with the fact that in 1851 William Kay was made the bishop in the vicinity by Brigham Young and Heber C. Kimball.

After the move south in 1858 (see Utah War), there was an attempt to rename the community "Freedom", but Brigham Young convinced the residents to retain the old name.

In 1868 Kaysville became the first city incorporated in Davis County.

An adobe meetinghouse was built in 1863. It was replaced by the Kaysville Tabernacle in 1914. In 1930 Kaysville had 992 people. Of those residents who were Latter-day Saints, they all were in the Kaysville Ward which also covered most of the rest of the Kaysville Precinct.Jenson, Andrew. Encyclopedic History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, p. 394-395

In 1977 United Airlines Flight 2860 crashed near Kaysville.{{cite web|url=https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/AAR7808.pdf|title=Aircraft Accident Report United Airlines, Inc., Douglas DC-8-54, N8047U, near Kaysville, Utah, December 18, 1977.|date=July 27, 1978|publisher=National Transportation Safety Board|id=NTSB-AAR-78-8|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091211160906/http://www.airdisaster.com/reports/ntsb/AAR78-08.pdf|archive-date=December 11, 2009|access-date=April 4, 2010|url-status=dead}}

By 2008 there were seven Mormon stakes (similar to a diocese) in Kaysville.[https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/maps/ LDS Church website list of Kaysville stakes], accessed May 3, 2008

In November 2009, Kaysville voters elected Steve Hiatt as Kaysville City's 38th mayor and the youngest mayor in Utah. He was sworn in on January 4, 2010. He was re-elected for a second four-year term in November 2013.{{citation needed|date=July 2018}}

The current mayor, Tamara Tran, won the 2021 election with 59.95 percent of the popular vote over Jay Welk.{{Cite web |date=December 2017 |title=Kaysville City, Utah |url=https://www.kaysvillecity.com/ArchiveCenter/ViewFile/Item/239 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210808043356/https://www.kaysvillecity.com/ArchiveCenter/ViewFile/Item/239 |archive-date=Aug 8, 2021}}

Geography

Kaysville is bordered by the city of Layton to the north, Fruit Heights to the east, and Farmington, the county seat, to the south. According to the United States Census Bureau, Kaysville has a total area of {{convert|27.2|sqkm|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|0.1|sqkm|order=flip|2}}, or 0.48%, is water.

Demographics

{{US Census population

| align = right

| 1890 = 548

| 1900 = 1708

| 1910 = 887

| 1920 = 809

| 1930 = 992

| 1940 = 1211

| 1950 = 1898

| 1960 = 3608

| 1970 = 6192

| 1980 = 10331

| 1990 = 13961

| 2000 = 20351

| 2010 = 27368

| 2020 = 32945

| estyear = 2023

| estimate = 32941

| estref =

| footnote = U.S. Decennial Census{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015}}

}}

According to the 2020 United States census{{Cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/data/tables/2023/dec/2020-census-dhc.html|title=2020 Census Demographic and Housing Characteristics File (DHC)|author=United States Census Bureau|author-link=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=October 25, 2024}} and 2020 American Community Survey,{{Cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/data/developers/data-sets/acs-5year.2020.html|title=American Community Survey 5-Year Data (2009-2022)|author=United States Census Bureau|author-link=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=October 25, 2024}} there were 32,945 people in Kaysville with a population density of 3,135.3 people per square mile (1,210.5/km²). Among non-Hispanic or Latino people, the racial makeup was 29,364 (89.1%) White, 178 (0.5%) African American, 83 (0.3%) Native American, 321 (1.0%) Asian, 114 (0.3%) Pacific Islander, 76 (0.2%) from other races, and 871 (2.6%) from two or more races. 1,938 (5.9%) people were Hispanic or Latino.

There were 16,469 (49.99%) males and 16,476 (50.01%) females, and the population distribution by age was 12,060 (36.6%) under the age of 18, 17,684 (53.7%) from 18 to 64, and 3,201 (9.7%) who were at least 65 years old. The median age was 29.9 years.

There were 8,958 households in Kaysville with an average size of 3.68 of which 7,844 (87.6%) were families and 1,114 (12.4%) were non-families. Among all families, 6,895 (77.0%) were married couples, 275 (3.1%) were male householders with no spouse, and 674 (7.5%) were female householders with no spouse. Among all non-families, 959 (10.7%) were a single person living alone and 155 (1.7%) were two or more people living together. 4,685 (52.3%) of all households had children under the age of 18. 7,754 (86.6%) of households were owner-occupied while 1,204 (13.4%) were renter-occupied.

The median income for a Kaysville household was $103,730 and the median family income was $111,903, with a per-capita income of $34,514. The median income for males that were full-time employees was $81,057 and for females $44,205. 3.2% of the population and 3.4% of families were below the poverty line.

In terms of education attainment, out of the 17,847 people in Kaysville 25 years or older, 248 (1.4%) had not completed high school, 2,299 (12.9%) had a high school diploma or equivalency, 6,410 (35.9%) had some college or associate degree, 6,170 (34.6%) had a bachelor's degree, and 2,720 (15.2%) had a graduate or professional degree.