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Central is a
census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counterparts of incorporated places, such ...
in north-central Washington County,
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, United States.


Description

The population was 613 at the 2010 census. Central lies along State Route 18, on the edge of the
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, north of the city of
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(the county seat of Washington County). Central has the ZIP code of 84722. Central is the starting place of the annual St. George Marathon. Central was settled before 1910. It became an
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in 1935, but was disincorporated in the 1960s. The town was so named because of its central location between
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, and Veyo.


Demographics

As of the census of 2010, there were 613 people living in the CDP. There were 344 housing units. The racial makeup of the town was 96.1% White, 0.5% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.8% Asian, 1.8% from some other race, and 0.8% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.6% of the population.


See also

*
List of census-designated places in Utah This article lists census-designated places (CDPs) in the U.S. state of Utah. At the 2010 census, there were 81 CDPs in Utah. That number dropped to 79 in 2016 when first Dutch John then Millcreek incorporated, and to 74 when five in Salt Lake ...


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Census-designated places in Washington County, Utah Census-designated places in Utah Populated places established in 1918 Former towns in Utah Former populated places in Washington County, Utah {{Utah-geo-stub