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Spring Lake is a town in southern Utah County,
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, United States. It is part of the Provo
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Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 528 at the 2020 census. It is located just south of Payson and northeast of Santaquin.


Description

Much of Spring Lake consists of farms and ranches, with many people owning horses, cattle, and raising
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and hay for their animals. Being located between Payson and Santaquin, the rural area may give way to more homes in the coming years, but as there is no city water for many, wells are needed which place a limit of one house per of land. Only when city water is provided will greater housing density be possible. The main transportation route through the city is Utah State Route 198 (South State Street), which follows the former routing of
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and the pre-1974 routing of U.S. Route 91. Although
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(I-15) forms the western border of Spring Lake, there is no direct access to the freeway within the community. There are no businesses or stoplights in Spring Lake as of 2018.


History

Spring Lake was the birthplace of
Antonga Black Hawk Antonga, or Black Hawk (born c. 1830; died September 26, 1870), was a nineteenth-century war chief of the Timpanogos tribe in what is the present-day state of Utah. He led the Timpanogos against Mormon settlers and gained alliances with Paiut ...
, the famous
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leader. Antonga led many raids on settlements during Utah's
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. After his death in 1870 he was buried in Spring Lake. In 1911 his body was discovered by miners, and moved to an
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museum in
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, but was later returned to Spring Lake. As of July 2023, the Spring Lake community had begun the process of becoming an incorporated
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. While the Spring Lake CDP is entirely east of I-15, the proposed town's
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would extend west to South 5200 West, resulting in about one-third of the town being west of the freeway, with common
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with Payson on the north and Santaquin on the south. (As of February 2024, the only paved road that would connect the community on both sides of I-15 would be West 12400 South.) Residents of the community voted in favor of incorporation in the 2024 General Election, with 66% in favor and 34% against. Community residents will decide on initial terms for municipal officers who will then be elected in 2025. Proponents of incorporation indicated intent for all utilities and services to continue through the county or private contracts, with the new municipal council focusing on regulating new residential development in the town


Geography

According to the
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, the CDP has a total area of , of which is land and , or 0.91%, is water. Spring Lake is at approximately above sea level. The small lake of the same name is only a few feet deep under normal conditions, but in the spring of 2006 the lake was drained in order to dredge it and make it deeper. It was then refilled in the fall of 2006 and now contains
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.


Demographics

As of the
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of 2000, there were 469 people, 129 households, and 110 families residing in the CDP. The
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was 236.8 people per square mile (91.5/km2). There were 134 housing units at an average density of 67.7/sq mi (26.1/km2). The racial makeup of the CDP was 85.50%
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, 0.21% Native American, 0.43% Asian, 0.21%
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, 11.73% from other races, and 1.92% from two or more races.
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or Latino of any race were 13.86% of the population. There were 129 households, out of which 45.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 78.3% were
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living together, 5.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 14.7% were non-families. 13.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.64 and the average family size was 4.01. In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 33.9% under the age of 18, 11.3% from 18 to 24, 24.7% from 25 to 44, 22.0% from 45 to 64, and 8.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 29 years. For every 100 females, there were 100.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 103.9 males. The median income for a household in the CDP was $38,646, and the median income for a family was $38,958. Males had a median income of $28,929 versus $37,692 for females. The
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for the CDP was $15,314. About 6.0% of families and 10.8% of the population were below the
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, including 20.8% of those under age 18 and none of those age 65 or over.


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 La ...


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{{authority control Census-designated places in Utah County, Utah Census-designated places in Utah Provo–Orem metropolitan area Populated places established in 1850