Woodruff is a town in Rich County,

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, United States. The population was 180 at the 2010 census.

History

The first settlement at Woodruff was made in 1870. A post office called Woodruff has been in operation since 1872. The town was named in honor of

Wilford Woodruff Wilford Woodruff Sr. (March 1, 1807September 2, 1898) was an American religious leader who served as the fourth president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1889 until his death. He ended the public practice of ...

, fourth President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Geography

According to the

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, the town has a total area of 0.5 square mile (1.4 km²), all land.

Climate

This

climatic Climate is the long-term weather pattern in an area, typically averaged over 30 years. More rigorously, it is the mean and variability of meteorological variables over a time spanning from months to millions of years. Some of the meteorological ...

region is typified by large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to summers and cold (sometimes severely cold) winters. According to the

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system, Woodruff has a

humid continental climate A humid continental climate is a climatic region defined by Russo-German climatologist Wladimir Köppen in 1900, typified by four distinct seasons and large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and freezing ...

, abbreviated "Dfb" on climate maps.Climate Summary for Woodruff, Utah
/ref> Woodruff's climate has high

diurnal temperature variation In meteorology, diurnal temperature variation is the variation between a high air temperature and a low temperature that occurs during the same day. Temperature lag Temperature lag is an important factor in diurnal temperature variation: peak da ...

, resulting in cold nights even during summer.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 194 people, 60 households, and 49 families residing in the town. The

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was 361.4 people per square mile (138.7/km²). There were 75 housing units at an average density of 139.7 per square mile (53.6/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 100.00%

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. There were 60 households, out of which 51.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 70.0% were married couples living together, 8.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 16.7% were non-families. 13.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 1.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.23, and the average family size was 3.62. In the town, the population was spread out, with 42.8% under the age of 18, 5.2% from 18 to 24, 24.2% from 25 to 44, 15.5% from 45 to 64, and 12.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 26 years. For every 100 females, there were 104.2 males. For every 100 females aged 18 and over, there were 109.4 males. The median income for a household in the town was $43,000, and the median income for a family was $42,750. Males had a median income of $38,333 versus $16,875 for females. The

per capita income Per capita income (PCI) or total income measures the average income earned per person in a given area (city, region, country, etc.) in a specified year. It is calculated by dividing the area's total income by its total population. Per capita i ...

for the town was $13,976. About 10.5% of families and 18.7% of the population were below the

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, including 25.0% of those under the age of eighteen and 11.4% of those 65 or over.

Notable person

* Merlo J. Pusey, journalist and Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer

References

External links

{{authority control Towns in Rich County, Utah Towns in Utah Populated places established in 1865