Springdale is a town in

Washington County, Utah Washington County is a county in the southwestern corner of Utah, United States. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 180,279, making it the fifth-most populous county in Utah. Its county seat and largest city is St. Geo ...

, United States. The population was 529 at the 2010 census. It is located immediately outside the boundaries of

Zion National Park Zion National Park is an American national park located in southwestern Utah near the town of Springdale. Located at the junction of the Colorado Plateau, Great Basin, and Mojave Desert regions, the park has a unique geography and a variety o ...

, and is oriented around the resulting tourist industry. It was originally settled as a

Mormon Mormons are a religious and cultural group related to Mormonism, the principal branch of the Latter Day Saint movement started by Joseph Smith in upstate New York during the 1820s. After Smith's death in 1844, the movement split into seve ...

farming community in 1862 by evacuees from the flooding of nearby Northrop.

History

The

1992 St. George earthquake The 1992 St. George earthquake was a earthquake that occurred on September 2, 1992 at approximately 4:26 AM MDT along the Washington Fault zone near the larger Hurricane Fault about southeast of St. George in Utah, United States. The qua ...

destroyed three houses as well as above- and below-ground utilities, causing about in damage. In the Balanced Rock Hills area of Springdale, a

landslide Landslides, also known as landslips, are several forms of mass wasting that may include a wide range of ground movements, such as rockfalls, deep-seated slope failures, mudflows, and debris flows. Landslides occur in a variety of environments, ...

covered part of

Utah State Route 9 State Route 9 (SR-9) is a state highway in southern Utah, serving Zion National Park. It starts at the western terminus at exit 16 on Interstate 15 (I-15), passing through Zion National Park, and ending at the eastern junction with U.S. Route ...

, taking several hours to complete movement. The slide was about long and wide, contained boulders up to in diameter, with a total volume of and total area of .

Geography

According to the

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, the town has a total area of 4.6 square miles (12.0 km²), all land. Springdale is set in

Zion Canyon Zion Canyon (also called Little Zion, Mukuntuweap, Mu-Loon'-Tu-Weap, and Straight Cañon; ''weap'' is Paiute for canyon) is a deep and narrow gorge in southwestern Utah, United States, carved by the North Fork of the Virgin River. Nearly the entir ...

with

Mount Kinesava Mount Kinesava is a sandstone mountain summit located in Zion National Park, in Washington County of southwest Utah, United States. Description Mount Kinesava is located immediately west of Springdale, towering above the town and the floor ...

to the west, and

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to the east. The North Fork

Virgin River The Virgin River is a tributary of the Colorado River in the U.S. states of Utah, Nevada, and Arizona. The river is about long.Calculated with Google Maps and Google Earth It was designated Utah's first wild and scenic river in 2009, during th ...

courses through town shortly before the confluence with the Virgin's East Fork. Springdale sits at the western edge of the Colorado Plateau, in the transition zone between the plateau, the Great Basin and the Mojave Desert.

Demographics

As of the

census A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating information about the members of a given population. This term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common censuses in ...

of 2010, there were 529 people, 252 households, and 137 families residing in the town. The

population density Population density (in agriculture: Stock (disambiguation), standing stock or plant density) is a measurement of population per unit land area. It is mostly applied to humans, but sometimes to other living organisms too. It is a key geographical ...

was 115 people per square mile (44.1/km²). There were 327 housing units at an average density of 71.1 per square mile (27.3/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 90.2%

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, 0.9%

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, 0.6% Native American, 0.8% Asian, 5.7% from other races, and 1.9% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 11.2% of the population. There were 252 households, out of which 15.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 44.0% were

married couples Marriage, also called matrimony or wedlock, is a culturally and often legally recognized union between people called spouses. It establishes rights and obligations between them, as well as between them and their children, and between t ...

living together, 6.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 45.6% were non-families. 34.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.38 and the average family size was 2.67. In the town, the population was spread out, with 15.3% under the age of 18, 4.5% from 20 to 24, 24.2% from 25 to 44, 35.4% from 45 to 64, and 18.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 47.8 years. For every 100 females, there were 106.6 males. For every 100 women age 18 and over, there were 106.5 men. As of 2000, the median income for a household in the town was $41,607, and the median income for a family was $51,500. Males had a median income of $34,063 versus $26,667 for females. The

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for the town was $25,593. About 8.3% of families and 9.0% of the population were below the

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, including 12.0% of those under age 18 and 12.3% of those age 65 or over.

Government

The mayor is Barbara Bruno, and the council members are Randy Aton, Suzanne Elger, Jack Burns, and Lisa Zumpft.

References

External links

Springdale Town Website
{{Authority control Towns in Washington County, Utah Towns in Utah Populated places established in 1862 1862 establishments in Utah Territory