Editing Davis County, Utah (section)

==History==
The legislature of the provisional [[State of Deseret]] defined the county in an October 5, 1850, act, which also designated Farmington as the seat due to its location midway between boundaries at the [[Weber River]] on the north and the [[Jordan River (Utah)|Jordan River]] on the south. It was named for [[Daniel C. Davis]],<ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ|title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States|publisher=Govt. Print. Off.|author=Gannett, Henry|year=1905|page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ/page/n100 101]}}</ref> a captain in the [[Mormon Battalion]]. The county boundaries were altered in 1852, 1854, 1855, and in 1862. In 1880 the county gained part of the islands and waters of [[Great Salt Lake]] that had previously been attached to [[Salt Lake County, Utah|Salt Lake County]]. The county boundary has remained unchanged since that time.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://publications.newberry.org/ahcbp/documents/UT_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm |title=Individual County Chronologies/Davis County UT &#91;&#91;Newberry Library&#93;&#93;. (accessed March 30, 2019) |access-date=March 30, 2019 |archive-date=March 6, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306153326/http://publications.newberry.org/ahcbp/documents/UT_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>

During its first 50 years, Davis County grew slowly. With the advent of the [[Utah Central Rail Road (1869-1881)|Utah Central Rail Road]] in 1870, a transition to mechanized agriculture and a surge of commerce, banking, improved roads, new water systems, and electrification of homes began. However, by 1940, the population was barely 16,000.

With the establishment of [[Hill Air Force Base]] in northern Davis County and southern [[Weber County, Utah|Weber County]],<ref>HAFB officially opened on November 7, 1940.</ref> there was a surge in civilian employment after [[World War II]]. The county doubled in population between 1940 and 1950 and doubled again between 1950 and 1960 as part of the nationwide [[suburb]] boom that was occurring at the time. By 1990 there were 188,000 residents, and in 2000, there were 239,000. As of 2020, the county population is above 360,000.