Editing Rocky Ridge, Utah (section)

==History==
The original community in the area was known as '''York''' and was the southern terminus of the [[Utah Southern Railroad (1871–1881)|Utah Southern Railroad]] from February 1875 to May 1979.<ref name="about us"/> (The Utah Southern Railroad was controlled by the [[Union Pacific Railroad]].)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://utahrails.net/utahrails/us-rr-1870-1881.php |title=Utah Southern Railroad (1870-1881) Utah Southern Railroad Extension (1879-1881) |last=Strack |first=Don |website=utahrails.net |date=February 17, 2018 |access-date=February 23, 2018}}</ref> However, after the railroad was extended further south, the community of York was essentially abandoned.<ref name="about us"/><ref>{{cite book |title=Utah Place Names: A Comprehensive Guide to the Origins of Geographic Names: A Compilation |last=Van Cott |first=John W. |publisher=[[University of Utah Press]] |location=Salt Lake City |page=408 |year=1990 |isbn=978-0-87480-345-7 |oclc=797284427}}</ref> A [[post office]] had been established in the community in 1875, but it closed in 1879.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=UT&county=Juab |title=Post Offices: Utah: Juab |last=Forte |first=Jim |website=postalhistory.com |access-date=February 23, 2018}}</ref>

Nearly a century passed without much change, but by 1971 Marvin L. Allred had purchased {{convert|225|acres|ha}} in the area and I‑15 had been completed to just north of the Juab‑[[Utah County, Utah|Utah]] county line. Over the next quarter century the community (which had become known as locally as '''Allred Ranch''')<ref name="newest">{{cite news |url=https://www.deseretnews.com/article/491273/NEWEST-TOWN-IN-EAST-JUAB-MAY-BECOME-ROCKY-RIDGE.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180224114158/https://www.deseretnews.com/article/491273/NEWEST-TOWN-IN-EAST-JUAB-MAY-BECOME-ROCKY-RIDGE.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 24, 2018 |title=Newest Town in East Juab May become Rocky Ridge |author=<!--Staff article, no byline--> |newspaper=[[Deseret News]] |publisher=[[Deseret Digital Media]] |location=Salt Lake City |date=May 24, 1996 |access-date=February 23, 2018}}</ref> continued growing, with the completion of I‑15 through the valley and the addition of more than {{convert|950|acres|ha}} to the community.<ref name="about us"/>

In May 1996, the Juab County Commissioners received a petition to incorporate the area under the name "Rocky Ridge". (A few years prior some residents of the area had petitioned unsuccessfully for incorporation under the name "York".) The later petition indicated that the population of the area had reached 210.<ref name="newest"/> By October of that year, the petition for incorporation was approved.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.deseretnews.com/article/522295/NEW-TOWN-OF-ROCKY-RIDGE-WINS-JUAB-COUNTY-APPROVAL.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180224114028/https://www.deseretnews.com/article/522295/NEW-TOWN-OF-ROCKY-RIDGE-WINS-JUAB-COUNTY-APPROVAL.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 24, 2018 |title=New Town of Rocky Ridge Wins Juab County Approval |author=<!--Staff article, no byline--> |newspaper=[[Deseret News]] |publisher=[[Deseret Digital Media]] |location=Salt Lake City |date=October 31, 1996 |access-date=February 23, 2018}}</ref>