Editing Hildale, Utah (section)

=== Early years ===
In 1914 a small school was built, followed by a post office. Much of Hildale's history is wrapped up in its association with the [[Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints]] (FLDS), and two additional polygamist breakoffs. Throughout the majority of its history, community members faced scrutiny and government intervention. In 1953 Arizona Governor [[John Howard Pyle]] ordered a raid of the surrounding community which led to many arrests. The following year, the Utah government attempted the same. The two events are collectively known as The [[Short Creek raid]]s. Utah continued its enforcement by separating children from Families, starting with the family of Vera Black.<ref>Driggs, Ken (Winter 1992). "Who Shall Raise the Children? Vera Black and the Rights of Polygamous Utah Parents". ''[[Utah Historical Quarterly]]''. '''60''' (1): 27–46. [[Doi (identifier)|doi]]:10.2307/45063508. [[JSTOR (identifier)|JSTOR]] 45063508. [[S2CID (identifier)|S2CID]] 254436238.</ref>

The FLDS church's private trust, which evolved into a charitable trust, was the [[United Effort Plan]]. A major component of that trust included members of the church "consecrating", or donating, their property to the trust, with the understanding it would be put to its best use. Because of this practice, and increasing wealth that the trust purchased property, a vast majority of the real property in Hildale was controlled by single legal entity which wielded quite a bit of power, and influenced land-use decisions. The majority of the area was developed as very low-density, with large homes to accommodate complex family structures, and a great deal of agricultural land.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Barlow |first=Richard J. |date=2017-05-31 |title=2018 Hildale City Proposed Budget: Condensed History of Hildale |url=https://www.hildalecity.com/sites/default/files/fileattachments/city_administration/page/2460/2018-hildale-city-adopted-budget.pdf |access-date=2024-06-04 |website=Hildale City}}</ref> After the trust's control was taken by Utah in 2005, then transitioned back to a board, the large square footage homes that originally housed multiple families, has complicated the homes being transitioned back for private use.<ref>{{Cite web |title=More Information |url=https://ueptrust.com/info/ |access-date=2024-06-05 |website=ueptrust.com}}</ref>

Hildale eventually incorporated as a town in 1963, and a city in 1990.