Editing South Jordan, Utah (section)

===Twentieth century===

In the late 1890s, [[alfalfa]] hay was introduced and took the place of tougher native grasses which had been used up to that point for feed for livestock.  In good years, alfalfa could produce three crops that were stored for winter. [[Sugar beets]] were introduced to South Jordan around 1910. Farmers liked sugar beets because they could be sold for cash at the [[Utah-Idaho Sugar Company]] factory in West Jordan.<ref>{{Harvnb|Bateman|1998|p=24}}</ref>

A big celebration was held on January 14, 1914, to commemorate the arrival of electrical power, the addition of a water tank and supply system for indoor pumping and a new park for South Jordan.<ref>{{cite news | title=Big Celebration at South Jordan | newspaper=Deseret News | location=Salt Lake City | date=January 17, 1914}}</ref>  By the 1930s, the area needed a water tank to store water for residents living further west.  The only way to get a federal grant was to [[municipal corporation|incorporate]] and become a city.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/179936/COMMUNITY-PROFILE--SOUTH-JORDAN.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120113234747/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/179936/COMMUNITY-PROFILE--SOUTH-JORDAN.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=January 13, 2012 | title=Community Profile: South Jordan | newspaper=Deseret News | location=Salt Lake City | date=August 26, 1991 | access-date=March 22, 2010}}</ref>  Citizens voted to incorporate on November 8, 1935, and immediately issued bonds to obtain money for the water tank.  The city was initially governed by a Town Board with responsibilities over parks, water and the cemetery.  In 1978, the city moved to a [[mayor-council]] form of government and assumed local supervision of police, fire, road and building inspections from [[Salt Lake County]].<ref>{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=hiVVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-X8DAAAAIBAJ&pg=1824,7330368 | title=South Jordan in transition period | newspaper=Deseret News | page=S7 | location=Salt Lake City | date=September 27, 1978 | access-date=March 15, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0oMOAAAAIBAJ&pg=6048,2308888&dq=south+jordan&hl=en | title=Riverton police chief want to keep out of politics | newspaper=Deseret News | location=Salt Lake City | date=August 9, 1978 | access-date=March 22, 2010}}</ref>

One of the worst school bus accidents in United States history occurred on December 1, 1938.  A bus loaded with 38 students from South Jordan, Riverton, and Bluffdale crossed in front of an oncoming train that was obscured by fog and snow.  The bus was broadsided killing the bus driver and 23 students.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=aYUbAAAAIBAJ&pg=1273,590460&dq=south+jordan+bus+crash&hl=en | title=Casualty Toll in Bus Tragedy Mounts to 24 | newspaper=Pittsburgh Press | date=December 2, 1938 | access-date=March 19, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=18IcAAAAIBAJ&pg=6924,3646677&dq=south+jordan+bus+crash&hl=en | title=New Crash Death Boosts Bus-Train Fatalities To 23 | newspaper=Deseret News | location=Salt Lake City | date=December 2, 1938 | access-date=March 19, 2010}}</ref>
The concern about bus safety from the South Jordan accident led to changes in state and eventually federal law mandating that buses stop and open the doors before proceeding into a railroad crossing.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.deseret.com/2009/10/21/20347488/about-utah-bus-crash-in-1938-led-to-train-laws | title=Bus crash in 1938 led to train laws | newspaper=Deseret News | location=Salt Lake City | date=October 20, 2009 | access-date=March 19, 2010}}</ref>  The same railroad crossing was the site of many other crashes in the following years with the last deadly crash occurring on December 31, 1995, when three teens died while crossing the tracks in their car.<ref>{{cite news | title=New Year's Wrecks Kill Six, Including 3 in Train Collision | newspaper=Salt Lake Tribune | location=Salt Lake City | date=January 2, 2006}}</ref>  The crossing was finally closed, but not until crashes occurred in 1997<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.deseret.com/1997/7/29/19326200/caption-only-s-jordan-driver-walks-away-from-train-wreck | title=S. Jordan driver walks away from train wreck| newspaper=Deseret News | location=Salt Lake City | date=July 29, 1997 | access-date=March 15, 2012}}</ref> and 2002.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.deseret.com/2002/1/15/19631759/man-critical-after-truck-train-crash | title=Man critical after truck-train crash | newspaper=Deseret News | location=Salt Lake City | date=January 15, 2002 | access-date=March 15, 2022}}</ref>

[[File:Jordan River Temple 3.jpg|thumb|right|alt=Looking at a spire of a church coming up out of the trees|[[Jordan River Utah Temple]], March 2006]]
In 1950, Salt Lake County had {{convert|489,000|acre|ha}} devoted to farming.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.agcensus.usda.gov/Publications/Historical_Publications/1950/vol%201%20Utah%20Nevada/34065055v1p31ch2.pdf | title=Statistics for Counties | work=1950 Census of Agriculture | publisher=United States Department of Agriculture | access-date=March 29, 2010 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111004161414/http://www.agcensus.usda.gov/Publications/Historical_Publications/1950/vol%201%20Utah%20Nevada/34065055v1p31ch2.pdf | archive-date=October 4, 2011}}</ref>  But by 1992, due to increasing population, land devoted to farming had decreased to {{convert|108,000|acre|ha}}.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.agcensus.usda.gov/Publications/1992/Volume_1_Chapter_2_County_Tables/Utah/ut2_01.pdf | title=County Summary Highlights: 1992 | work=1992 Census of Agriculture | publisher=United States Department of Agriculture | access-date=March 29, 2010 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100307173911/http://www.agcensus.usda.gov/Publications/1992/Volume_1_Chapter_2_County_Tables/Utah/ut2_01.pdf | archive-date=March 7, 2010}}</ref>  As a result of this [[urbanization]], South Jordan's economy went from agrarian to being a [[bedroom community]] of Salt Lake City.  Kennecott Land began a development in 2004 called Daybreak, which is a {{convert|4,200|acre|ha|adj=on}} planned community that will contain more than 20,000 homes and includes commercial and retail space.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.deseret.com/2009/8/23/20336304/bench-mark-mogul-of-daybreak-aims-to-shape-western-salt-lake-valley-s-future | title=Bench mark: Mogul of Daybreak aims to shape western Salt Lake Valley's future | newspaper=Deseret News | location=Salt Lake City | date=August 22, 2009 | access-date=March 15, 2022}}</ref>  In 2022, the remaining {{convert|1,300|acre|ha|adj=on}} undeveloped land was sold to Larry H. Miller Group.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.sltrib.com/news/2021/04/12/larry-h-millers-real/ | title=Larry H. Miller's real estate arm makes big move, buys booming Daybreak in South Jordan | newspaper=Salt Lake Tribune | date=April 12, 2022 | access-date=March 15, 2022}}</ref>  In 1981, the [[Jordan River Utah Temple]] was completed.  In 2009, the [[Oquirrh Mountain Utah Temple]] was completed and became the second temple to be built in South Jordan.  South Jordan was the first city in the world to have two temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, namely the Oquirrh Mountain Utah Temple and the Jordan River Utah Temple. The second city to carry that distinction is [[Provo, Utah]], about 30 miles to the south of South Jordan.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://churchofjesuschristtemples.org/oquirrh-mountain-utah-temple/ | title=Oquirrh Mountain Utah Temple | work=Temples | publisher=Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | access-date=October 6, 2012}}</ref> In May 2003 the Sri Ganesha Hindu Temple was completed.<ref>[cite web | url=//www.utahganeshatemple.org/mission | completed </ref>