Editing Charleston, Utah

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{{Infobox settlement
|official_name            = Charleston, Utah
|settlement_type          = [[Town]]
|motto                    =
|image_skyline            = Charleston Utah Town Hall.jpeg
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|image_caption            = Charleston Town Hall
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|map_caption              = Location of Charleston, Utah
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<!-- Location -->
|subdivision_type         = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
|subdivision_name         = United States
|subdivision_type1        = [[U.S. state|State]]
|subdivision_name1        = [[Utah]]
|subdivision_type2        = [[List of counties in Utah|County]]
|subdivision_name2        = [[Wasatch County, Utah|Wasatch]]
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|government_footnotes     = 
|government_type          = 
|leader_title             = 
|leader_name              = 
|established_title        = Settled
|established_date         = 1858
|founder                  = Aaron Daniels
|named_for                = Charles Shelton
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|unit_pref                = Imperial
|area_footnotes           = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2019">{{cite web|title=2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2019_Gazetteer/2019_gaz_place_49.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=August 7, 2020}}</ref>
|area_total_km2           = 7.95
|area_land_km2            = 7.41
|area_water_km2           = 0.54
|area_total_sq_mi         = 3.07
|area_land_sq_mi          = 2.86
|area_water_sq_mi         = 0.21
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|population_as_of         = [[2010 United States Census|2010]]
|population_footnotes     = 
|population_total         = 415
|population_density_km2   = 65.68
|population_density_sq_mi = 170.10
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|timezone                 = [[Mountain Time Zone|Mountain (MST)]]
|utc_offset               = -7
|timezone_DST             = MDT
|utc_offset_DST           = -6
|elevation_footnotes      = <ref name=gnis/>
|elevation_ft             = 5489
|coordinates              = {{coord|40|27|58|N|111|27|36|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}}
|postal_code_type         = [[ZIP code]]
|postal_code              = 84032
|area_code                = [[Area code 435|435]]
|blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
|blank_info               = 49-12420<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=January 31, 2008}}</ref>
|blank1_name              = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
|blank1_info              = 2413190<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2413190}}</ref>
|website                  = {{URL|http://www.charlestonutah.org/}}
|footnotes                = 
}}
'''Charleston''' is a town in [[Wasatch County, Utah|Wasatch County]], [[Utah]], United States.  The population was 436 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/profile?g=160XX00US4912420 |access-date=2024-05-01 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref>

The community was named after Charles Shelton, a first settler.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Utah Genealogical and Historical Magazine, Volumes 9-10|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L7M3AQAAIAAJ&pg=RA1-PA83|year=1918|page=83}}</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|1.9|mi2|km2}}, of which {{convert|1.7|mi2|km2}} is land, and {{convert|0.2|mi2|km2}}, or 10.16%, is water.

==History==
In 1858, trapper Aaron Daniels moved to a place on the [[Provo River]] just north of where Charleston is today.<ref name=Jenson>Jenson, Andrew. ''Encyclopedic History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints''. (Salt Lake City: Deseret News Publishing Company, 1941), p. 132</ref>

The first farmers put in crops at Charleston in 1859, and the first houses were built by George Noakes and William Manning late that year near Noakes springs.  Manning and George Noakes were the only residents until 1863 when a few others moved in.  In 1866, there were about a dozen families, and after that, the population began to grow even faster.<ref name=Jenson />

Noakes was the first Presiding elder in Charleston.  Until 1877, the branch was part of the Heber Ward.  The Charleston Ward was formed in July 1877, with Nymphus C. Murdock as bishop.  The ward had 397 members in 1930, with 467 people living within the ward boundaries.<ref name=Jenson />

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|align=left
|1880= 246
|1890= 501
|1900= 490
|1910= 524
|1920= 361
|1930= 343
|1940= 323
|1950= 201
|1960= 223
|1970= 196
|1980= 320
|1990= 336
|2000= 378
|2010= 415
|estyear=2019
|estimate=487
|estref=<ref name="USCensusEst2019CenPopScriptOnlyDirtyFixDoNotUse">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/tables.2019.html|date=May 24, 2020|title=Population and Housing Unit Estimates|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=May 27, 2020}}</ref>
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
}}
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 378 people, 120 households, and 101 families residing in the town. The [[population density]] was 225.5 people per square mile ({{#expr: ((1/2.59)*225.5) round 1 }}/km<sup>2</sup>). There were 131 housing units at an average density of 78.2 per square mile ({{#expr: ((1/2.59)*78.2) round 1 }}/km<sup>2</sup>). The racial makeup of the town was 97.88% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.26% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], and 1.85% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 5.03% of the population.

There were 120 households, out of which 48.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 75.0% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 7.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 15.8% were non-families. Of all households 12.5% were made up of individuals, and 4.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.15 and the average family size was 3.49.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 33.9% under the age of 18, 7.7% from 18 to 24, 23.5% from 25 to 44, 24.1% from 45 to 64, and 10.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 98.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.9 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $42,813, and the median income for a family was $44,063. Males had a median income of $40,125 versus $24,167 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $21,836. About 2.2% of families and 3.1% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 4.2% of those under age 18 and 3.6% of those age 65 or over.

==References==
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==External links==
{{commons category|Charleston, Utah}}
* [http://www.charlestonutah.org/ Official site]
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{{Geographic Location
|Centre    = Charleston
|North     = [[Midway, Utah|Midway]]
|Northeast = [[Heber City, Utah|Heber City]]
|East      = [[Daniel, Utah|Daniel]]
|Southeast = [[Independence, Utah|Independence]]
|South     = [[Wallsburg, Utah|Wallsburg]]
|Southwest = [[Pleasant Grove, Utah|Pleasant Grove]] / ''[[Deer Creek State Park (Utah)|Deer Creek State Park]]''<br/>[[Lindon, Utah|Lindon]]<br/>[[Orem, Utah|Orem]], [[Provo, Utah|Provo]]
|West      = [[Alpine, Utah|Alpine]]<br/>[[Highland, Utah|Highland]] / ''[[Wasatch Mountain State Park]]''<br/>[[Cedar Hills, Utah|Cedar Hills]]
|Northwest = [[Alta, Utah|Alta]] / ''[[Wasatch Mountain State Park]]''
}}

{{Wasatch County, Utah}}

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[[Category:Towns in Utah]]
[[Category:Towns in Wasatch County, Utah]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1858]]
[[Category:1858 establishments in Utah Territory]]