Editing Fayette, Utah

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|official_name            = Fayette, Utah
|settlement_type          = [[Town]]
|nickname                 = 
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|image_caption            = Fayette Town Hall, April 2010
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|map_caption              = Location in [[Sanpete County, Utah|Sanpete County]] and the state of [[Utah]].

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|subdivision_name         = United States
|subdivision_type1        = [[U.S. state|State]]
|subdivision_name1        = [[Utah]]
|subdivision_type2        = [[List of counties in Utah|County]]
|subdivision_name2        = [[Sanpete County, Utah|Sanpete]]

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|established_title        = Settled
|established_date         = 1861
|founder                  = James Mellor and Joseph Bartholomew 
|named_for                = [[Fayette, New York]]
|established_title1       = [[Incorporated town|Incorporated]]
|established_date1        = 1948

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|population_as_of         = [[2020 United States Census|2020]]
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|population_total         = 245
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|elevation_m              = 1540
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|postal_code_type         = [[ZIP code]]
|postal_code              = 84630
|area_code                = [[Area code 435|435]]
|blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
|blank_info               = 49-25070<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=January 31, 2008 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref>
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'''Fayette''' is a town in [[Sanpete County, Utah|Sanpete County]], [[Utah]], United States. The population was 245 at the [[2020 United States Census|2020 census]].

==History==
Founded in 1861, Fayette was originally called "Warm Creek".<ref name="History">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L7M3AQAAIAAJ&pg=RA1-PA127 | title=The Utah Genealogical and Historical Magazine, Volumes 9-10 | year=1918 | page=127}}</ref> A post office called Fayette was in operation between 1864 and 1966.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=UT&county=Sanpete| title=Post Offices | accessdate=January 22, 2018}}</ref>  The present name is after [[Fayette, New York]], the town where the LDS Church was founded.<ref name="History" />

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of 0.5&nbsp;square mile (1.2&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>), all land.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|align=left
|1880= 278
|1890= 305
|1900= 290
|1910= 209
|1920= 261
|1930= 260
|1940= 271
|1950= 200
|1960= 161
|1970= 93
|1980= 165
|1990= 183
|2000= 204
|2010= 242
|2020= 245
|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|access-date=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
}}
<ref>http://www2.census.gov/prod2/statcomp/documents/1961-02.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref><ref>https://www.census.gov/prod/cen1990/cph2/cph-2-46.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SMSOrJwVjLIC|title=Census of Population, 1960: Total Population Counts for the U.S., States, Outlying Areas, Counties, Cities, Standard Metropolitan Statistical Areas, Urban and Rural, Etc. Characteristics of the population. Number of inhabitants|date=January 1, 1961|publisher=U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census|language=en}}</ref>

As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 204 people, 64 households, and 49 families residing in the town. The [[population density]] was 421.2 people per square mile (164.1/km<sup>2</sup>). There were 73 housing units at an average density of 150.7 per square mile (58.7/km<sup>2</sup>). The racial makeup of the town was 91.18% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 2.45% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 4.41% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.96% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 4.41% of the population.

There were 64 households, out of which 46.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 70.3% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 3.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 21.9% were non-families. 21.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years or older. The average household size was 3.19, and the average family size was 3.78.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 36.8% under 18, 10.3% from 18 to 24, 19.6% from 25 to 44, 20.1% from 45 to 64, and 13.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 30 years. For every 100 females, there were 98.1 males. For every 100 females aged 18 and over, there were 92.5 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $28,750, and the median income for a family was $36,500. Males had a median income of $28,750 versus $23,750 for females. The [[per capita income]] was $17,459. About 4.8% of families and 9.8% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 9.7% of those under eighteen and none of those 65 or over.

==Education==
It is in the [[South Sanpete School District]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st49_ut/schooldistrict_maps/c49039_sanpete/DC20SD_C49039.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Sanpete County, UT|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=2024-09-28}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st49_ut/schooldistrict_maps/c49039_sanpete/DC20SD_C49039_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref>

==See also==
* {{portal-inline|Utah}}
* [[List of cities and towns in Utah]]

==References==
{{Reflist|22em}}

==External links==
{{Commons category-inline|Fayette, Utah}}

{{Geographic Location
 | Centre    = Fayette
 | North     = [[Levan, Utah|Levan]]
 | Northeast = [[Wales, Utah|Wales]], [[Spring City, Utah|Spring City]]<br />[[Ephraim, Utah|Ephraim]]
 | East      = [[Manti, Utah|Manti]]
 | Southeast = [[Sterling, Utah|Sterling]]
 | South     = [[Gunnison, Utah|Gunnison]]
 | Southwest = [[Holden, Utah|Holden]]
 | West      = [[Scipio, Utah|Scipio]]
 | Northwest = [[Leamington, Utah|Leamington]]
}}

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[[Category:Towns in Sanpete County, Utah]]
[[Category:Towns in Utah]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1861]]
[[Category:1861 establishments in Utah Territory]]