Editing Huntsville, Utah

{{Short description|  Town in the state of Utah, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{Infobox settlement
| official_name = Huntsville, Utah
| settlement_type = [[Town]]
| nickname = McKayville
| motto = 
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| image_skyline = HuntsvilleUtah.jpeg
| imagesize = 
| image_caption = The eastern part of Huntsville
| image_flag = 
| image_seal = 
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| image_map = Weber County Utah incorporated and unincorporated areas Huntsville highlighted.svg
| mapsize = 260px
| map_caption = Location in [[Weber County, UT|Weber County]] and the state of [[Utah]]
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| 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 = [[Weber County, Utah|Weber]]
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| government_footnotes = 
| government_type = 
| leader_title = 
| leader_name = 
| established_title = Founded
| established_date = 1860
| founder = [[Jefferson Hunt]]
| established_title1 = [[Incorporated town|Incorporated]]
| established_date1 = 1924
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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|access-date=August 7, 2020}}</ref>
| area_total_km2 = 2.30
| area_land_km2 = 2.15
| area_water_km2 = 0.15
| area_total_sq_mi = 0.89
| area_land_sq_mi = 0.83
| area_water_sq_mi = 0.06
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| population_as_of = [[2010 United States Census|2010]]
| population_footnotes = 
| population_total = 608
| pop_est_as_of = 2019
| pop_est_footnotes = <ref name="USCensusEst2019CenPopScriptOnlyDirtyFixDoNotUse"/>
| population_est = 642
| population_density_km2 = 299.13
| population_density_sq_mi = 774.43
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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 = 4931
| coordinates = {{coord|41|15|36|N|111|46|21|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}}
| postal_code_type = [[ZIP code]]
| postal_code = 84317
| area_code = [[Area codes 385 and 801|385, 801]]
| blank_name = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info = 49-37060<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>
| blank1_name = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
| blank1_info = 1428949<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|1428949}}</ref>
| website = {{URL|http://www.huntsvilletown.com/}}
| footnotes = 
}}

'''Huntsville''' is a town in [[Weber County, Utah|Weber County]], [[Utah]], United States. The population was 608 at the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]]. It is located in [[Ogden Valley]]. It is part of the [[Ogden, Utah|Ogden]]&ndash;[[Clearfield, Utah|Clearfield]], Utah [[Ogden-Clearfield metropolitan area|Metropolitan Statistical Area]], as well as the [[Ogden Valley, Utah|Ogden Valley]] [[census county division]].

==History==

Huntsville was founded in 1860 by [[Jefferson Hunt]].<ref>{{cite book|title=The Utah Genealogical and Historical Magazine, Volumes 9-10|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L7M3AQAAIAAJ&pg=RA1-PA188|year=1918|page=188}}</ref>  An [[Ward (LDS Church)|LDS ward]] was organized there in 1877 with Francis Hammond as Bishop, and he was succeeded in 1885 by David McKay.  This David McKay was the father of [[David O. McKay]], later president of [[the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]].<ref>[[Andrew Jenson]]. ''Encyclopedic History of the Church'. (Salt Lake City: Deseret News Press, 1941) p. 347''</ref> A [[Trappist]] monastery, the [[Abbey of Our Lady of the Holy Trinity]], was established there in 1947, and closed after 70 years in 2017. The Shooting Star Saloon, the oldest continuously operating bar west of the Mississippi, is located in the town.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.deseret.com/1999/1/15/19423364/utah-s-oldest-saloon-haunted-by-its-history|title = Utah's oldest saloon haunted by its history|date = January 15, 1999}}</ref><ref>https://www.standard.net/news/local/utahs-shooting-star-saloon-frozen-in-time/article_4b72d513-cb95-5249-96b0-b287e3b253b4.html {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}</ref> It opened in 1879. It is known for the off-menu Star Burger: two patties with cheese, Polish knackwurst, and bacon.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Entwistle |first=Sarah |date=March 7, 2022 |title=The 28 Essential Salt Lake City Restaurants |url=https://www.eater.com/maps/best-salt-lake-city-utah-restaurants |access-date=February 20, 2023 |website=Eater |language=en}}</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of 0.7&nbsp;square miles (1.9&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>), of which 0.6&nbsp;square mile (1.7&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) is land and 0.1&nbsp;square mile (0.2&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) (9.46%) is water.

===Climate===
This [[climate|climatic]] region is typified by large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and cold (sometimes severely cold) winters.  According to the [[Köppen Climate Classification]] system, Huntsville has a [[humid continental climate]], abbreviated "Dfb" on climate maps.<ref>[http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather-summary.php3?s=531424&cityname=Huntsville%2C+Utah%2C+United+States+of+America&units= Climate Summary for Huntsville, Utah]</ref>

{{Weather box
|location = Huntsville, Utah, 1991–2020 normals, 1976-2020 extremes: 5140ft (1567m)
|single line = Yes
|collapsed   = yes
|Jan record high F = 57
|Feb record high F = 62
|Mar record high F = 77
|Apr record high F = 86
|May record high F = 93
|Jun record high F = 97
|Jul record high F = 102
|Aug record high F = 102
|Sep record high F = 95
|Oct record high F = 88
|Nov record high F = 73
|Dec record high F = 64
|year record high F = 

|Jan avg record high F = 48.5
|Feb avg record high F = 52.3
|Mar avg record high F = 65.3
|Apr avg record high F = 76.4
|May avg record high F = 84.6
|Jun avg record high F = 92.7
|Jul avg record high F = 96.6
|Aug avg record high F = 95.5
|Sep avg record high F = 89.5
|Oct avg record high F = 80.6
|Nov avg record high F = 64.1
|Dec avg record high F = 50.3
|year avg record high F = 97.4

|Jan high F = 34.2
|Feb high F = 40.7
|Mar high F = 51.2
|Apr high F = 60.3
|May high F = 71.3
|Jun high F = 81.9
|Jul high F = 90.1
|Aug high F = 89.1
|Sep high F = 79.2
|Oct high F = 64.3
|Nov high F = 47.7
|Dec high F = 35.0
|year high F =

|Jan mean F = 22.6
|Feb mean F = 27.8
|Mar mean F = 37.6
|Apr mean F = 45.5
|May mean F = 54.2
|Jun mean F = 62.2
|Jul mean F = 69.5
|Aug mean F = 68.2
|Sep mean F = 59.3
|Oct mean F = 47.2
|Nov mean F = 34.8
|Dec mean F = 23.8
|year mean F = 

|Jan low F = 10.9
|Feb low F = 14.9
|Mar low F = 24.0
|Apr low F = 30.7
|May low F = 37.2
|Jun low F = 42.6
|Jul low F = 48.9
|Aug low F = 47.3
|Sep low F = 39.3
|Oct low F = 30.2
|Nov low F = 22.0
|Dec low F = 12.7
|year low F =

|Jan avg record low F = -9.6
|Feb avg record low F = -8.2
|Mar avg record low F = 4.1
|Apr avg record low F = 16.7
|May avg record low F = 23.7
|Jun avg record low F = 30.5
|Jul avg record low F = 38.4
|Aug avg record low F = 36.0
|Sep avg record low F = 26.0
|Oct avg record low F = 16.3
|Nov avg record low F = 0.4
|Dec avg record low F = -7.4
|year avg record low F = -15.1

|Jan record low F = −33
|Feb record low F = −34
|Mar record low F = −17
|Apr record low F = 0
|May record low F = 16
|Jun record low F = 24
|Jul record low F = 31
|Aug record low F = 23
|Sep record low F = 18
|Oct record low F = 9
|Nov record low F = -16
|Dec record low F = −37
|year record low F =  

|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation inch = 2.76
|Feb precipitation inch = 2.19
|Mar precipitation inch = 2.00
|Apr precipitation inch = 1.90
|May precipitation inch = 2.14
|Jun precipitation inch = 1.34
|Jul precipitation inch = 0.69
|Aug precipitation inch = 0.78
|Sep precipitation inch = 1.31
|Oct precipitation inch = 1.79
|Nov precipitation inch = 1.80
|Dec precipitation inch = 2.44
|year precipitation inch =

|Jan snow inch = 22.50
|Feb snow inch = 17.40
|Mar snow inch = 7.20
|Apr snow inch = 3.10
|May snow inch = 0.30
|Jun snow inch = 0.00
|Jul snow inch = 0.00
|Aug snow inch = 0.00
|Sep snow inch = 0.00
|Oct snow inch = 1.80
|Nov snow inch = 7.30
|Dec snow inch = 22.80
|year snow inch = 

|source 1 = NOAA<ref name = NOAA1>
{{cite web
|url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly-1991-2020&startDate=0001-01-01&endDate=9996-12-31&stations=USC00424135&format=pdf
|title = Huntsville Monastery, Utah 1991-2020 Monthly Normals 
|access-date = November 19, 2023
}}
</ref>
|source 2 = XMACIS2 (records & monthly max/mins)<ref name = XMACIS2>
{{cite web
|url = https://xmacis.rcc-acis.org/
|publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
|title = xmACIS
|access-date = November 15, 2023
}}
</ref>
}}

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|align=left
|1870= 1051
|1880= 819
|1890= 1158
|1900= 1022
|1910= 906
|1920= 814
|1930= 520
|1940= 496
|1950= 494
|1960= 552
|1970= 553
|1980= 577
|1990= 561
|2000= 649
|2010= 608
|estyear=2019
|estimate=642
|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|access-date=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|access-date=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
}}
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 649 people, 194 households, and 163 families residing in the town. The [[population density]] was 965.3 people per square mile (374.0/km<sup>2</sup>). There were 219 housing units at an average density of 325.7 per square mile (126.2/km<sup>2</sup>). The racial makeup of the town was 98.77% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.15% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.31% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.15% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.62% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 3.08% of the population.

There were 194 households, out of which 46.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 70.6% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 10.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 15.5% were non-families. 13.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.35 and the average family size was 3.70.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 33.7% under the age of 18, 11.1% from 18 to 24, 21.4% from 25 to 44, 21.9% from 45 to 64, and 11.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females, there were 108.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 102.8 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $50,625, and the median income for a family was $52,656. Males had a median income of $37,411 versus $31,528 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $16,232. About 4.3% of families and 5.9% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 5.1% of those under age 18 and 7.6% of those age 65 or over.
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== Gallery ==
<gallery class="center">
File:HTA Abbey Road.jpg|Abbey Road of the former monastery in Huntsville
File:Aldous Cabin Huntsville Utah.jpeg|Aldous Cabin Huntsville
File:Huntsville-St Florence Catholic Church.jpg|Saint Florence Catholic Church - Huntsville
File:HTA gas pump with Snowbasin in the background.jpg|[[Snowbasin]] Ski Area from Huntsville
File:HTA Water Pump House fall colors.jpg|Fall clouds - Huntsville
File:Abbey Road Fall Leaves HTA.jpg|Fall leaves - Huntsville
File:HTA fields looking south with red and yellow leaves.jpg|Fall colors - Huntsville
File:HTA looking south by the hermitage.jpg|Cloud - Huntsville
File:Front of Pineview Dam, looking east. - Ogden Canyon Conduit, Ogden, Weber County, UT HAER UTAH,29-OGCA,2-1.tif|Pineview Dam
</gallery>

== Federal representation ==
Huntsville is located in [[Utah's 1st congressional district|Utah's First Congressional District]]. For the [[117th United States Congress]], this district is represented by [[Blake Moore]] ([[Republican Party (United States)|R]]-[[Ogden, Utah|Ogden]])<ref>{{Cite web|title=Representatives {{!}} house.gov|url= https://blakemoore.house.gov/}}</ref>

==See also==
{{portal|Utah}}
* [[List of municipalities in Utah]]

==References==
{{reflist|22em}}

==Further reading==
* (1994) [https://web.archive.org/web/20221103115741/https://www.uen.org/utah_history_encyclopedia/h/HUNTSVILLE.shtml "Huntsville"] article in the [https://www.uen.org/utah_history_encyclopedia/ ''Utah History Encyclopedia.''] The article was written by Erma H. Wilson and Stanley F. Wangsgaard and the Encyclopedia was published by the University of Utah Press. ISBN 9780874804256. Archived from [https://www.uen.org/utah_history_encyclopedia/h/HUNTSVILLE.shtml the original] on November 3, 2022 and retrieved on May 14, 2024.

==External links==
{{commons category|Huntsville, Utah}}
* [http://www.huntsvilletown.com/ Official website]

{{Geographic Location
|Centre    = Huntsville
|North     = [[Paradise, Utah|Paradise]]
|Northeast = [[Randolph, Utah|Randolph]]<br />''[[Wasatch-Cache National Forest]]'' / [[Woodruff, Utah|Woodruff]]
|East      = {{flagicon|Wyoming}} [[Evanston, Wyoming|Evanston]]
|Southeast = [[Henefer, Utah|Henefer]]
|South     = [[Morgan, Utah|Morgan]]
|Southwest = [[Uintah, Utah|Uintah]]
|West      = [[North Ogden, Utah|North Ogden]]<br />[[Ogden, Utah|Ogden]]
|Northwest = [[Mantua, Utah|Mantua]]
}}

{{Weber County, Utah}}

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[[Category:Towns in Utah]]
[[Category:Towns in Weber County, Utah]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1860]]