Editing Loa, Utah

{{Short description|  Town in the state of Utah, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{Infobox settlement
|official_name            = Loa, Utah
|settlement_type          = [[Town]]
|nickname                 = 
|motto                    =

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|image_skyline            = 2010-1101-LoaUT.jpg
|imagesize                = 
|image_caption            = Aerial view of Loa
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|image_seal               =

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|image_map                = Wayne County Utah incorporated and unincorporated areas Loa highlighted.svg
|mapsize                  = 260px
|map_caption              = Location in [[Wayne County, Utah|Wayne County]] and the state of [[Utah]].

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

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|government_footnotes     = 
|government_type          = 
|leader_title             = 
|leader_name              = 
|leader_title1            = 
|leader_name1             = 
|established_title        = Settled
|established_date         = 1878
|named_for                = [[Mauna Loa]]

<!-- Area -->
|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_magnitude           = 
|area_total_km2           = 2.46
|area_land_km2            = 2.46
|area_water_km2           = 0.00
|area_total_sq_mi         = 0.95
|area_land_sq_mi          = 0.95
|area_water_sq_mi         = 0.00

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|population_as_of         = [[2010 United States Census|2010]]
|population_footnotes     = 
|population_total         = 572
|population_density_km2   = 233.72
|population_density_sq_mi = 605.26

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|timezone                 = [[Mountain Time Zone|Mountain (MST)]]
|utc_offset               = &minus;7
|timezone_DST             = MDT
|utc_offset_DST           = &minus;6
|elevation_footnotes      = 
|elevation_m              = 2153
|elevation_ft             = 7064
|coordinates              = {{coord|38|24|10|N|111|38|38|W|type:city_region:US-UT|display=it}}
|postal_code_type         = [[ZIP code]]
|postal_code              = 84747
|area_code                = [[Area code 435|435]]
|blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
|blank_info               = 49-45530<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              = 1442822<ref name="GR3">{{cite web|url=http://geonames.usgs.gov|access-date=January 31, 2008|title=US Board on Geographic Names|publisher=[[United States Geological Survey]]|date=October 25, 2007}}</ref>
|website                  = 
|footnotes                = 
|pop_est_as_of = 2019
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|population_est = 575
}}
'''Loa''' is a town in, and the [[county seat]] of, [[Wayne County, Utah|Wayne County]], [[Utah]], United States,<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx|access-date=June 7, 2011|title=Find a County|publisher=National Association of Counties}}</ref> along [[Utah State Route 24|State Route 24]].  The population was 572 at the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]].<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US4945530| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212200050/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US4945530| url-status=dead| archive-date=February 12, 2020| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Loa town, Utah| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| access-date=February 4, 2013}}</ref>

==History==
A post office called Loa has been in operation since 1879.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=UT&county=Wayne | title=Wayne County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | access-date=October 18, 2015}}</ref> The town was named after [[Mauna Loa]], in Hawaii, by a Mormon missionary who had returned from that place.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=sa9SAAAAIBAJ&sjid=c38DAAAAIBAJ&pg=2503%2C5092871 | title=You name it - there's a town for it | work=The Deseret News | date=January 22, 1977 | access-date=October 18, 2015 | author=Van Atta, Dale | pages=W6}}</ref>

==Geography and climate==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of 0.9&nbsp;square mile (2.3&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>), which is all land.

Loa sits beside the only source of water known as Spring Creek, which rises {{convert|4|mi|0}} to the north where today is located the state fish hatchery. The drinking water in Loa comes from a spring near Road Creek.

Loa features a cold [[semi-arid climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]] ''BSk'').
{{Weather box
|location = Loa, Utah, 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1893–present: 7070ft (2155m)
|single line = Yes
|Jan record high F = 65
|Feb record high F = 70
|Mar record high F = 72
|Apr record high F = 81
|May record high F = 92
|Jun record high F = 98
|Jul record high F = 101
|Aug record high F = 100
|Sep record high F = 93
|Oct record high F = 84
|Nov record high F = 75
|Dec record high F = 67
|year record high F = 

|Jan avg record high F = 51.6
|Feb avg record high F = 55.6
|Mar avg record high F = 64.4
|Apr avg record high F = 73.2
|May avg record high F = 80.1
|Jun avg record high F = 88.6
|Jul avg record high F = 90.1
|Aug avg record high F = 88.2
|Sep avg record high F = 83.9
|Oct avg record high F = 75.8
|Nov avg record high F = 65.7
|Dec avg record high F = 54.3
|year avg record high F = 91.2

|Jan high F = 39.6
|Feb high F = 42.6
|Mar high F = 51.2
|Apr high F = 58.0
|May high F = 67.3
|Jun high F = 78.3
|Jul high F = 83.5
|Aug high F = 81.3
|Sep high F = 74.7
|Oct high F = 62.7
|Nov high F = 50.3
|Dec high F = 39.7
|year high F =

|Jan mean F = 24.6
|Feb mean F = 28.1
|Mar mean F = 35.8
|Apr mean F = 42.1
|May mean F = 51.1
|Jun mean F = 60.5
|Jul mean F = 66.9
|Aug mean F = 64.7
|Sep mean F = 56.8
|Oct mean F = 44.9
|Nov mean F = 33.9
|Dec mean F = 24.5
|year mean F = 

|Jan low F = 9.5
|Feb low F = 13.7
|Mar low F = 20.4
|Apr low F = 26.2
|May low F = 34.8
|Jun low F = 42.7
|Jul low F = 50.2
|Aug low F = 48.2
|Sep low F = 38.8
|Oct low F = 27.2
|Nov low F = 17.6
|Dec low F = 9.3
|year low F =

|Jan avg record low F = -7.0
|Feb avg record low F = -2.8
|Mar avg record low F = 6.9
|Apr avg record low F = 14.3
|May avg record low F = 23.2
|Jun avg record low F = 32.2
|Jul avg record low F = 41.4
|Aug avg record low F = 39.7
|Sep avg record low F = 27.3
|Oct avg record low F = 14.3
|Nov avg record low F = 2.3
|Dec avg record low F = -6.2
|year avg record low F = -10.3

|Jan record low F = −33
|Feb record low F = −37
|Mar record low F = −15
|Apr record low F = -3
|May record low F = 10
|Jun record low F = 19
|Jul record low F = 19
|Aug record low F = 23
|Sep record low F = 10
|Oct record low F = -9
|Nov record low F = -18
|Dec record low F = −28
|year record low F =  

|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation inch = 0.39
|Feb precipitation inch = 0.45
|Mar precipitation inch = 0.51
|Apr precipitation inch = 0.50
|May precipitation inch = 0.75
|Jun precipitation inch = 0.57
|Jul precipitation inch = 1.34
|Aug precipitation inch = 1.37
|Sep precipitation inch = 0.98
|Oct precipitation inch = 0.84
|Nov precipitation inch = 0.29
|Dec precipitation inch = 0.42
|year precipitation inch =

|unit precipitation days = 0.01 in
|Jan precipitation days = 4.0
|Feb precipitation days = 3.7
|Mar precipitation days = 3.6
|Apr precipitation days = 3.2
|May precipitation days = 5.6
|Jun precipitation days = 2.4
|Jul precipitation days = 7.1
|Aug precipitation days = 8.6
|Sep precipitation days = 5.0
|Oct precipitation days = 4.8
|Nov precipitation days = 2.5
|Dec precipitation days = 3.8

|Jan snow inch = 3.9
|Feb snow inch = 5.4
|Mar snow inch = 2.2
|Apr snow inch = 0.7
|May snow inch = 0.5
|Jun snow inch = 0.0
|Jul snow inch = 0.0
|Aug snow inch = 0.0
|Sep snow inch = 0.0
|Oct snow inch = 0.4
|Nov snow inch = 1.5
|Dec snow inch = 4.6
|year snow inch = 

|unit snow days = 0.1 in
|Jan snow days = 2.4
|Feb snow days = 2.2
|Mar snow days = 1.4
|Apr snow days = 0.6
|May snow days = 0.2
|Jun snow days = 0.0
|Jul snow days = 0.0
|Aug snow days = 0.0
|Sep snow days = 0.0
|Oct snow days = 0.3
|Nov snow days = 1.1
|Dec snow days = 3.0

|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=USC00425148&format=pdf
|title = Loa, Utah 1991–2020 Monthly Normals 
|access-date = November 15, 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
|1890= 411
|1900= 443
|1910= 448
|1920= 499
|1930= 343
|1940= 396
|1950= 437
|1960= 359
|1970= 324
|1980= 364
|1990= 444
|2000= 525
|2010= 572
|estyear=2019
|estimate=575
|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 525 people, 165 households, and 134 families residing in the town. The [[population density]] was 595.5 people per square mile (230.3/km<sup>2</sup>). There were 203 housing units at an average density of 230.3 per square mile (89.1/km<sup>2</sup>). The racial makeup of the town was 99.24% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.38% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]] and 0.38% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]]. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.71% of the population.

There were 165 households, out of which 46.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 74.5% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 3.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 18.2% were non-families. 16.4% of all households were made up of single individuals and 10.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.14 and the average family size was 3.56.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 37.0% under the age of 18, 10.1% from 18 to 24, 21.0% from 25 to 44, 18.3% from 45 to 64, and 13.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 28 years. For every 100 females, there were 99.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.0 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $33,750, and the median income for a family was $35,341. Males had a median income of $25,357 versus $21,250 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $18,842. About 8.5% of families and 11.7% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 13.9% of those under age 18 and 8.6% of those age 65 or over.

==Gallery==
[[File:loa.jpg|thumb|left|Rain over Loa]]
[[File:LDS Church, Loa, Utah.jpg|thumb|none|LDS church in Loa]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Further reading==
* (1994) [https://web.archive.org/web/20240321165452/https://www.uen.org/utah_history_encyclopedia/l/LOA.shtml "Loa"] article in the [https://www.uen.org/utah_history_encyclopedia/ ''Utah History Encyclopedia.''] The article was written by Kenneth R. Williams and the Encyclopedia was published by the University of Utah Press. ISBN 9780874804256. Archived from [https://www.uen.org/utah_history_encyclopedia/l/LOA.shtml the original] on March 21, 2024 and retrieved on June 22, 2024.

{{Geographic Location
|Centre    = Loa
|North     = [[Mayfield, Utah|Mayfield]]
|Northeast = [[Emery, Utah|Emery]]
|East      = [[Lyman, Utah|Lyman]]
|Southeast = [[Bicknell, Utah|Bicknell]]
|South     = [[Escalante, Utah|Escalante]]
|Southwest = [[Antimony, Utah|Antimony]]
|West      = [[Junction, Utah|Junction]]<br/>[[Kingston, Utah|Kingston]]
|Northwest = [[Salina, Utah|Salina]]<br/>[[Glenwood, Utah|Glenwood]]<br/>[[Koosharem, Utah|Koosharem]] / ''[[Fish Lake (Utah)|Fish Lake]]''
}}

{{Wayne County, Utah}}
{{Utah county seats}}

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[[Category:Towns in Utah]]
[[Category:Towns in Wayne County, Utah]]
[[Category:County seats in Utah]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1878]]