Editing Spanish Fork, Utah

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| motto                           = "Pride and Progress"
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| map_caption                     = Location in [[Utah County, UT|Utah County]] and the state of [[Utah]]
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}}

'''Spanish Fork''' is a city in [[Utah County, Utah]], United States.<ref name=gnis/> It is part of the [[Provo–Orem metropolitan area]]. The 2020 census reported a population of 42,602.<ref>{{cite web|last=Herald|first=TIM VANDENACK Special to the Daily|title=Lehi, Eagle Mountain, Saratoga Springs and Vineyard motor Utah County's growth|url=https://www.heraldextra.com/news/local/lehi-eagle-mountain-saratoga-springs-and-vineyard-motor-utah-countys-growth/article_8623b927-083c-52f3-9fb5-c358db62d48f.html|access-date=2021-08-18|website=Daily Herald|language=en|url-status=dead|archive-date=2021-08-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210818080841/https://www.heraldextra.com/news/local/lehi-eagle-mountain-saratoga-springs-and-vineyard-motor-utah-countys-growth/article_8623b927-083c-52f3-9fb5-c358db62d48f.html}}</ref> Spanish Fork is the 20th largest city in Utah based on official 2017 estimates from the US Census Bureau.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://worldpopulationreview.com/us-cities/spanish-fork-ut-population/|title = Spanish Fork, Utah Population 2021 (Demographics, Maps, Graphs)|archive-date=2021-06-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210618052652/https://worldpopulationreview.com/us-cities/spanish-fork-ut-population}}</ref>

Spanish Fork lies in the [[Utah Valley]], with the [[Wasatch Range]] to the east and [[Utah Lake]] to the northwest. [[Interstate 15 in Utah|I-15]] passes the northwest side of the city. [[Payson, Utah|Payson]] is approximately six miles to the southwest, [[Springville, Utah|Springville]] lies about four miles to the northeast, and [[Salem, Utah|Salem]] is approximately 4.5 miles to the south.<ref>{{cite book |author=DeLorme|date=2014|title=Utah Atlas & Gazetteer, 9th edition|publisher=DeLorme|page=25|isbn=9780899332550}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.distance-cities.com/distance-salem-ut-to-spanish-fork-ut|title = Distance between Salem, UT and Spanish Fork, UT}}</ref>

==History==
Spanish Fork was settled in 1851 by members of [[the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] as part of the [[Mormon Pioneers|Mormon Pioneers']] settlement of [[Utah Territory]]. Its name derives from a visit to the area by two [[Franciscan]] friars from [[Spain]], [[Silvestre Vélez de Escalante]] and [[Francisco Atanasio Domínguez]] in 1776, who followed the stream down Spanish Fork canyon with the objective of opening a new trail from [[Santa Fe, New Mexico]], to the [[Spanish missions in California]], along a route later followed by fur trappers.{{Citation needed|date=April 2019}} They described the area inhabited by [[Native Americans in the United States|Native Americans]] as having "spreading meadows, where there is sufficient irrigable land for two good settlements.... Over and above these finest of advantages, it has plenty of firewood and timber in the adjacent sierra which surrounds it—many sheltered spots, waters, and pasturages, for raising cattle and sheep and horses."<ref>{{Cite book |last=Vélez de Escalante |first=Silvestre |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/44963604 |title=The Domínguez-Escalante journal : their expedition through Colorado, Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico in 1776 |date=1995 |publisher=University of Utah Press |others=Ted J. Warner |isbn=0-585-19728-8 |location=Salt Lake City |oclc=44963604}}</ref>

In 1851, some settlers led by William Pace set up scattered farms in the Spanish Fork bottom lands and called the area the Upper Settlement. However, a larger group congregated at what became known as the Lower Settlement just over a mile northwest of the present center of Spanish Fork along the [[Spanish Fork (river)|Spanish Fork]] river. In December 1851, [[Stephen Markham]], who was severely wounded outside [[Carthage Jail]] in [[Carthage, Illinois]] while attempting to defend [[Joseph Smith]] and other church leaders from a mob in 1844, became the [[branch president|president]] of the first church congregation (branch) at the Lower Settlement.<ref name=jenson/>{{rp|823}}

In 1852, Latter-day Saints founded a settlement called [[Palmyra, Utah|Palmyra]] west of the historic center of Spanish Fork. [[George A. Smith]] supervised the laying out of a townsite, including a temple square in that year.<ref name=jenson>{{cite book|last=Jenson|first=Andrew|date=1941|title=Encyclopedic History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints|location=Salt Lake City, Utah|publisher=Deseret Book}}</ref>{{rp|631–632}} A fort and a school were built at the Palmyra site in 1852.<ref name=jenson/>{{rp|824}} With the onset of the [[Walkara|Walker War]] in 1853, most of the farmers in the region who were not yet in the Palmyra fort moved in.<ref name=jenson/>{{rp|631}} Some of the people did not like this site and so moved to a different site at the mouth of Spanish Fork Canyon, where they built a structure they called "Fort St. Luke".<ref name=jenson/>{{rp|256–257}} Also in 1854 there was a fort founded approximately {{convert|2|mi}} south of the center of Spanish Fork that later was known as the "Old Fort".<ref name=jenson/>{{rp|823}}

Between 1855 and 1860, the arrival of pioneers from [[Iceland]] made Spanish Fork the first permanent Icelandic settlement in the United States.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Jackson|first=Thorstina|date=1925|title=Icelandic Communities in America: Cultural Backgrounds and Early Settlements|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/3005071|journal=The Journal of Social Forces|volume=3|number=4|pages=681|doi=10.2307/3005071|jstor=3005071 |s2cid=147332269 |access-date=2022-08-09}}</ref> The city also lent its name to the 1865 Treaty of Spanish Fork, where the [[Ute people|Utes]] were forced by an [[Executive order (United States)|Executive Order]] of President [[Abraham Lincoln]] to relocate to the [[Uintah Basin]].{{Citation needed|date=April 2019}}

==Geography==
===Climate===
Spanish Fork has a dry-summer [[continental climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]]: ''Dsa'') with cold, snowy winters and hot, dry summers.{{weather box
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| precipitation colour = green
| width = auto
| location = Spanish Fork Power House, Utah, 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1909–present
| Jan record high F = 69
| Feb record high F = 72
| Mar record high F = 81
| Apr record high F = 87
| May record high F = 99
| Jun record high F = 109
| Jul record high F = 108
| Aug record high F = 104
| Sep record high F = 101
| Oct record high F = 89
| Nov record high F = 79
| Dec record high F = 68
| year record high F =

|Jan avg record high F = 51.1
|Feb avg record high F = 59.6
|Mar avg record high F = 71.9
|Apr avg record high F = 80.2
|May avg record high F = 88.9
|Jun avg record high F = 97.0
|Jul avg record high F = 100.1
|Aug avg record high F = 97.8
|Sep avg record high F = 91.9
|Oct avg record high F = 81.7
|Nov avg record high F = 66.7
|Dec avg record high F = 53.7
|year avg record high F = 101.1

| Jan high F = 38.3
| Feb high F = 45.1
| Mar high F = 56.6
| Apr high F = 64.2
| May high F = 74.3
| Jun high F = 85.7
| Jul high F = 93.1
| Aug high F = 90.7
| Sep high F = 81.1
| Oct high F = 66.8
| Nov high F = 50.8
| Dec high F = 38.4
| year high F = 65.4
| Jan mean F = 30.1
| Feb mean F = 35.4
| Mar mean F = 44.7
| Apr mean F = 51.1
| May mean F = 60.0
| Jun mean F = 69.5
| Jul mean F = 77.1
| Aug mean F = 75.2
| Sep mean F = 66.0
| Oct mean F = 53.7
| Nov mean F = 40.9
| Dec mean F = 30.6
| year mean F = 52.9
| Jan low F = 22.0	
| Feb low F = 25.7
| Mar low F = 32.7
| Apr low F = 37.9
| May low F = 45.6
| Jun low F = 53.3
| Jul low F = 61.1
| Aug low F = 59.7
| Sep low F = 50.9
| Oct low F = 40.5
| Nov low F = 31.0
| Dec low F = 22.7
| year low F = 40.3

|Jan avg record low F = 5.3
|Feb avg record low F = 9.7
|Mar avg record low F = 18.3
|Apr avg record low F = 25.7
|May avg record low F = 33.4
|Jun avg record low F = 41.1
|Jul avg record low F = 51.6
|Aug avg record low F = 50.8
|Sep avg record low F = 37.9
|Oct avg record low F = 26.7
|Nov avg record low F = 13.9
|Dec avg record low F = 5.2
|year avg record low F = 0.8

| Jan record low F = -16
| Feb record low F = -20
| Mar record low F = 1
| Apr record low F = 10
| May record low F = 21
| Jun record low F = 29
| Jul record low F = 38
| Aug record low F = 38
| Sep record low F = 26
| Oct record low F = 8
| Nov record low F = -6
| Dec record low F = -19
| year record low F = 
| Jan precipitation inch = 2.11
| Feb precipitation inch = 2.08
| Mar precipitation inch = 2.16
| Apr precipitation inch = 2.47
| May precipitation inch = 2.11
| Jun precipitation inch = 0.97
| Jul precipitation inch = 0.57
| Aug precipitation inch = 0.74
| Sep precipitation inch = 1.40
| Oct precipitation inch = 1.81
| Nov precipitation inch = 1.80
| Dec precipitation inch = 1.97
| year precipitation inch = 20.19
|Jan snow inch = 17.3
|Feb snow inch = 14.1
|Mar snow inch = 6.8
|Apr snow inch = 4.2
|May snow inch = 0.0
|Jun snow inch = 0.0
|Jul snow inch = 0.0
|Aug snow inch = 0.0
|Sep snow inch = 0.0
|Oct snow inch = 0.5
|Nov snow inch = 7.4
|Dec snow inch = 15.7
|year snow inch = 66.0
| unit precipitation days = 0.01 in
| Jan precipitation days = 9.9
| Feb precipitation days = 9.5
| Mar precipitation days = 9.3
| Apr precipitation days = 10.8
| May precipitation days = 8.8
| Jun precipitation days = 4.9
| Jul precipitation days = 3.8
| Aug precipitation days = 5.4
| Sep precipitation days = 6.1
| Oct precipitation days = 7.1
| Nov precipitation days = 8.1
| Dec precipitation days = 9.8
| year precipitation days = 93.5
| unit snow days = 0.1 in
|Jan snow days = 6.5
|Feb snow days = 5.2
|Mar snow days = 2.9
|Apr snow days = 1.9
|May snow days = 0.0
|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 = 3.3
|Dec snow days = 6.7
|year snow days = 26.8
| source 1 = [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration|NOAA]]<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.weather.gov/wrh/climate?wfo=slc|title = NOWData – NOAA Online Weather Data|publisher= National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration|access-date = November 25, 2022
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly-1991-2020&stations=USC00428119&format=pdf&dataTypes=MLY-TMAX-NORMAL,MLY-TMIN-NORMAL,MLY-TAVG-NORMAL,MLY-PRCP-NORMAL,MLY-SNOW-NORMALL|title = Summary of Monthly Normals 1991–2020|publisher= National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration|access-date = November 25, 2022
}}</ref>
}}

==Demographic==
{{US Census population
|1860= 773
|1870= 1450
|1880= 2304
|1890= 2686
|1900= 3327
|1910= 3751
|1920= 4035
|1930= 3727
|1940= 4167
|1950= 5230
|1960= 6472
|1970= 7284
|1980= 9825
|1990= 11272
|2000= 20246
|2010= 34691
|2020= 42602
|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 [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]], there were 34,691 people, 9,069 households, and 7,885 families residing in the city. The [[population density]] was 2,252.7 people per square mile (871.6/km{{sup|2}}). There were 9,440 housing units, at an average density of 613.0 per square mile (237.2/km{{sup|2}}). The [[Race and ethnicity in the United States Census|ethnical makeup]] of the city was 90.9% European American, 0.4% African American, 0.5% Native American, 0.6% Asian, 0.7% Pacific Islander, 4.4% some other ethnicity, and 2.5% from two or more ethnicities. Hispanic or Latino of any ethnicity were 10.6% of the population.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=https://www.census.gov| title=Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (DP-1): Spanish Fork city, Utah| publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]| access-date=March 8, 2012}}</ref> As for ages, the population was quite young with 40.9% being under the age of 18, 53.6% aged 18–64 and 5.5% over the age of 65.<ref name="Quick Facts Spanish Fork city, Utah">{{cite web|url=http://censusviewer.com/city/UT/Spanish%20Fork%20(corporate%20name%20for%20Spanish%20Fork%20City)%20049Utah|title=Spanish Fork (Spanish Fork City), Utah&nbsp;— Overview|publisher=United States Census Bureau, Moonshadow Mobile CensusViewer|access-date=November 30, 2018|url-status=dead|archive-date=2018-12-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181201051402/http://censusviewer.com/city/UT/Spanish%20Fork%20(corporate%20name%20for%20Spanish%20Fork%20City)%20049Utah}}</ref>

At the 2000 census, the median income for a household in the city was $62,805, and the median income for a family was $64,909. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $17,162. About 4.3% of families and 6.2% of the population were below the [[Poverty threshold|poverty line]].

==Economy==
{{Update span|text=Mountain Country Foods is currently Spanish Fork's largest private employer with 350 employees. Eight other businesses employ one hundred or more workers: SAPA, Klune Industries, Longview Fibre, Nature's Sunshine, Rocky Mountain Composites, J.C. Penney, Western Wats, and Provo Craft.|date=April 2019}}<ref name="SFCED">{{cite web|url=http://www.spanishfork.org/dept/econdev/majorEmployers.php|title=Spanish Fork City Economic Development|date=n.d.|publisher=Spanish Fork, Utah|url-status=dead|archive-date=2016-12-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161201172246/http://www.spanishfork.org/dept/econdev/majorEmployers.php}}</ref>

Spanish Fork has a predominantly [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints|LDS]] population. There are seventy-four [[Ward (LDS Church)|LDS wards]] in nine [[Stake (Latter Day Saints)#The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints|stakes]] in the southern [[Utah Valley]] and a temple, the [[Payson Utah Temple]], which opened in June 2015. The majority of residents are [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints|Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] just like all of Utah County.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://churchofjesuschristtemples.org/payson-utah-temple/|title=The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Church Temples|date=n.d.|publisher=Church of Jesus Christ Temples}}</ref>

There are other churches in town: the [[Presbyterianism|Presbyterian Church]] established a church and mission day school in 1882. The school functioned until the state school system was inaugurated in the early part of the twentieth century. Today there are nine public elementary schools, two intermediate, and two high schools of the [[Nebo School District]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nebo.edu/ |title=Nebo School District |publisher=Nebo.edu |date= |access-date=2022-03-20}}</ref>

A [[Lutheranism|Lutheran]] church, established by immigrants from [[Iceland]], was built on the east bench of Spanish Fork.<ref name=powell>{{cite book|last=Powell|first=Allan Kent|date=1994|title=Utah History Encyclopedia|location=Salt Lake City, Utah|publisher=University of Utah Press|isbn=9780874804256|url={{Google books|g7d5AAAAMAAJ|plainurl=yes}}}}</ref> There is also the Faith Baptist Church, a [[Baptists|Baptist]] congregation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.usachurches.org/church/faith-baptist-church.htm|title = Faith Baptist Church|date=n.d.|publisher=USAChurch.org}}</ref>

A [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] church serves the Catholics of southern Utah Valley; many happen to be of [[Italians|Italian]] descent (see [[Utah Italians]]), [[Hispanic]]s, [[Filipino Americans]], and some [[Greek Catholic Church|Greek Catholics]] from the [[Balkans]].<ref name=powell/>

ISKCON, the international society of Krishna Consciousness, have built a [[Sri Sri Radha Krishna Temple (Spanish Fork)|temple]] in Spanish Fork, run by Caru Das, the temple priest. [[Indian Americans]] form a small but noticeable community in the Spanish Fork-[[Provo, Utah|Provo]] area (especially in the neighboring town of [[Springville, Utah|Springville]]).<ref>{{cite web|author=Tony Blair |url=http://iskcon.org/ |title=Home - ISKCON - The Hare Krishna Movement |publisher=ISKCON |date= |accessdate=2022-03-20}}</ref>

In Utah Valley's historical settlement by immigrants, Scandinavians (most notably [[Icelanders]]); as well as [[Swiss people]]; [[Spanish Americans]], [[Hispanic]]s or [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Latino]]s; [[English Americans]], [[Irish Americans]] and [[Scottish Americans]] are prevalent ethnocultural groups in Spanish Fork, and the nearby towns of [[Salem, Utah|Salem]] and [[Payson, Utah|Payson]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.citytowninfo.com/places/utah/spanish-fork|title = Spanish Fork, Utah - City Information, Fast Facts, Schools, Colleges, and More}}</ref>

==Arts and culture==
===Sights===
The Angelus Theatre in Spanish Fork hosts live shows, collaborating with theater companies including ''Great Hall Theatrical Experiences'' and''Cobb&Co'', and other events such as live music or rock bands.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://archives.lib.byu.edu/agents/corporate_entities/1028 | title=Angelus Theatre &#124; BYU Library - Special Collections }}</ref>

===Events===
Spanish Fork City hosts five large-scale events each year: Fiesta Days, Icelandic Days, the Harvest Moon Hurrah, the Festival of Lights, and the Festival of Colors.{{Citation needed|date=April 2019}}

====Icelandic Days====
The Icelandic Association of Utah was founded in 1897 and hosts Iceland Days every year. The association picked June because [[Icelandic Independence Day]], or National Day, is June 17.

Spanish Fork was the first Icelandic settlement in the United States, after Icelanders who joined the [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints|Church of Jesus Christ]] were expelled from that country, according to association spokesman Glenn Grossman.{{Citation needed|date=April 2019}} Although other nationalities helped found the town, under colonizer [[Brigham Young]], Icelanders kept their identity and celebrate it with their culture every year during the three-day event.

====Harvest Moon Hurrah====
The Harvest Moon Hurrah is sponsored by the Spanish Fork Arts Council and takes place on a Saturday in September closest to the date of the full moon. Activities include children's crafts and activities, a giant paint-it-yourself mural, storyteller, old-fashioned family photos, caricature artist, clown and balloon animals, hay rides with live bluegrass band, and live entertainment. The 2009 Hurrah was headlined by [[Peter Breinholt]], a local musician.<ref name="hurrah">{{cite web|url=http://www.spanishfork.org/dept/parkrec/arts/hurrah.php|title=Harvest Moon Hurrah|date=n.d.|publisher=Spanish Fork, Utah|url-status=dead|archive-date=2013-01-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116044405/http://www.spanishfork.org/dept/parkrec/arts/hurrah.php}}</ref>
[[File:Festival of Colors at the Krishna Temple near Spanish Fork, Utah 2012.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|Festival of Colors at the Sri Sri Radha Krishna Temple in Spanish Fork]]

====Festival of Colors====
The [[Sri Sri Radha Krishna Temple (Spanish Fork)|Sri Sri Radha Krishna Temple]] (erected by Christopher Warden, an [[International Society for Krishna Consciousness]] follower<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.utahkrishnas.org/utah-krishna-pioneers-2/|title = Utah Krishna Pioneers|date =1994|last=Young|first=Chad}}</ref>)  celebrates [[Holi]] and is known for the  ''Festival of Colors'' where thousands of people gather from all over the country.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.utahkrishnas.org/festival-colors/|title = Holi - Festival of Colors|date =n.d.|publisher=Utah Krishnas}}</ref>
====Fiesta Days====
Each year Spanish Fork hosts the "Fiesta Days". The event is held every July, and is centered around the Pioneer Day Celebration. There are a number of entertainment events, including a rodeo, craft fair, parade, duck race, and a fireworks show on the 24th.

==Government==
Spanish Fork has a council-manager form of government.

==Education==
{{Main|Nebo School District}}

In 1862, Spanish Fork built its first school house. That one room edifice served the city's educational needs for nearly 50 years. In 1910, Spanish Fork built the Thurber School on Main Street. Although it's not used for daily K-12 classes anymore, it still functions as a city office building.<ref>{{cite web|title=About the City|url=http://www.spanishfork.org/about/city/history.php|publisher=Spanish Fork City|access-date=18 May 2012|url-status=dead|archive-date=2015-03-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150320185239/http://www.spanishfork.org/about/city/history.php}}</ref> Today, Spanish Fork is served by the [[Nebo School District]]. Public schools in this district within Spanish Fork include the following:

* [[Nebo School District#Spanish Fork High School|Spanish Fork High School]]
* [[Maple Mountain High School]]
* Landmark High School (alternative school)
* Spanish Fork Junior High School
* Diamond Fork Middle School (formerly known as Diamond Fork Junior High School)
* Brockbank Elementary
* Canyon Elementary
* Larsen Elementary
* Park Elementary
* Rees Elementary
* Riverview Elementary School
* East Meadows Elementary
* Sierra Bonita Elementary
* Maple Ridge Elementary
In addition, there is a private girls school, the New Haven School, and a K-12 charter school, the American Leadership Academy.

==Infrastructure==
===Alternative energy===
In September 2008, the Spanish Fork Wind Project was completed.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wasatchwind.com/sfwp.html|title=Spanish Fork Wind Project|date=2008|publisher=Wasatch Wind|url-status=dead|archive-date=2008-07-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080702030122/http://wasatchwind.com:80/sfwp.html}}</ref> This project, a 9-turbine wind energy project, can produce up to 18.9 megawatts at full production, and the nine turbines can power up to 6,000 typical homes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://newsnet.byu.edu/story.cfm/69673|title=Spanish Fork wind farm brings alternative energy|date=2008-10-06|last=Rich|first=Matthew|publisher=BYU NewsNet|url-status=dead|archive-date=2008-11-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081123174534/http://newsnet.byu.edu/story.cfm/69673|access-date=2009-04-08}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,700256733,00.html|title=Spanish Fork wind-farm project celebrated with kite event|date=2008-09-06|last=Dana|first=Jens|publisher=Deseret News|url-status=dead|archive-date=2008-09-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080908133057/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,700256733,00.html}}</ref> It is a utility-scale [[wind farm]] producing electricity from [[wind power in Utah|wind power]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.resilience.org/stories/2011-05-13/harvesting-utah’s-urban-winds|title=Harvesting Utah's urban winds|date=2011-05-13|last1=Hartman|first1=Cathy L.|last2=Reategui|first2=Sandra|publisher=Resilience}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ksl.com/?sid=4190348|title = Spanish Fork will celebrate wind power|last=Boal|first=Jed|date=2008-09-05|publisher=KSL.com}}</ref>

==Notable people==
* [[Isaac Asiata]], football player
* [[D. Elden Beck]], educator
* [[Scott Brumfield]], football player
* [[Kate B. Carter]], Utah pioneer historian
* [[Zebedee Coltrin]], Utah pioneer
* [[Kaycee Feild]], bareback bronc rider
* [[Jaren Hall]], football player
* [[Gail Halvorsen]], U.S. Air Force candy bomber
* [[Ab Jenkins]], politician and racing driver
* [[Lucky Blue Smith]], male model
* [[Stephen M. Studdert]], Advisor to three U.S. Presidents
* [[Hefa Leone Tuita]], dancer

==See also==
{{portal|Utah}}
* [[List of cities and towns in Utah]]
* [[Icelandic heritage in Spanish Fork, Utah]]

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

==External links==
{{Commons category|Spanish Fork, Utah}}
{{Wikivoyage|Spanish Fork|Spanish Fork, Utah}}
* {{official website|http://www.spanishfork.org/}}

{{Geographic Location
|Centre    = Spanish Fork
|North     = [[Provo, Utah|Provo]], [[Springville, Utah|Springville]]
|Northeast = 
|East      = [[Mapleton, Utah|Mapleton]]
|Southeast = [[Scofield, Utah|Scofield]]
|South     = [[Salem, Utah|Salem]]<br />[[Woodland Hills, Utah|Woodland Hills]]
|Southwest = [[Payson, Utah|Payson]]
|West      = [[Vernon, Utah|Vernon]] / ''[[Utah Lake]]''
|Northwest = [[Eagle Mountain, Utah|Eagle Mountain]] / ''[[Utah Lake]]''
}}

{{Utah County, Utah}}
{{Utah}}

{{Authority control}}

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