Editing Woods Cross, Utah

{{short description|City in Utah, United States}}
{{distinguish|Woodcross}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}
{{Infobox settlement
|official_name            = Woods Cross, Utah
|settlement_type          = [[City]]
|motto                    =
|image_skyline            = Woods Cross Utah Municipal Building.jpeg
|imagesize                = 
|image_caption            = Woods Cross City Municipal Building
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|map_caption              = Location of Woods Cross, 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        = [[Davis County, Utah|Davis]]
<!-- Government -->
|government_footnotes     = 
|government_type          = 
|leader_title             = 
|leader_name              = 
|established_title        = Settled
|established_date         = 1865
|named_for                = Daniel C. Wood
|established_title1       = [[Incorporated town|Incorporated]]
|established_date1        = 1935
<!-- 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_total_km2           = 9.94
|area_land_km2            = 9.91
|area_water_km2           = 0.02
|area_total_sq_mi         = 3.84
|area_land_sq_mi          = 3.83
|area_water_sq_mi         = 0.01
<!-- Population -->
|population_as_of         = [[2010 United States Census|2010]]
|population_footnotes     = 
|population_total         = 9761
|population_est           = 11431
|pop_est_as_of            = 2019
|population_density_km2   = 1153.18
|population_density_sq_mi = 2986.93
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|timezone                 = [[Mountain Time Zone|Mountain (MST)]]
|utc_offset               = -7
|timezone_DST             = MDT
|utc_offset_DST           = -6
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|elevation_ft             = 4249
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|postal_code_type         = [[ZIP code]]s
|postal_code              = 84010, 84087
|area_code                = [[Area codes 385 and 801|385, 801]]
|blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
|blank_info               = 49-85370<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref>
|blank1_name              = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
|blank1_info              = 2412304<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2412304}}</ref>
|website                  = {{URL|www.woodscross.com}}
|footnotes                = 
}}
'''Woods Cross''' is a city in [[Davis County, Utah|Davis County]], [[Utah]], United States. It is part of the [[Ogden, Utah|Ogden]]&ndash;[[Clearfield, Utah|Clearfield]], Utah [[Ogden-Clearfield metropolitan area|Metropolitan Statistical Area]]. The population was 9,761 as of 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_SF1/G001/1600000US4985370| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Woods Cross city, Utah| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| work=American Factfinder| access-date=January 12, 2016| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213043652/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US4985370| archive-date=February 13, 2020| url-status=dead}}</ref> with an estimated population in 2019 of 11,431.<ref name="USCensusEst2019">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/tables.2019.html|title=Population and Housing Unit Estimates|access-date=May 21, 2020}}</ref>

==History==
===Daniel Wood===
[[File:Daniel_Wood_(Mormon_pioneer).jpg|alt=|left|thumb|upright=0.65|Photo of Daniel Wood]]
Woods Cross is named after Daniel Wood, an early settler in the [[Utah Territory]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thechurchnews.com/archive/1991-06-01/foresight-preserves-historical-legacy-4266|title=Foresight preserves historical legacy|date=1991-06-01|publisher=[[Church News]]|access-date=2013-11-07}}</ref> Wood (October 16, 1800 - April 15, 1892) was a [[Mormon pioneer]] and a settler of the western United States. He was the son of Henry Wood and Elizabeth Demelt.<ref name="Autobiography">{{citation|last=Wood|first=Daniel|title=Autobiography of Daniel Wood Sr.|date=20 May 1868|url=http://www.boap.org/LDS/Early-Saints/Daniel_Wood_Journal.html|website=Book of Abraham Project}}</ref><ref name="Utah Cemeteries and Burials">{{citation|title=Utah Cemeteries and Burials Database : Wood, Daniel|url=http://history.utah.gov/burials/execute/viewburial?id=30&cemeteryid=DV0301|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130403045859/http://history.utah.gov/burials/execute/viewburial?id=30&cemeteryid=DV0301|url-status=dead|archive-date=2013-04-03|work=history.utah.gov|publisher=Utah State History, Utah Department of Heritage and Arts, State of Utah|access-date=2013-02-20}}</ref><ref>{{citation|last=Eakle|first=Arlene H.|title=Utah History Encyclopedia|year=1994|editor-last=Powell|editor-first=Allan Kent|contribution=Woods Cross|contribution-url=http://www.uen.org/utah_history_encyclopedia/w/WOODS_CROSS.html|location=Salt Lake City, Utah|publisher=[[University of Utah Press]]|isbn=0874804256|oclc=30473917|access-date=2013-11-06|archive-date=2013-11-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131114001607/http://www.uen.org/utah_history_encyclopedia/w/WOODS_CROSS.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://heritage.utah.gov/apps/history/markers/detailed_results.php?markerid=1180|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180804201430/https://heritage.utah.gov/apps/history/markers/detailed_results.php?markerid=1180|url-status=dead|archive-date=2018-08-04|title=Daniel Wood|publisher=Utah Department of Heritage and Arts|access-date=2018-08-04}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.uen.org/utah_history_encyclopedia/w/WOODS_CROSS.shtml|title=Utah History Encyclopedia|website=www.uen.org|language=en|access-date=2018-08-04}}</ref> He was born in [[Dutchess County, New York]] and died in Woods Cross.

==Geography and climate==
Woods Cross is located in southeastern Davis County, bordered to the north by [[West Bountiful, Utah|West Bountiful]], to the east by [[Bountiful, Utah|Bountiful]], and to the south by the city of [[North Salt Lake, Utah|North Salt Lake]]. The city lies along the Wasatch Front next to the Wasatch Mountain Range. Water is supplied by mountain springs and snowpack running off of the Wasatch Mountains. The climate varies greatly throughout the year, with very hot summers and mildly cold winters, with very pleasant spring and fall seasons separating the two. Precipitation is mainly accumulated in the winter and spring, but there is not enough to sustain any aquifers. According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], Woods Cross has a total area of {{convert|10.0|sqkm|order=flip}}, all land.<ref name="Census 2010"/>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|align=left
|1940= 211
|1950= 273
|1960= 1098
|1970= 3124
|1980= 4263
|1990= 5384
|2000= 6419
|2010= 9761
|estyear=2019
|estimate=11431
|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 2009 estimates, there were 8,888 people, 1,936 households, and 1,589 families residing in the city. The [[population density]] was 1,783.2 people per square mile (688.4/km<sup>2</sup>). There were 2,021 housing units at an average density of 561.4 per square mile (216.8/km<sup>2</sup>). The racial makeup of the city was 93.75% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.44% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.25% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.70% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.26% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 2.55% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 2.04% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 5.72% of the population.

There were 1,936 households, out of which 52.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 67.4% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 10.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 17.9% were non-families. 13.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 2.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.32 and the average family size was 3.69.

In the city, the population was spread out, with 36.0% under the age of 18, 13.0% from 18 to 24, 31.6% from 25 to 44, 15.7% from 45 to 64, and 3.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 26 years. For every 100 females, there were 100.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 100.8 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $46,271, and the median income for a family was $51,778. Males had a median income of $35,958 versus $22,917 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $16,508. About 4.0% of families and 4.7% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 5.7% of those under age 18 and 8.7% of those age 65 or over.

==Education==
Woods Cross is part of [[Davis School District]]. The city has one high school, [[Woods Cross High School]], and two elementary schools, Odyssey Elementary<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://odyssey.davis.k12.ut.us/|title=Home - Odyssey Elementary School|website=odyssey.davis.k12.ut.us}}</ref> and Woods Cross Elementary.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://woodscrossel.davis.k12.ut.us/|title=Home - Woods Cross Elementary School|website=woodscrossel.davis.k12.ut.us}}</ref>

==References==
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==Further reading==
* {{citation |last= Eakle |first= Arlene H. |contribution= Woods Cross |contribution-url= http://www.uen.org/utah_history_encyclopedia/w/WOODS_CROSS.html |editor-last= Powell |editor-first= Allan Kent |year= 1994 |title= Utah History Encyclopedia |location= Salt Lake City, Utah |publisher= [[University of Utah Press]] |isbn= 0874804256 |oclc= 30473917 }}

==External links==
* [http://www.woodscross.com/ City of Woods Cross official website]

{{Geographic Location
|Centre    = Woods Cross
|North     = [[West Bountiful, Utah|West Bountiful]]
|Northeast = 
|East      = [[Bountiful, Utah|Bountiful]]
|Southeast = 
|South     = [[North Salt Lake, Utah|North Salt Lake]]
|Southwest = 
|West      = ''[[Great Salt Lake]]''
|Northwest = ''[[Great Salt Lake]]''
}}

{{Davis County, Utah}}

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[[Category:Cities in Davis County, Utah]]
[[Category:Cities in Utah]]
[[Category:Ogden–Clearfield metropolitan area]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1865]]