Central, Utah
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Coordinates: 37°24′54″N 113°37′27″W / 37.41500°N 113.62417°WCoordinates: 37°24′54″N 113°37′27″W / 37.41500°N 113.62417°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Utah |
County | Washington |
Incorporated | 1935 (as a town) |
Disincorporated | 1960s |
Elevation | 5,216 ft (1,590 m) |
Population | |
• Total | 613 |
Time zone | UTC-7 (Mountain (MST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-6 (MDT) |
ZIP code | 84722 |
Area code(s) | 435 |
GNIS feature ID | 2629947[1] |
Central is a census-designated place in north-central Washington County, Utah, United States.[1]
Description[]
The population was 613 at the 2010 census. Central lies along State Route 18, on the edge of the Dixie National Forest,[4] north of the city of St. George (the county seat of Washington County).[5] Central has the ZIP code of 84722.[6] Central is the starting place of the annual St. George Marathon.
Central was settled before 1910. It became an incorporated town in 1935, but was disincorporated in the 1960s. The town was so named because of its central location between Enterprise, and Veyo.[7]
Demographics[]
As of the census[2] of 2010, there were 613 people living in the CDP. There were 344 housing units. The racial makeup of the town was 96.1% White, 0.5% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.8% Asian, 1.8% from some other race, and 0.8% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.6% of the population.
See also[]
References[]
- ^ a b c "Central". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
- ^ a b "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 25 May 2011.
- ^ "Census of Population and Housing". census.gov. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 18 Nov 2011 – via web.archive.org.
- ^ "MyTopo Maps - Central, Washington County, UT, USA" (Map). mytopo.com. Trimble Navigation, Ltd. Retrieved 22 Feb 2018.
- ^ Rand McNally. The Road Atlas '08. Chicago: Rand McNally, 2008, p. 102.
- ^ Zip Code Lookup Archived 17 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Van Cott, John W. (1990). Utah Place Names: A Comprehensive Guide to the Origins of Geographic Names: A Compilation. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press. p. 74. ISBN 978-0-87480-345-7. OCLC 797284427. Retrieved 8 Mar 2018.
External links[]
Media related to Central, Utah at Wikimedia Commons
- Census-designated places in Washington County, Utah
- Census-designated places in Utah
- Populated places established in 1918
- Former towns in Utah
- Former populated places in Washington County, Utah
- Utah geography stubs