Kaysville, Utah


Kaysville is a city in Davis County, Utah. It is part of the Ogden–Clearfield metropolitan area. The population was 32,945 at the time of the 2020 census.
Kaysville is home to the USU Botanical Gardens, which also serve as an extension location and distance education center for Utah State University.

History

Shortly after Latter Day Saint pioneers arrived in 1847, the Kaysville area, originally known as "Kay's Creek" or Kay's Ward, was settled by Hector Haight in 1847 as a farming community. He had been sent north to find feed for the stock and soon thereafter constructed a cabin and brought his family to settle the area. Farmington, Utah also claims Hector Haight as its original settler. Two miles north of Haight's original settlement, Samuel Holmes built a cabin in 1849 and was soon joined by other settlers from Salt Lake, namely Edward Phillips, John Green, and William Kay.
Although settlement began in 1847, the name of Kaysville connects with the fact that in 1851, William Kay was made the bishop in the vicinity by Brigham Young and Heber C. Kimball.
After the move south in 1858, there was an attempt to rename the community "Freedom", but Brigham Young convinced the residents to retain the old name.
In 1868, Kaysville became the first city incorporated in Davis County.
An adobe meetinghouse was built in 1863. It was replaced by the Kaysville Tabernacle in 1914. In 1930, Kaysville had 992 people. Of those residents who were Latter-day Saints, they all were in the Kaysville Ward which also covered most of the rest of the Kaysville Precinct.
In 1977, United Airlines Flight 2860 crashed near Kaysville.
By 2008, there were seven Mormon stakes in Kaysville.
In November 2009, Kaysville voters elected Steve Hiatt as Kaysville City's 38th mayor and the youngest mayor in Utah. He was sworn in on January 4, 2010. He was re-elected for a second four-year term in November 2013.
The current mayor, Tamara Tran, won the 2021 election with 59.95 percent of the popular vote over Jay Welk.

Geography

Kaysville is bordered by the city of Layton to the north, Fruit Heights to the east, and Farmington, the county seat, to the south. According to the United States Census Bureau, Kaysville has a total area of, of which, or 0.48%, is water.

Demographics

According to the 2020 United States census and 2020 American Community Survey, there were 32,945 people in Kaysville with a population density of 3,135.3 people per square mile. Among non-Hispanic or Latino people, the racial makeup was 29,364 White, 178 African American, 83 Native American, 321 Asian, 114 Pacific Islander, 76 from Race and ethnicity in [the United States census|other races], and 871 from two or more races. 1,938 people were Hispanic or Latino.
There were 16,469 males and 16,476 females, and the population distribution by age was 12,060 under the age of 18, 17,684 from 18 to 64, and 3,201 who were at least 65 years old. The median age was 29.9 years.
There were 8,958 households in Kaysville with an average size of 3.68, of which 7,844 were families and 1,114 were non-families. Among all families, 6,895 were married couples, 275 were male householders with no spouse, and 674 were female householders with no spouse. Among all non-families, 959 were a single person living alone, and 155 were two or more people living together. 4,685 of all households had children under the age of 18. 7,754 of households were owner-occupied while 1,204 were renter-occupied.
The median income for a Kaysville household was $103,730, and the median family income was $111,903, with a per-capita income of $34,514. The median income for males who were full-time employees was $81,057 and for females $44,205. 3.2% of the population and 3.4% of families were below the poverty line.
In terms of education attainment, out of the 17,847 people in Kaysville 25 years or older, 248 had not completed high school, 2,299 had a high school diploma or equivalency, 6,410 had some college or associate degree, 6,170 had a bachelor's degree, and 2,720 had a graduate or professional degree.

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