Croydon
is an
unincorporated community
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in northeastern
Morgan County,
Utah
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, United States. It is part of the
Ogden–
Clearfield, Utah
Metropolitan Statistical Area
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.
Description
Accessible from
Interstate 84, it is home to
Holcim
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's Devil's Slide Cement Plant and several hundred residents. Lost Creek runs through this small unincorporated town, just northeast of the
Devil's Slide rock formation. Cattle and sheep ranches can be found throughout the valley and in the surrounding mountains. Croydon was also home to the annual
Widowmaker, hosted by the Wilde family of Croydon Utah, the Widowmaker was a snowmobile and motorcycle
hillclimbing
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event for several years.
Croydon was originally called Lost Creek, and under the latter name was founded in 1862. The present name is after
Croydon
Croydon is a large town in south London, England, south of Charing Cross. Part of the London Borough of Croydon, a local government district of Greater London. It is one of the largest commercial districts in Greater London, with an extensi ...
, in
England
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, the native land of a large share of the first settlers.
See also
References
External links
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Unincorporated communities in Utah
Unincorporated communities in Morgan County, Utah
Ogden–Clearfield metropolitan area
Populated places established in 1862
1862 establishments in Utah Territory
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