Morgan is a city in the
U.S. state
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of
Utah
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and the county seat of
Morgan County. It is part of the
Ogden-Clearfield metropolitan area. It is named after
Jedediah Morgan Grant, a leader in
the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
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who served as an
apostle
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and as a member of the LDS
First Presidency
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under
Brigham Young
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in the mid-1850s. As of the
2010 census, the city population was 3,687 people and estimated at 4,260 in 2018.
Morgan is also a location where some of the movie ''
Troll 2
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'' was filmed in 1989.
Demographics
As of the
census
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of 2000, there were 2,635 people, 789 households, and 665 families residing in the city. The
population density
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was 823.8 people per square mile (317.9/km
2). There were 822 housing units at an average density of 257.0 per square mile (99.2/km
2). The racial makeup of the city was 99.09%
White
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, 0.04%
African American
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, 0.04%
Native American, 0.08%
Asian
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, 0.30% from
other races
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, and 0.46% from two or more races.
Hispanic
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or
Latino
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of any race were 0.95% of the population.
There were 789 households, out of which 49.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 75.2% were
married couples
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living together, 7.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 15.6% were non-families. 15.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.34 and the average family size was 3.74.
In the city, the population was spread out, with 37.2% under the age of 18, 10.1% from 18 to 24, 25.1% from 25 to 44, 16.8% from 45 to 64, and 10.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 27 years. For every 100 females, there were 99.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.0 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $47,716, and the median income for a family was $53,125. Males had a median income of $42,143 versus $23,011 for females. The
per capita income
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Per capita i ...
for the city was $16,260. About 2.0% of families and 3.4% of the population were below the
poverty line
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, including 2.6% of those under age 18 and 3.4% of those age 65 or over.
Geography and climate
According to the
United States Census Bureau
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, the city has a total area of 3.2 square miles (8.3 km
2), all land. It has a
humid continental climate
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with warm summers (
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* Bernd Köppen (born 1951), German pianist and composer
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''Dfb'').
See also
*
List of cities and towns in Utah
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Organizations
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*
Browning Arms Company
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, headquartered in the nearby unincorporated community of
Mountain Green.
References
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Cities in Utah
Cities in Morgan County, Utah
County seats in Utah
Ogden–Clearfield metropolitan area
Populated places established in 1860