Woods Cross is a city in

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, United States. It is part of the Ogden– Clearfield, Utah

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. The population was 9,761 as of the 2010 census, with an estimated population in 2019 of 11,431.

History

Daniel Wood

Woods Cross is named after Daniel Wood, an early settler in the Utah Territory. 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. He was born in

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and died in Woods Cross.

Geography and climate

Woods Cross is located in southeastern Davis County, bordered to the north by West Bountiful, to the east by Bountiful, and to the south by the city of 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

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, Woods Cross has a total area of , all land.

Demographics

As of 2009 estimates, there were 8,888 people, 1,936 households, and 1,589 families residing in the city. The

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was 1,783.2 people per square mile (688.4/km²). There were 2,021 housing units at an average density of 561.4 per square mile (216.8/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 93.75%

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, 0.44%

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, 0.25% Native American, 0.70%

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, 0.26%

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, 2.55% from other races, and 2.04% from two or more races.

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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

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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

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for the city was $16,508. About 4.0% of families and 4.7% of the population were below the

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, 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 Davis School District is a school district serving Davis County, Utah, United States. Headquartered in the county seat of Farmington, it is the 61st largest school district in the United States and the 2nd largest school district in Utah with 72, ...

. The city has one high school,

Woods Cross High School Woods Cross High School is a public high school (serving grades 10–12) in Woods Cross, Utah, in the Davis School District. It is sometimes abbreviated as WXHS. As of the 2019–20 school year, the principal is Deanne Kapetanov. The assistant p ...

, and two elementary schools, Odyssey Elementary and Woods Cross Elementary.https://woodscrossel.davis.k12.ut.us

References

External links

City of Woods Cross official website
{{authority control Cities in Davis County, Utah Cities in Utah Ogden–Clearfield metropolitan area Populated places established in 1865