Castle Dale is a city in northwestern

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, United States. The population was 1,630 at the 2010 census. It is the

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of Emery County.

History

The first settlement at Castle Dale was made in 1879.

Geography

Castle Dale lies on the north side of Cottonwood Creek, a tributary of the San Rafael River, in Castle Valley. According to the

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, the city has a total area of , all land. Utah State Route 10 passes through the center of town, leading northeast to

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and southwest to

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Demographics

As of the

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of 2000 there were 1,657 people, 508 households, and 420 families residing in the city. The

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was 887.5 people per square mile (342.1/km²). There were 618 housing units at an average density of 331.0 per square mile (127.6/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 95.47%

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, 0.06%

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, 0.66% Native American, 0.54% Asian, 0.18%

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, 0.91% from

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, and 2.17% from two or more races.

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of any race were 2.17% of the population. There were 508 households, out of which 49.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 72.6% were married couples living together, 7.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 17.3% were non-families. 15.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.22, and the average family size was 3.60. In the city, the population was spread out, with 37.2% under 18, 9.7% from 18 to 24, 23.5% from 25 to 44, 21.5% from 45 to 64, and 8.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 28 years. For every 100 females, there were 105.8 males. For every 100 females aged 18 and over, there were 100.4 males. The median income for a household in the city was $44,185, and the median income for a family was $48,603. Males had a median income of $40,515 versus $20,294 for females. The

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for the city was $14,175. About 6.7% of families and 9.5% of the population were below the

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, including 12.4% of those under age 18 and 5.6% of those aged 65 or over.

Climate

Castle Dale has a fairly typical Intermountain West cool semi-arid climate (

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''BSk''). Summer afternoons are hot with intense sunshine, although mornings are pleasantly cool, while winter mornings are frigid even though all but 14.2 afternoons top freezing in an average year. Precipitation, owing to the rain shadows of mountains to the south (blocking monsoonal storms in summer) and west (blocking Pacific storms in winter), is light throughout the year, although there is a slight peak in late summer. The wettest month since record began has been October 2006 with , the wettest calendar year 1965 with , and the driest 1956 with . The dryness of the climate limits snowfall to , with the snowiest month being January 1980 with , and the snowiest year from July 1936 to June 1937 with .

References

* Emery County Daughters of Utah Pioneers. ''Castle Valley: A History of Emery County.'' 1949. * Powell, Allan Kent. ''Emery County: Reflections on Its Past and Future.'' 1979. * Emery County Historical Society. ''Emery County 1880-1980.'' 1981.

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