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Lehi ( ) is a city in
Utah County, Utah Utah County is the second-most populous county in the U.S. state of Utah. The county seat and largest city is Provo, which is the state's third-largest city, and the largest outside of Salt Lake County. As of the 2020 United States Census, th ...
, United States. It is named after Lehi, a prophet in the
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. The population was 75,907 at the 2020 census, up from 47,407 in 2010. The rapid growth in Lehi is due, in part, to the rapid development of the tech industry region known as
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. The
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of Utah is located in Lehi. Lehi is part of the
Provo–Orem metropolitan area The Provo–Orem, UT Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Office of Management and Budget, is an area consisting of two counties in Utah, anchored by the cities of Provo and Orem. As of the 2020 census, the MSA had a p ...
.


History

A group of Mormon pioneers settled the area now known as Lehi in the fall of 1850 at a place called Dry Creek in the northernmost part of
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. It was renamed Evansville in 1851 after David Evans, a local bishop in
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. Other historical names include Sulphur Springs and Snow's Springs. The land was organized into parcels of and new settlers received a plot of this size until the entire tract was exhausted. There was little water to irrigate the rich soil, so it became necessary to divert a portion of American Fork Creek. Evansville consumed up to one-third of the creek's water, as authorized by the
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. The settlement grew so rapidly that, in early 1852, Bishop Evans petitioned the Utah Territorial Legislature to incorporate the settlement. Lehi City was incorporated by legislative act on February 5, 1852. It was the sixth city incorporated in Utah. The legislature also approved a request to call the new city Lehi, after a
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prophet of the same name. The first mayor of Lehi was Silas P. Barnes, from 1853-1854. The downtown area has been designated the
Lehi Main Street Historic District The Lehi Main Street Historic District is a historic district in Lehi, Utah, United States, listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). Description The district includes work dating from 1891, and includes Italianate and Gothic ...
by the
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and is on the
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.


Geography

According to the
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, the city has a total area of of which is land and , or 1.28%, is water.


Climate


Demographics

As of the American Community Survey (ACS) Demographic and Housing Estimates of 2016, there were 56,314 people living in the city with 14,853 housing units. The estimated racial makeup of the city was 94.6% European American, 0.1%
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, 0.5% Native American, 1.2%
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, 0.2%
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, 1.3% from
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, and 2.1% from two or more races.
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or
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of any race were 6.5% of the population. An estimated 51.2% of the population was male with 48.8% female. The median age as of 2016 was 24.7. According to the 2010 Census, there were 12,402 households, out of which 61.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 78.4% were husband-wife families living together, 3.2% had a male householder with no wife present, 7.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 11.3% were non-families. 9.0% of all households were made up of individuals (living alone) and 11.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.81 and the average family size was 4.08. As of 2018, the median income for a household in Lehi was $74,200, and the median income for a family was $88,278. The
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for the city was $25,894, including all adults and children. The unemployment rate for Lehi was 3.0%. The job growth rate was at 2.6% and was expected to grow 54.8% over the next 10 years.


Economy

Lehi has been transitioning from an agricultural economy to a technological economy. This first started with the lengthy construction of a DRAM microchip plant by Micron Technology, which eventually evolved into a NAND flash memory business called
IM Flash Technologies IM Flash Technologies, LLC was the semiconductor company founded in January 2006, by Intel Corporation and Micron Technology, Inc. IM Flash produced 3D XPoint used in data centers and high end computers. It had a 300mm wafer fab in Lehi, Utah, Un ...
that was founded by both Micron and the
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with headquarters in Lehi. Currently, 1 out of every 14 flash memory chips in the world is produced in Lehi. On June 30th, 2021, Texas Instruments announced that they would be purchasing this facility.
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based one of its U.S. buildings in Lehi, which is home to about 900 employees. According to the Adobe website, "The team in Utah is focused on engineering, product development, sales, marketing, and operations for the industry-leading
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." IASIS Healthcare built Lehi's first hospital, which opened in June 2015. The company broke ground for the medical center in February 2014. The 23-acre campus houses a 40-bed, full-service facility with an
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,
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, cardiac lab, surgical suites, and labor and delivery.
Ancestry.com Ancestry.com LLC is an American genealogy company based in Lehi, Utah. The largest for-profit genealogy company in the world, it operates a network of genealogical, historical records, and related genetic genealogy websites. In November 2018, ...
moved its headquarters from Provo to Lehi in May 2016. The headquarters building is located in The Corporate Center at Traverse Mountain.
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has an engineering department specializing in the next version of its MDOP (Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack), code-named "Park City." Initially employing 100, Microsoft has built a second building to house its staff. Microsoft Southwest District is located at 3400 N. Ashton Blvd., Suite 300 Lehi, Utah 84043. Other Thanksgiving Park tenants are
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,
Infusionsoft Keap (formerly Infusionsoft) is a private company that offers an e-mail marketing and sales platform for small businesses, including products to manage customers, customer relationship management, marketing, and e-commerce. It is based in Chandler ...
,
Workfront Adobe Workfront is a Lehi, Utah-based software company that develops web-based work management and project management software that features enterprise work management, issue tracking, document management, time tracking and portfolio management. ...
,
Vivint Solar Vivint Solar was an American provider of photovoltaic solar energy generation systems, primarily for residential customers. The company was established in 2011 as an offshoot of home automation and security company Vivint and was headquartered in ...
,
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,
DigiCert DigiCert, Inc. is an American digital security company headquartered in Lehi, Utah, with offices in Australia, Ireland, Japan, India, France, South Africa, Switzerland and United Kingdom. As a certificate authority (CA) and trusted third party, ...
, Jolt and ProPay Inc.
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companies
XanGo Xango, LLC, (sometimes stylized as XANGO and XanGo) was a privately owned Lehi, Utah-based multi-level marketing company founded in 2002. It was acquired by Zija International in May 2017. The company marketed and distributed Xango juice, a blen ...
,
Young Living Young Living is a multi-level marketing company based in Lehi, Utah. Founded by Donald Gary Young in 1993, it sells essential oils and other related products. History 1993–2014: Formation of Young Living Young Living was founded in 1993 in ...
,
Younique Younique is an American multi-level marketing company (MLM) that markets beauty products. The company was founded in 2012 by Derek Maxfield, who serves as CEO, and Melanie Huscroft, and is headquartered in Lehi, Utah. Between 2017 and 2019, Youni ...
, Nature's Sunshine Products also have offices in Lehi. Fixed wireless
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(ISP) WeLink is based in Lehi.


Arts and culture


Attractions


Lehi Roller Mills

Lehi Roller Mills Lehi Roller Mills is a locally run and operated flour mill and historical landmark of Lehi, Utah. The original brick building was built in 1905 and has expanded since then. It has become an iconic feature of the Utah Valley as a filming location ...
was founded in 1906 by a
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of farmers. George G. Robinson purchased the mill in 1910, and it has since remained in the Robinson family, currently run by George's grandson, R. Sherman Robinson. At the turn of the 21st century, Lehi Roller Mills was among thousands of such family-owned mills operating in the United States. Fewer than fifty remain today. High demand keeps the mill grinding around the clock, six days a week, and the mill produces some 100,000 pounds of
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each day. However, in 2012, the Mills filed for bankruptcy with the intention of continuing to operate during the proceedings. Lehi Roller Mills was featured in the 1984 film ''
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'' as Ren McCormack's (
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) workplace and as the site of the dance. The turkey and peacock flour paintings of Lehi Roller Mills were painted on the silos about 1930 by Stan Russon of Lehi, Utah. He used a rope and pulley system to manually raise and lower himself to be able to paint. At the time the film was made, Lehi Roller Mills was surrounded by nothing but vacant fields. In one scene, the Reverend Shaw Moore (
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) and his wife Vi Moore (
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) keep a wary eye on the proceedings while standing in a field some distance away. The area is now home to a variety of fast food restaurants and a shopping center. The Lehi Roller Mills were listed on the U.S.
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in 1994. and


Thanksgiving Point

Thanksgiving Point Thanksgiving Point is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit indoor and outdoor farm, garden, and museum complex in Lehi, Utah, United States. Its five main attractions include Ashton Gardens, Butterfly Biosphere, Farm Country, Museum of Ancient Life, and Museum ...
is a nonprofit museum complex and estate garden founded in 1995. It consists of six main attractions: the Ashton Gardens, Thanksgiving Point Golf Course, the
Museum of Ancient Life Thanksgiving Point is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit indoor and outdoor farm, garden, and museum complex in Lehi, Utah, United States. Its five main attractions include Ashton Gardens, Butterfly Biosphere, Farm Country, Museum of Ancient Life, and Muse ...
, the Museum of Natural Curiosity, Farm Country, and the Butterfly Biosphere. Approximately 1.45 million people visit Thanksgiving Point each year. It is also a location for
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and has several restaurants and gift shops. It is the site for the region's only
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, an annual Scottish Festival, annual Cornbelly's Halloween attraction, and Highland Games. The complex is a
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organization with operations funded by private donations, venue and event admissions, and profits from shops and restaurants.


Hutchings Museum

The Hutchings Museum is a museum located near the center of Lehi. It was first established in 1955 in what is now the Lehi arts building. The museum later moved to 55 N Center St, Lehi, UT, its current location. The collection was donated to Lehi city from John and Eunice Hutchings, who were amateur collectors and naturalists. Originally designed to be a memorial for the veterans in WW1 and has continued to expand to become many things: Library, Courthouse, Jail, Police Station, Fire Station, and some others. The Hutchings Museum's exhibits include a large range of displays and artifacts from Native American Culture, Rocks and Minerals, Veteran's Memorial, Lehi History, History of the Wild West, and much more. Some of the Museum's most notable artifacts are Butch Cassidy's Gun, their large collection of rocks and minerals, and Native American pottery. The museum has online articles, photos, videos, 3-D video, and a virtual tour.


Education

Lehi public schools are part of the
Alpine School District Alpine School District is the primary school district in northern Utah County, Utah, United States The district covers Alpine, American Fork, Cedar Fort, Cedar Hills, Eagle Mountain, Fairfield, Highland, Lehi, Lindon, Orem, Pleasant Grove, ...
. Alpine School District has two high schools (
Lehi High School Lehi High School is a public high school in Lehi, Utah. The school mascot is the Pioneer, specifically Pioneer Pete, in honor of the city being founded in 1850 by a group of Mormon pioneers. The school has progressed from 3A to 5A in the last fi ...
and
Skyridge High School Skyridge High School is a high school in Lehi, Utah, United States. The school opened in August 2016. Skyridge High's mascot is a falcon named Flash, and their colors are burnt orange and steel gray. History Skyridge was funded as a part of a b ...
), three junior high or middle schools, and ten elementary schools in the city.
Mountainland Technical College Mountainland Technical College (MTECH) is a public community college in Lehi, Utah with additional campuses in Orem Orem is a city in Utah County, Utah, United States, in the northern part of the state. It is adjacent to Provo, Lindon, an ...
(MTECH) is a public technical training institution located in Lehi. MTECH serves high school and adult students at the Lehi location, offering programs of study in automotive, culinary arts, healthcare, information technology and a growing number of other industry and technical programs. MTECH offers community education programs such as training in basic computer skills and specific software programs and partners with many area employers in providing customized training for their employees through the Custom Fit program. Challenger School is located in Lehi, in the Traverse Mountain area.


Infrastructure


Transportation

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runs through Lehi, with five exits (at American Fork Main St/SR-145, Lehi Main St/SR-73, 2100 North/SR-194, Triumph Blvd, and Timpanogos Highway/SR-92) located in the city. The
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operates a bus system that reaches into the city. Work on the ''FrontRunner'' South
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began in August 2008, and the Lehi station opened for service on December 12, 2012. The Lehi station is located near
Thanksgiving Point Thanksgiving Point is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit indoor and outdoor farm, garden, and museum complex in Lehi, Utah, United States. Its five main attractions include Ashton Gardens, Butterfly Biosphere, Farm Country, Museum of Ancient Life, and Museum ...
.


I-15 construction

Beginning in the spring of 2018, the Utah Department of Transportation (
UDOT The Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) is an agency of the state government of Utah, United States; it is usually referred to by its initials UDOT (pronounced "you-dot"). UDOT is charged with maintaining the more than of roadway that co ...
) began major reconstruction of the I-15 between Lehi Main Street and SR-92 (Timpanogos Highway). The project is contracted to be completed by October 2020 and updates can be foun
online


Notable people

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, lineman for NFL's
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* Connor Boyack, outspoken libertarian advocate and author of the children's book series, ''The Tuttle Twins''; founder of The Libertas Institute (headquartered in Lehi) *
Wilford Brimley Anthony Wilford Brimley (September 27, 1934 – August 1, 2020) was an American actor. After serving in the U.S. Marine Corps and working odd jobs in the 1950s, Brimley started working as an extra and stuntman in Western films in the la ...
, actor *
Paul Cummings Paul Richard Cummings (5 September 1953 – 17 September 2001) was a world-class middle and long distance runner who ran competitively from the 1,500 meters to the marathon, breaking several American records and one world record. His ability ...
, Olympic runner, half-marathon (former) world record holder *
Tony Finau Milton Pouha "Tony" Finau (born September 14, 1989) is an American professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour. Early life and amateur career Milton Pouha Finau was born on September 14, 1989 in Salt Lake City, Utah. He won the Utah ...
, professional golfer playing on the
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*
Porter Rockwell Orrin Porter Rockwell (June 28, 1813 or June 25, 1815 – June 9, 1878) was a figure of the Wild West period of American history. A lawman in the Utah Territory, he was nicknamed ''Old Port'' and ''The Destroying Angel of Mormondom''. Rockwell se ...
, bodyguard to Joseph Smith and Brigham Young *
Eldred G. Smith Eldred Gee Smith (January 9, 1907 – April 4, 2013) was the patriarch to the church of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1947 to 1979. From 1979 to his death he was the patriarch emeritus of the church. He was th ...
,
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for The Church of Jesus Christ


See also

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Wines Park Wines Park is the name of a park in Lehi, Utah, in the United States. It was dedicated to Margaret Wines and is one city block square. It is located near North Center Street and 600 North in Lehi. It has four pavilions, a restroom, playgrounds, ...


References


Further reading

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External links


Official website

Lehi Historical Society & Archives
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