Farr West is a city on the northern edge of Weber County,

Utah Utah is a landlocked state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is one of the Four Corners states, sharing a border with Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico. It also borders Wyoming to the northea ...

. The population was 7,691 at the 2020 census, up from 5,928 at the 2010 census. It is part of the

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. As of 2022, the mayor is Ken Phippen.

Geography

According to the

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, the city has a total area of 5.8 square miles (15.1 km²), all land. Farr West is bordered by Plain City to the west, Willard to the north, Pleasant View to the northeast, Harrisville to the east, and Marriott-Slaterville to the south.

History

The city was named after Lorin Farr and Chauncey W. West, who was the son-in-law of Abraham Hoagland. The name echoes " Far West", an important early Mormon settlement in frontier Missouri. The city was led by Mayor Jimmie Papageorge. In 2014, Wahlquist Junior High was rebuilt and moved to another location in Farr West. There is now an elementary in the northern part of Farr West named Silver Ridge Elementary, which was erected in 2020.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 3,094 people, 1,034 households, and 822 families residing in the city. The

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was 530.0 people per square mile (204.6/km²). There were 1,088 housing units at an average density of 186.4 per square mile (71.9/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 97.09%

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, 0.23%

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, 0.39% Native American, 0.58% Asian, 0.87% from other races, and 0.84% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 2.78% of the population. There were 1,034 households, out of which 40.3% had children under 18 living with them, 70.3% were

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living together, 6.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 20.5% were non-families. 19.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.99, and the average family size was 3.46. In the city, the population was spread out, with 31.7% under 18, 9.0% from 18 to 24, 24.0% from 25 to 44, 20.8% from 45 to 64, and 14.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 93.7 males. For every 100 females aged 18 and over, there were 89.9 males. The median income for a household in the city was $41,618, and the median income for a family was $48,276. Males had a median income of $43,094 versus $25,871 for females. The

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for the city was $17,411. About 2.0% of families and 2.5% of the population were below the

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, including none of those under age 18 and 7.8% of those aged 65 or over.

Politics

Farr West is located in

Utah's 1st congressional district Utah's 1st congressional district serves the northern area of Utah, including the cities of Ogden, Utah, Ogden, Logan, Utah, Logan, Layton, Utah, Layton, Clearfield, Utah, Clearfield, parts of Park City, Utah, Park City and Salt Lake City, and th ...

. In the

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Blake Moore Blake David Moore (born June 22, 1980) is an American politician and former diplomat from the state of Utah. He is the U.S. representative for , serving since January 2021. Since November 8, 2023, he has been the vice chair of the House Republic ...

( R-

Salt Lake City Salt Lake City, often shortened to Salt Lake or SLC, is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Utah. It is the county seat of Salt Lake County, the most populous county in the state. The city is the core of the Salt Lake Ci ...

) represents the district

References

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* {{authority control Cities in Utah Cities in Weber County, Utah Ogden–Clearfield metropolitan area Populated places established in 1858 1858 establishments in Utah Territory