Rocky Ridge is a

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on the northeastern edge of

Juab County Juab County ( ) is a county in western Utah, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 11,786. Its county seat and largest city is Nephi. Juab County is part of the Provo– Orem, Utah Metropolitan Statisti ...

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, United States. As of the 2020 census it had a population of 848. The town is located on the northern edge of the

Juab Valley The Juab Valley is a long valley located on the eastern edge of Juab County, Utah, Juab County, Utah, United States. Description The valley is in a region of dissected mountain ranges and valleys in the southern Wasatch Front, with the Wasatch ...

in the eastern

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of the

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, but entirely west of

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(I‑15). It is part of the Provo–

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, Utah Metropolitan Statistical Area. While there is a "Rocky Ridge" and a "Rocky Ridge Canyon" in northeastern Juab County (both located east of the city of Nephi, approximately south‑southeast of the community), the town was named for "the rocks, in a bountiful array of types and colors, strewn plentifully across the surrounding ridges separating Juab and Utah counties," according to the town website.

History

The original community in the area was known as York and was the southern terminus of the Utah Southern Railroad from February 1875 to May 1979. (The Utah Southern Railroad was controlled by the

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.) However, after the railroad was extended further south, the community of York was essentially abandoned. A

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had been established in the community in 1875, but it closed in 1879. Nearly a century passed without much change, but by 1971 Marvin L. Allred had purchased in the area and I‑15 had been completed to just north of the Juab‑

county line. Over the next quarter century the community (which had become known as locally as Allred Ranch) continued growing, with the completion of I‑15 through the valley and the addition of more than to the community. In May 1996, the Juab County Commissioners received a petition to incorporate the area under the name "Rocky Ridge". (A few years prior some residents of the area had petitioned unsuccessfully for incorporation under the name "York".) The later petition indicated that the population of the area had reached 210. By October of that year, the petition for incorporation was approved.

Geography

Rocky Ridge is in the northeast corner of Juab County, at the northern end of the Juab Valley. It is bordered to the north by the city of Santaquin. Interstate 15 runs just east of the town limits, with access from the north at Exit 242 (Summit Ridge Parkway) in Santaquin. Payson is to the north, and Mona is to the south. Nephi, the Juab County seat, is south of Rocky Ridge. According to the

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, the town has a total area of , all land.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 403 people, 61 households, and 60 families residing in the town. The

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was 214.9 people per square mile (82.8/km²). There were 73 housing units at an average density of 38.9 per square mile (15.0/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 99.26%

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, 0.25% from other races, and 0.50% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 1.24% of the population. There were 61 households, out of which 85.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 47.5% were

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living together, 49.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 1.6% were non-families. No households were made up of individuals, and none had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 6.61 and the average family size was 6.53. In the town, the population was spread out, with 59.6% under the age of 18, 16.4% from 18 to 24, 16.9% from 25 to 44, 6.0% from 45 to 64, and 1.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 14 years. For every 100 females, there were 91.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 77.2 males. The median income for a household in the town was $31,944, and the median income for a family was $31,944. Males had a median income of $25,536 versus $25,179 for females. The

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for the town was $6,180. About 25.0% of families and 18.5% of the population were below the

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, including 27.2% of those under age 18 and none of those age 65 or over.

Religion

The majority of the residents of Rocky Ridge are members of the

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Education

The community is in the

Juab School District Juab School District is a school district located in eastern Juab County, Utah, United States. It serves the far eastern part of Juab County ( Juab Valley, the portion of the county along the Interstate 15 corridor), while the Tintic School Di ...

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* {{authority control Towns in Juab County, Utah Towns in Utah Provo–Orem metropolitan area