Springville, Utah
| Springville, Utah | |
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| Nickname(s): Art City | |
 Location in Utah County and the state of Utah |
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| Coordinates: 40°9′46″N 111°36′15″W / 40.16278°N 111.60417°WCoordinates: 40°9′46″N 111°36′15″W / 40.16278°N 111.60417°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Utah |
| County | Utah |
| Settled | Sept. 18, 1850 |
| Incorporated | April 4, 1853 |
| Named for | a local spring |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Wilford W. Clyde |
| Area | |
| • Total | 14.4 sq mi (37.4 km2) |
| • Land | 14.4 sq mi (37.2 km2) |
| • Water | 0.04 sq mi (0.1 km2) |
| Elevation | 4,577 ft (1,395 m) |
| Population (2012) | |
| • Total | 30,621 |
| • Density | 2,100/sq mi (820/km2) |
| Time zone | Mountain (MST) (UTC-7) |
| • Summer (DST) | MDT (UTC-6) |
| ZIP code | 84663 |
| Area code(s) | 385, 801 |
| FIPS code | 49-72280 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1446057 |
| Website | www.springville.org |
Springville is a city in Utah County, Utah, United States that is part of the Provo-Orem Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 29,466 at the 2010 census. A few minutes drive south of Provo, Springville is a bedroom community for commuters who work in the Provo-Orem and Salt Lake City metropolitan areas. Other neighboring cities include Spanish Fork and Mapleton. Springville has the nickname of "Art City".
Springville was first explored in 1776 by Father Silvestre Vélez de Escalante, a Franciscan padre. What became Springville lay along the wagon route called the Mormon Road that Mormon pioneers and 49ers traveled through southern Utah, northern Arizona, southern Nevada and Southern California. From 1855, each winter trains of freight wagons traveled on this road across the deserts between Los Angeles and Salt Lake City until the late 1860s when the railroad arrived in Utah. Springville was originally settled in 1850 by eight pioneer families who crossed the plains to Salt Lake Valley from the East and were subsequently directed by Brigham Young to settle 50 miles (80 km) further south. Incorporated in February 1853, the city was first called Hobble Creek by the early pioneers, because their horses were often (by loosely tying their front feet together) and left along the stream to graze in the lush grass. If the horses wandered into the creek, the hobbles came off in the water. Thus, the settlement earned its original name. Later, as the town grew, the name was changed to Springville, after the Fort Springville. Fort Springville was named such because of the many freshwater springs in the area, particularly near the fort. The original name was not completely lost, however, as the canyon stream (and associated canyons), a local elementary school, and city owned golf course have retained the name Hobble Creek.
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