Wendover, Utah
| Wendover, Utah | |
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Border between Wendover, Utah and West Wendover, Nevada
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 Location in Tooele County and the state of Utah |
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 Location of Utah in the United States |
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| Coordinates: 40°44′8″N 114°1′59″W / 40.73556°N 114.03306°WCoordinates: 40°44′8″N 114°1′59″W / 40.73556°N 114.03306°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Utah |
| County | Tooele |
| Founded | 1908 |
| Named for | "Wending over" the desert |
| Area | |
| • Total | 6.4 sq mi (16.7 km2) |
| • Land | 6.4 sq mi (16.7 km2) |
| • Water | 0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2) |
| Elevation | 4,291 ft (1,308 m) |
| Population (2012) | |
| • Total | 1,401 |
| • Density | 220/sq mi (84/km2) |
| Time zone | Mountain (MST) (UTC-7) |
| • Summer (DST) | MDT (UTC-6) |
| ZIP code | 84083 |
| Area code(s) | 435 |
| FIPS code | 49-82730 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1434042 |
| Website | Official website |
Wendover is a city in Tooele County, Utah, United States. The population was 1,537 at the 2000 census, with a 2006 estimated population of 1,632.
Wendover is on the western border of Utah, and is contiguous with West Wendover, Nevada. Interstate 80 runs just north of both cities, while Interstate 80 Business (Wendover Boulevard) runs through the two cities. The Wendover Cut-off was the former path of the Victory Highway as well as U.S. Route 40 to Wendover. Today it serves as a frontage road between Wendover and Knolls just to the south of the Interstate.
The town was established in 1908 as a station stop on the Western Pacific Railroad, then under construction.
The transcontinental telephone line was completed as workers raised the final pole at Wendover, Utah on June 27, 1914, after construction of 3,400 miles of telephone line. However, the line was not initiated until January 25, 1915, when the first transcontinental telephone call was made to coincide with the opening of the Panama Pacific Exposition.
From 1917 to 1939, a Western Pacific subsidiary known as the Deep Creek Railroad also operated into Wendover. The Western Pacific became part of the larger Union Pacific Railroad in 1983.
During World War II, the nearby Wendover Army Air Field was a training base for bomber pilots, including the crew of the Enola Gay. The Enola Gay was stationed here until June 1945.
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