Croydon, Utah

Croydon
—  Unincorporated community  —
Croydon "City" Park
Croydon Location within the state of Utah
Coordinates: 41°04′07″N 111°30′50″W / 41.06861°N 111.51389°W / 41.06861; -111.51389Coordinates: 41°04′07″N 111°30′50″W / 41.06861°N 111.51389°W / 41.06861; -111.51389
Country	United States
State	Utah
County	Morgan
Settled	1862
Named for	Croydon
Elevation[1]	5,344 ft (1,629 m)
Time zone	Mountain (MST) (UTC-7)
- Summer (DST)	MDT (UTC-6)
ZIP codes	84018
Area code(s)	435
FIPS code
GNIS feature ID	1427128[1]

Historical populations
Census	Pop.		%±
1880	248		—
1890	240		−3.2%
1900	185		−22.9%
1910	539		191.4%
1920	392		−27.3%
1930	441		12.5%
1940	357		−19.0%
1950	279		−21.8%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau[2]

Croydon is a small unincorporated community in northeastern Morgan County, Utah, United States. It is part of the Ogden–Clearfield, Utah Metropolitan Statistical Area. Accessible from Interstate 84, it is home to Holcim's Devil's Slide Cement Plant and several hundred residents. Lost Creek runs through this small unincorporated town, just northeast of the Devil's Slide rock formation. Cattle and sheep ranches can be found throughout the valley and in the surrounding mountains. Croydon is also home to the annual Widowmaker snowmobile and motorcycle hillclimbing events.

Founded in 1862, the community was originally named Lost Creek. The name was changed to honor Croydon, England, the origin of many of the settlers.^[3]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Croydon, Utah. Retrieved on May 18, 2011.
2. ^ "Census of Population and Housing". U.S. Census Bureau. http://www.census.gov/prod/www/abs/decennial/. Retrieved November 4, 2011. 
3. ^ Van Cott, John W. (1990). Utah Place Names. Salt Lake City, Utah: University of Utah Press. p. 97. ISBN 0-87480-345-4. 

External links

• Widowmaker official site