Thatcher, Utah | |
Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
Image Map1: | Map of USA UT.svg |
Map Caption1: | Location of Utah in the United States |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Utah |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Established Title: | Settled |
Established Date: | 1890 |
Named For: | Moses Thatcher |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Total Km2: | 30.3 |
Area Land Km2: | 30.3 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.0 |
Population As Of: | 2010 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 789 |
Population Density Km2: | 26.0 |
Timezone: | Mountain (MST) |
Utc Offset: | -7 |
Timezone Dst: | MDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -6 |
Elevation Ft: | 5013 |
Coordinates: | 41.6814°N -112.32°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 84337 |
Area Code: | 435 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 2584779 |
Thatcher is a census-designated place in Box Elder County, Utah, United States. It is a small farming community, located 3miles southwest of Bothwell and 7miles west of Tremonton. The population was 789 at the 2010 census.
The community was named for Moses Thatcher, an apostle for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.[2] Thatcher was first settled in 1890.[3]
Thatcher Mountain, 2miles to the west, is named after the community.
As of the census[1] of 2010, there were 789 people living in the CDP. There were 230 housing units. The racial makeup of the town was 95.9% White, 0.5% Black or African American, 0.1% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.1% Asian, 0.1% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, 1.6% from some other race, and 1.5% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.4% of the population.