Grantsville
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city in Tooele County, Utah, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Utah
- County
- Tooele County
- Incorporated
- January 12, 1867
- Named after
- Ulysses S. Grant
- Total
- 37.59 sq mi (97.36 km )
- Land
- 37.47 sq mi (97.05 km )
- Water
- 0.12 sq mi (0.30 km )
- Elevation
- 4,265 ft (1,300 m)
- Density
- 336.7/sq mi (130.0/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-7 ( Mountain (MST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-6 (MDT)
- Fips code
- 49-31120
- Website
- Official website
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Grantsville is the second most populous city in Tooele County, Utah, United States. It is part of the Salt Lake City metropolitan area. The population was 12,627 at the 2020 census. The city has grown slowly and steadily throughout most of its existence, but rapid increases in growth occurred during the 1970s, 1990s, and 2010s. Recent rapid growth has been attributed to being close to Salt Lake City, small town community feel, lower housing costs than Salt Lake County, the nearby Deseret Peak recreational center, the Utah Motorsports Campus raceway, and the newly built Wal-Mart distribution center located just outside the city. It is quickly becoming a bedroom community for commuters into the Salt Lake Valley.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Grantsville” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.