Thatcher, Utah

Census-designated place in Utah, United States

41°40′52″N 112°19′11″W / 41.68111°N 112.31972°W / 41.68111; -112.31972CountryUnited StatesStateUtahCounty Box ElderSettled1890Named forMoses ThatcherArea

• Total11.7 sq mi (30.3 km²) • Land11.7 sq mi (30.3 km²) • Water0.0 sq mi (0.0 km²)Elevation

^[1]

5,003 ft (1,525 m)Population

(2010)^[2]

• Total789 • Density67/sq mi (26.0/km²)Time zoneUTC-7 (Mountain (MST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-6 (MDT)ZIP code

84337

Area code435GNIS feature ID2584779^[1]

Thatcher is a census-designated place in Box Elder County, Utah, United States. It is a small farming community, located 3 miles (5 km) southwest of Bothwell and 7 miles (11 km) 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.^[3] Thatcher was first settled in 1890.^[4]

Thatcher Mountain, 2 miles (3 km) to the west, is named after the community.

Demographics

As of the census^[2] 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.

References

^ ^a ^b "Thatcher Census Designated Place". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved September 18, 2023.. Retrieved May 19, 2011.
^ ^a ^b "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 19, 2011.
^ Van Cott, John W. (1990). Utah Place Names. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press. p. 41. ISBN 0-87480-345-4.
^ Andrew Jenson. Encyclopedic History of the Church. (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1941) p. 872