City Fun Facts
Original name of the city
Western Jordan
Jordan Valley Water Conservancy District
Treated water is purchased from this entity
1957 World Middleweight Champion (Boxing)
Gene Fullmer
Originally a flour mill and "Utah's Own Silo Experience"
Gardner Village
1848
Earliest recorded settlements along the Jordan River / in "West Jordan".
900 lane miles
Distance of streets, bike lanes, parks, and blocks and blocks of sidewalk in West Jordan for snow crews to clear.
Bruce Egbert
1st Mayor of West Jordan
Home of Utah's largest cinema (by number of screens)
Jordan Landing
January 10, 1941
West Jordan officially incorporated as a city.
Leaving it to the general community for the previous 128 years, this department was officially created in 1977.
West Jordan Fire Department
Population according to the 2020 census
~116,971
U-42
FAA designation for the South Valley Regional Airport
January 6, 2020
Effective date for West Jordan moving to a strong-mayor form of government.
In this year, electricity reached West Jordan homes
1916
Termed the "cat-fight", in the year 2000, newspaper ads highlighted a conflict between which West Jordan officials?
Mayor vs various council-members (under the mayor-council form of gov't)
Opened in 2011, starting in Murray, running southwest through West Jordan, before turning south and terminating in South Jordan.
TRAX line through West Jordan
Votkinsk, Russia
West Jordan's "Sister City" -Wikipedia
Independence Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, and New Year's Day.
Only holidays on which garbage/recycling containers are not collected.
This individual had Mulberry seeds and silkworms imported from Italy and France because he thought Utah’s Climate was ideal and production would thrive. This ultimately led to 25 acres of trees to be planted in West Jordan.
Brigham Young
Total number of businesses operating in West Jordan
6,649