Morgan, Utah

Morgan, Utah
Guc-ta Bi-oh-qua
Morgan's Old Commercial Street, March 2008
Morgan's Old Commercial Street, March 2008
Location in Morgan County and the state of Utah
Location in Morgan County and the state of Utah
Coordinates: 41°2′28″N 111°40′34″W / 41.04111°N 111.67611°W / 41.04111; -111.67611
Country United States
State Utah
CountyMorgan
Settled1860
Named forJedediah Morgan Grant
Government
 • MayorSteve Gale
Area
 • Total2.96 sq mi (7.68 km2)
 • Land2.96 sq mi (7.68 km2)
 • Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation5,069 ft (1,545 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total4,071
 • Density1,441.63/sq mi (556.59/km2)
Time zoneUTC−7 (Mountain (MST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC−6 (MDT)
ZIP code
84050
Area code(s)385, 801
FIPS code49-51910[3]
GNIS feature ID1430488[2]
WebsiteOfficial website

Morgan (Shoshone: Guc-ta Bi-oh-qua, “Where the water flows fast”)[5] is a city in the U.S. state of Utah and the county seat of Morgan County. It is part of the Ogden-Clearfield metropolitan area. It is named after Jedediah Morgan Grant, a leader in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who served as an apostle and as a member of the LDS First Presidency under Brigham Young in the mid-1850s. As of the 2020 census, the city population was 4,071 people. Morgan is also a location where some of the movie Troll 2 was filmed in 1989.

  1. ^ "2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
  2. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Morgan, Utah
  3. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  4. ^ "Population and Housing Unit Estimates". United States Census Bureau. May 24, 2020. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
  5. ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". mlibgisservices.maps.arcgis.com. Retrieved April 3, 2023.

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