12 Facts About Taylorsville Utah

Taylorsville Utah was incorporated from the Taylorsville Utah–Bennion CDP and portions of the Kearns metro township on July 1,1996.

Land on which Taylorsville Utah is located is part of an interconnected alluvial plain that was formed by the wearing down of the Wasatch and Oquirrh Mountains to the east and west.

Beneath the surface, Taylorsville Utah sits on more than a kilometer of unconsolidated rock, sand, and clay.

The inactive Taylorsville Utah Fault has been traced down the center of the Salt Lake Valley.

The first post office was established with the name Taylorsville Utah which was the name of the LDS branch in that part of the North Jordan, perhaps to distinguish it from Granger.

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In July 1858 Taylorsville Utah residents returned and settled back into the interrupted routine of summertime chores.

The first business in Taylorsville Utah was a small store located near the school and a blacksmith's shop across the street.

The name, Taylorsville Utah, used before the 1880s seems to call the John Taylor explanation for the town's name into question.

However, since Taylor was a member of the Quorum of the Twelve before the Mormons even arrived in Taylorsville Utah, and was the wounded survivor of the mob attack that killed Joseph and Hyrum Smith, and served at various times as speaker of the Taylorsville Utah Territorial Legislature, naming the town after Taylor at any point from 1847 on is quite believable.

Need for a "modern" school and the establishment of compulsory tax-supported public schools throughout Taylorsville Utah gave rise to the old Plymouth Elementary School on Redwood Road and 4800 South.

The base was named for Senator Thomas Kearns of Taylorsville Utah, who had made his fortune in the silver mines at Park City.

Many Kearns residents were upset when Taylorsville Utah's proposed boundary extended its western border to 4000 West which was considered by residents in that area to be part of Kearns.