Bothwell, Utah

Bothwell, Utah
Unincorporated community
Bothwell and the Bear River Valley, October 2009
Bothwell and the Bear River Valley,
October 2009
Bothwell is located in Utah
Bothwell
Bothwell
Location OF Bothwell
Bothwell is located in the United States
Bothwell
Bothwell
Bothwell (the United States)
Coordinates: 41°42′30″N 112°15′30″W / 41.70833°N 112.25833°W / 41.70833; -112.25833
CountryUnited States
StateUtah
CountyBox Elder
Settled1894
Incorporated1937
Disincorporated1967
Founded byWilliam H. Rowe
Named afterJohn R. Bothwell
Elevation
[1]
4,331 ft (1,320 m)
Time zoneUTC-7 (Mountain (MST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-6 (MDT)
GNIS feature ID1425891[1]

Bothwell is an unincorporated community in the Bear River Valley in eastern Box Elder County, Utah, United States.[1]

Description

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
1940282—
195031712.4%
1960302−4.7%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau[2]

Located on highway State Route 102, the community is 4.5 miles (7.2 km) west of Tremonton and 3 miles (4.8 km) northeast of Thatcher.

Bothwell was founded as a farming community in 1894. It was originally named Rowville, after Mormon pioneer William H. Rowe.[3] It was renamed Bothwell in 1918, to honor the builders of the Bothwell Canal, a project that aided farming in the area by bringing irrigation water from the Bear River. John R. Bothwell was president of the waterworks at that time.[4]

Bothwell voted to incorporate as a town in 1937, in order to issue municipal bonds to develop the culinary water system. It was disincorporated sometime in the 1960s.

See also

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References

  1. ^ a b c "Bothwell". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ "Census of Population and Housing". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 8, 2006. Retrieved November 4, 2011.
  3. ^ Van Cott, John W. (1990). Utah Place Names: A Comprehensive Guide to the Origins of Geographic Names: A Compilation. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press. p. 45. ISBN 978-0-87480-345-7. OCLC 797284427. Retrieved March 10, 2018.
  4. ^ The Utah Genealogical and Historical Magazine

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