Bothwell, Utah

Bothwell, Utah
Unincorporated community
Bothwell, Utah, and the Bear River Valley
Bothwell
Location within the state of Utah
Coordinates: 41°42′30″N 112°15′30″W / 41.70833°N 112.25833°W / 41.70833; -112.25833Coordinates: 41°42′30″N 112°15′30″W / 41.70833°N 112.25833°W / 41.70833; -112.25833
Country United States
State Utah
County Box Elder
Settled 1894
Incorporated 1937
Disincorporated 1967
Founded by William H. Rowe
Named for John R. Bothwell
Elevation[1] 4,331 ft (1,320 m)
Time zone UTC-7 (Mountain (MST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-6 (MDT)
GNIS feature ID 1425891[1]
Historical population
CensusPop.%±
1940282—
195031712.4%
1960302−4.7%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau[2]

Bothwell is an unincorporated community in Box Elder County, Utah, United States.[1]

Description

Located on highway Utah 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

Utah portal

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Bothwell". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  2. ↑ "Census of Population and Housing". U.S. 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 10 Mar 2018.
  4. ↑ The Utah Genealogical and Historical Magazine

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