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Apple Valley dates to 2004

Most of Apple Valley was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 2003. Below: maps from 1980 on.

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How Apple Valley began

When was Apple Valley founded?

2004

Apple Valley dates its founding to 2004 (Wikidata and Wikipedia’s history agree).

2020 census: 85522 years
Founding year: Wikidata; Wikipedia’s history section gives the same year.

What stands out about Apple Valley’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Apple Valley are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The story so far

Apple Valley, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Apple Valley yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Apple Valley is a town in Washington County, Utah, United States, located 12 miles (19 km) east of Hurricane along SR-59. The population was 855 at the 2020 census. Apple Valley was incorporated on October 15, 2004, and a 2007 population estimate by the US Census Bureau placed its population at 427. In 2006, some town residents signed a petition calling for disincorporation, saying its incorporation was premature. They obtained enough signatures to call for a vote of dis-incorporation, but the attempt was unsuccessful. Another dis-incorporation vote took place on June 19, 2012, but was also unsuccessful.

Apple Valley was established in 2004. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 701 to 855 (+22%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

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Apple Valley, decade by decade

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On the map

Apple Valley on the map in 1980

The U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Apple Valley.

Apple Valley on the 1980 USGS map1980St George sheet · 1:100,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Apple Valley.

Places that used to be

Old corners

Old hamlets and crossroads still carry their names on the map.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Big Plain Junction

Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

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Questions about Apple Valley’s history

What year was Apple Valley founded?

In 2004, according to Wikidata and Wikipedia’s history of the town.

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What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (1), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.