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History · Cedar Fort

Cedar Fort dates to 1852, and 11% of its homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the Cedar Fort School. Below: maps from 1915 on and the census since 1870.

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1on the National Register
11%homes built before 1940
1famous people
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How Cedar Fort began

When was Cedar Fort founded?

1852

Cedar Fort dates its founding to 1852 (Wikidata). The census first counted it in 1870.

First census: 272 in 18702020 census: 427174 years
Founding year: Wikidata. First post office: 1855.

What stands out about Cedar Fort’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 Cedar Fort are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Shrank, then grewLost a third of its people between 1870 and 1890, then more than doubled.On the map since 19154 editions of the USGS map, 1915 to 1993. Watch Cedar Fort change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Cedar Fort’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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People over time

Cedar Fort, census by census

010020030040018801900192019401960198020002020272 in 1870Low: 176

Lost a third of its people between 1870 and 1890, then more than doubled.

15 censuses, 1870–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Cedar Fort’s Wikipedia page.

On the map

Cedar Fort on the map, 1915 to 1993

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Cedar Fort. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Cedar Fort on the 1915 USGS mapCedar Fort on the 1968 USGS mapCedar Fort on the 1975 USGS mapCedar Fort on the 1993 USGS map1915Fairfield sheet · 1:62,500

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

The story so far

Cedar Fort, in brief

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

Cedar Fort is a town in Utah County, Utah, United States. It is part of the Provo–Orem Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 427 at the 2020 census.

Cedar Fort was established in 1852. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 368 to 427 (+16%).

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

Timeline

Cedar Fort, 1852 to 2020

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1852
    FoundingCedar Fort is established
  3. 1855Post officeThe Cedar Valley post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1909BuiltCedar Fort School is built
  6. 1915On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  7. 1935Born hereCary G. Peterson is born here
  8. 21st century
  9. 2020CensusPopulation peaks at 427
By decade

Cedar Fort, decade by decade

Today2 recent
Looking Northwest Toward South End of Oquirrh Mountain Range2009Looking Northwest Toward South End of Oquirrh Mountai…Far Distant Mount Timpanogos (Center)2009Far Distant Mount Timpanogos (Center)
On the National Register

1 historic place in Cedar Fort

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
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National Historic Landmarks
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none yet
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts
first listed
2000
Cedar Fort School
Cedar Fort School, built 1909
Buildings

Architectural styles listings

Late Victorian1
Victorian Eclectic1
Prairie School1
Cedar Fort SchoolLate Victorian · Built 1909

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Places that used to be

Places now gone and burying grounds

Gone or out of use
Cedar Fort Stationbuilding
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Cedar Fort
Cedar FortCedar Fort Pioneer

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). 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 Cedar Fort’s history

What year was Cedar Fort founded?

In 1852, according to Wikidata. Cedar Fort’s post office opened in 1855, and the census of 1870 counted 272 people here.

What is on the National Register in Cedar Fort?

One place: the Cedar Fort School (listed 2000).

Memory lane

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 (2), the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) 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.