Among the newest of U.S. towns · #116 of 119 in Utah. What drives it
Most of Eagle Mountain was built recently: 0.2% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 2012. Below: maps from 1968 on and the census since 2000.
Founding year: Wikidata; Wikipedia’s history section gives the same year.The full story ↓
History grade
What drives Eagle Mountain’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Eagle Mountain is among the newest of U.S. towns, #116 of 119 in Utah. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its age pulls it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Eagle Mountain’s overall grade.
Utah towns list more on the Register than most of the country (a typical Utah town has 3.0 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Eagle Mountain’s 0.0 sits below most of its state (18% of Utah towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would still be D−. The pre-1940 share (±0.3 points) is firm at this size. Two sources give 1996.
Founding year: Wikidata (other dates in Quick answers). Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
What stands out about Eagle Mountain’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
In 1994, a trio of men bought about 8,000 acres in the Cedar Valley of western Utah County at a bankruptcy auction, under the company names of "TI Mortgage" and "Monte Vista Ranch". These investors were John Walden, a real estate developer from Florida, and physicians Scott Gettings and Andrew Zorbis. All owned houses in Park City, Utah where they came to ski. No one lived in the region they wanted to incorporate so the trio approached developer Debbie Hooge for help. Already familiar with the area and a resident of the region, Hooge and the trio of investors approached two established communities nearby. The first was Cedar Pass Ranch, a community of large lots; while the second was Harvest Haven, a Fundamentalist Mormon polygamous community on the north side of Utah State Route 73.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Eagle Mountain. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1968Cedar Fort sheet · 1:24,000
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Eagle Mountain.
People over time
Eagle Mountain, census by census
Grew from 2,157 people in 2000 to 43,623 in 2020, more than tenfold.
3 censuses, 2000–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Eagle Mountain’s Wikipedia page.
Famous people
Famous people close to Eagle Mountain
Nobody well known was born in Eagle Mountain itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
In 1996, according to Wikidata and Wikipedia’s history of the town. the census of 2000 counted 2,157 people here.
How does Eagle Mountain rank for history?
Eagle Mountain is among the newest of U.S. towns, #116 of 119 in Utah. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
How old are the homes in Eagle Mountain?
0.2% of Eagle Mountain’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate), against a typical 2.8% for an Utah town; the median home was built in 2012.
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).
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