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Enterprise dates to 1891, and 1 of its places is on the National Register

More historic than 26% of U.S. towns. What drives it

Most of Enterprise was built recently: 0.8% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1997. Its Register listing is the Enterprise Meetinghouse. Below: maps from 1972 on and the census since 1890.

1891founded
1on the National Register
0.8%homes built before 1940
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Quick answers

How Enterprise began

When was Enterprise founded?

1891

Enterprise dates its founding to 1891 (Wikidata). The census first counted it in 1890.

First census: 41 in 18902020 census: 2,027135 years

How historic is Enterprise?

C

More historic than 26% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.

What drives the grade ↓
Founding year: Wikidata. First post office: 1899.The full story ↓
History grade

What drives Enterprise’s History grade

On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Enterprise is more historic than 26% of U.S. towns. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.

C
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Enterprise’s overall grade.
Founding era1891, from Wikidata: founded 1850–1899, an older era than 37% of U.S. townsC+Homes built before 19400.8% of homes (±1.5) · typical UT town 2.8% · U.S. 8.4%DNational Register1 listing, 5.1 per 10,000 residents · typical UT town 3.0 · U.S. 2.4B−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 26%
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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 Enterprise’s 5.1 sits near the middle of its state (56% of Utah towns have fewer) while its 1 listings outnumber those of 51% of U.S. towns.

How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from D to C+. The pre-1940 share (±1.5 points) is firm at this size. Two sources give 1891.

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 Enterprise’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 Enterprise are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Enterprise’s history is told.

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The story

How Enterprise came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Enterprise.

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A post office called Enterprise has been in operation since 1899. It was settled largely by residents of the town of Hebron, later abandoned. The town was so named for the settlers' enterprising plan to find a water supply. Cattle ranchers thrived in the area, but the town needed a consistent water supply to sustain themselves and for agriculture to spread. The settlers decided to take on the ambitious project of constructing a dam. Many thought that the dam would be impossible to accomplish and left the area. The rest of the settlers began work on the dam. With a lot of work and little return, the dam was completed, and the reservoir has supported the town ever since.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Enterprise, 1891 to 1972

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1891
    FoundingEnterprise is established
  3. 1899BuiltEnterprise Meetinghouse is built
  4. 1899Post officeThe Enterprise post office opens
  5. 20th century
  6. 1972On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Enterprise, decade by decade

Today13 recent
Welcome to Enterprise Sign2024Welcome to Enterprise SignView Down Mainstreet2024View Down MainstreetOrson Welcome Huntsman Plaque of the Founding of2024Orson Welcome Huntsman Plaque of the Founding ofFarm Tractor and E Hill2024Farm Tractor and E HillEnterprise Utah E Hill2024Enterprise Utah E HillEnterprise Utah City Offices2024Enterprise Utah City OfficesEnterprise Heritage Hall2024Enterprise Heritage HallEnterprise Fire Station2024Enterprise Fire StationEnterprise Daughters of the Utah Pioneers2024Enterprise Daughters of the Utah PioneersEnterprise Community Park2024Enterprise Community ParkEnterprise Community Park & Pond2024Enterprise Community Park & PondE Hill, Flat Top, & Pilot Peak2024E Hill, Flat Top, & Pilot PeakFlatt Fire 6.19.212021Flatt Fire 6.19.21
On the map

Enterprise on the map, 1972 to 2002

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

Enterprise on the 1972 USGS mapEnterprise on the 1982 USGS mapEnterprise on the 2002 USGS map1972Enterprise 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 Enterprise.

On the National Register

1 historic place in Enterprise

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

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts
first listed
1993
Enterprise Meetinghouse
Enterprise Meetinghouse, built 1899
Buildings

Architectural styles listings

LDS Meetinghouse1
Period 11
Victorian Eclectic1
All 1 listings
Enterprise MeetinghouseBuilding · listed 1993

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

People over time

Enterprise, census by census

05001,0001,5002,00019001920194019601980200020202,027

Grew from 41 people in 1890 to 2,027 in 2020, more than tenfold.

14 censuses, 1890–2020.

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

Questions about Enterprise’s history

What year was Enterprise founded?

In 1891, according to Wikidata. Enterprise’s post office opened in 1899, and the census of 1890 counted 41 people here.

How does Enterprise rank for history?

Enterprise is more historic than 26% of U.S. towns. 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.

What is on the National Register in Enterprise?

One place: the Enterprise Meetinghouse (listed 1993).

How old are the homes in Enterprise?

0.8% of Enterprise’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±1.5 points), against a typical 2.8% for an Utah town; the median home was built in 1997.

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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).

From Wikimedia Commons (13), the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, 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.