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More historic than 12% of U.S. towns · #97 of 119 in Utah. What drives it
Most of Herriman was built recently: 0.6% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 2013. Below: maps from 1952 on and the census since 2000.
Herriman dates its founding to 1851 (Wikidata and Wikipedia’s history agree). The census first counted it in 2000.
More historic than 12% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Herriman is more historic than 12% of U.S. towns, #97 of 119 in Utah. Its age holds the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.
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 Herriman’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.
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 →
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Herriman’s history is told.
From Wikipedia’s history of Herriman.
Herriman was established in 1851 by Henry Harriman, Thomas Jefferson Butterfield, John Jay Stocking, and Robert Cowan Petty. A fort was established where the community garden is today. The only remnants of Fort Herriman are two black locust trees that stand near the entry to the old fort.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
Born hereAndre James is born hereEvery edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Herriman. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Herriman.
Grew from 1,523 people in 2000 to 55,144 in 2020, more than tenfold.
3 censuses, 2000–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Herriman’s Wikipedia page.
Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.
Herriman had its own post office from 1864 to 1901.
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
In 1851, according to Wikidata and Wikipedia’s history of the town. Herriman’s post office opened in 1864, and the census of 2000 counted 1,523 people here.
Herriman is more historic than 12% of U.S. towns, #97 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.
0.6% of Herriman’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate), against a typical 2.8% for an Utah town; the median home was built in 2013.
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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 (8), Wikipedia, 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.
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