Kaysville dates to 1849, and 6 of its places are on the National Register
More historic than 57% of U.S. towns · #30 of 119 in Utah. What drives it
Most of Kaysville was built recently: 3% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1994. Below: 5 old photos and papers, maps from 1894 on, and the census since 1890.
Founding year: Wikidata. First post office: 1854.The full story ↓
History grade
What drives Kaysville’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Kaysville is more historic than 57% of U.S. towns, #30 of 119 in Utah. Its age holds the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Kaysville’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 Kaysville’s 2.7 sits near the middle of its state (50% of Utah towns have fewer) while its 9 historic buildings outnumber those of 75% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from C+ to A−. The pre-1940 share (±1.7 points) is firm at this size. Two sources give 1849.
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 Kaysville’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
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Kays Creek Fortlocale
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Kaysville City
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
People over time
Kaysville, census by census
Lost half of its people between 1900 and 1920, then grew more than tenfold.
14 censuses, 1890–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Kaysville’s Wikipedia page.
Every building
Kaysville, building by building, 1894–1930
Fire insurance maps drew every building, what it was made of and what it was used for, so insurers could price the risk of fire. Pick a year, then a sheet.
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Sanborn Map Company, via the Library of Congress. Editions published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
Shortly after Latter-day Saint pioneers arrived in 1847, the Kaysville area, originally known as "Kay's Creek" or Kay's Ward, was settled by Hector Haight in 1847 as a farming community. He had been sent north to find feed for the stock and soon thereafter constructed a cabin and brought his family to settle the area. Farmington, Utah also claims Hector Haight as its original settler. Two miles north of Haight's original settlement, Samuel Holmes built a cabin in 1849 and was soon joined by other settlers from Salt Lake, namely Edward Phillips, John Green, and William Kay.
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
In 1849, according to Wikidata. Kaysville’s post office opened in 1854, and the census of 1890 counted 548 people here.
How does Kaysville rank for history?
Kaysville is more historic than 57% of U.S. towns, #30 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.
What is on the National Register in Kaysville?
6 listings: 6 buildings, among them the Henry Blood House (listed 1980, the first). 9 historic buildings in all.
How old are the homes in Kaysville?
3% of Kaysville’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±1.7 points), against a typical 2.8% for an Utah town; the median home was built in 1994.
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 (6), Wikidata (6), the National Register of Historic Places (6), 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), the USGS Geographic Names Information System and Sanborn fire insurance maps (Library of Congress). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
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