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History · North Salt Lake

North Salt Lake’s post office opened in 1917

More historic than 4% of U.S. towns · #108 of 119 in Utah. What drives it

Most of North Salt Lake was built recently: 1% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 2002. Below: maps from 1951 on and the census since 1950.

1917first post office
0on the National Register
1%homes built before 1940
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Quick answers

How North Salt Lake began

When was North Salt Lake founded?

1917

The North Salt Lake post office opened in 1917, the earliest record of the town by name. Wikidata gives 1946.

First census: 255 in 19502020 census: 21,907109 years

How historic is North Salt Lake?

D−

More historic than 4% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.

What drives the grade ↓
Founding year: the first North Salt Lake post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Wikidata: 1946.
History grade

What drives North Salt Lake’s History grade

On its age, its old homes and the National Register, North Salt Lake is more historic than 4% of U.S. towns, #108 of 119 in Utah. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its age pulls it down.

D−
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of North Salt Lake’s overall grade.
Founding era1917, from the first post office: founded 1900–1944, an older era than 9% of U.S. townsDHomes built before 19401.1% of homes (±0.8) · typical UT town 2.8% · U.S. 8.4%DNational RegisterNo listings counted · typical UT town 3.0 per 10,000 · U.S. 2.4C−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 4%
NewerOlder
Utah towns of 2,500+ (119)Ahead of 9%

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 North Salt Lake’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 range from D− to D. The pre-1940 share (±0.8 points) is firm at this size. The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date; Wikidata gives 1946.

Founding year: the first post office (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 North Salt Lake’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

Lost villages27 hamlets and corners are still on the map.A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of North Salt Lake are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
★ What stands out · Places that used to be

Lost post offices and old corners

North Salt Lake had its own post office from 1917 to 1973.

North Salt Lake
1917–1973
19101970today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Ballard AvenuesCastleCobble Creek EastGarden GroveHighlandsHillside GardensHillside OaksLakeview EstatesMossMountains MeadowsOakleafOdell AcresOrchard AcresOrchard HillsOrchard Hills EastPaulPedersenSconbergSouth Valley ViewSundownSycamoreValley SideValley Side CircleWiggins

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how North Salt Lake’s history is told.

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The story so far

North Salt Lake, in brief

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

North Salt Lake is a city in Davis County, Utah, United States. It is part of the Ogden–Clearfield, Utah Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 16,322 at the 2010 census, which had risen to 21,907 as of 2020. The city is often casually known as North Salt Lake City as it shares a municipal boundary with Salt Lake City to the south, though the city's actual corporate name is "The City of North Salt Lake". The error also has been solidified with the Federal Communications Commission, which has radio station KALL (700) officially licensed to "North Salt Lake City", though for all intents and purposes that station serves the Salt Lake City market in general.

Its first post office opened in 1917. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 16,322 to 21,907 (+34%).

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

Timeline

North Salt Lake, 1917 to 1973

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1917Post officeThe North Salt Lake post office opens
  3. 1951On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  4. 1973Post officeThe North Salt Lake post office closes
By decade

North Salt Lake, decade by decade

Today12 recent
PXL 20250914 215540552~22025PXL 20250914 215540552~2PXL 20250914 215442103~22025PXL 20250914 215442103~2PXL 20250914 214323506~32025PXL 20250914 214323506~32015-09-29 11 06 40 View south along Interstate 15 near milepost 314 approaching Exit 313 (Interstate 215 south) in20152015-09-29 11 06 40 View south along Interstate 15 ne…North Salt Lake landslide cliff2014North Salt Lake landslide cliffHouse destroyed by landslide2014House destroyed by landslideHatch Park2012Hatch ParkNew North Salt Lake City hall2010New North Salt Lake City hallRedwoodandCenter2008RedwoodandCenterRedwoodNSL22008RedwoodNSL2RedwoodNSL2008RedwoodNSLNorth Salt Lake Utah City Hall2008North Salt Lake Utah City Hall
On the map

North Salt Lake on the map, 1951 to 1998

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

North Salt Lake on the 1951 USGS mapNorth Salt Lake on the 1963 USGS mapNorth Salt Lake on the 1975 USGS mapNorth Salt Lake on the 1998 USGS map1951Salt Lake City North 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 North Salt Lake.

People over time

North Salt Lake, census by census

05,00010,00015,00020,000196019802000202021,907

Grew from 255 people in 1950 to 21,907 in 2020, more than tenfold.

8 censuses, 1950–2020.

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

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Bountiful3 historic placesA−Woods Cross1 historic placeC−Salt Lake City233 historic placesA+

Questions about North Salt Lake’s history

What year was North Salt Lake founded?

The North Salt Lake post office opened in 1917, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records). Wikidata gives 1946.

How does North Salt Lake rank for history?

North Salt Lake is more historic than 4% of U.S. towns, #108 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 North Salt Lake?

1% of North Salt Lake’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate), against a typical 2.8% for an Utah town; the median home was built in 2002.

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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).

From Wikimedia Commons (12), 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.