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History · Taylorsville

Taylorsville dates to 1848, and 2 of its places are on the National Register

More historic than 45% of U.S. towns · #48 of 119 in Utah. What drives it

Most of Taylorsville was built recently: 0.8% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1982. Its Register listings are the Taylorsville LDS Ward Meetinghouse and the John and Jennette Gerrard House. Below: maps from 1951 on and the census since 1980.

1848founded
2on the National Register
0.8%homes built before 1940
5famous people
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Quick answers

How Taylorsville began

When was Taylorsville founded?

1848

Taylorsville dates its founding to 1848 (Wikidata). The census first counted it in 1980.

First census: 17,448 in 19802020 census: 60,448178 years

How historic is Taylorsville?

C+

More historic than 45% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.

What drives the grade ↓
Founding year: Wikidata. First post office: 1857.The full story ↓
History grade

What drives Taylorsville’s History grade

On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Taylorsville is more historic than 45% of U.S. towns, #48 of 119 in Utah. Its age holds the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.

C+
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Taylorsville’s overall grade.
Founding era1848, from Wikidata: founded 1776–1849, an older era than 75% of U.S. townsA−Homes built before 19400.8% of homes (±0.5) · typical UT town 2.8% · U.S. 8.4%DNational Register2 listings, 3 historic buildings, 0.5 per 10,000 residents · typical UT town 3.0 · U.S. 2.4B−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 45%
NewerOlder
Utah towns of 2,500+ (119)Ahead of 60%

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 Taylorsville’s 0.5 sits near the middle of its state (40% of Utah towns have fewer) while its 3 historic buildings outnumber those of 65% of U.S. towns.

How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from C− to B+. The pre-1940 share (±0.5 points) is firm at this size. Two sources give 1848.

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 Taylorsville’s past

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

Lost villages1 post office opened and closed inside today’s Taylorsville, and 104 old place names are still on the map.A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Taylorsville are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Deep rootsEstablished in 1848: 178 years of Taylorsville.
★ What stands out · Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds

Taylorsville had its own post office from 1857 to 1901. Another post office, Kearns, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Taylorsville
1857–1901
Kearns
1950–1954
18501940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Angle ViewAutumn WoodAutumn Wood CircleBarbersBarke CircleBen Air EstatesBen Rancho AcresBennionBennion Court EstatesBennion CoveBennion EstatesBennion ParkBest ViewBlake HeightsBonniebrook EstatesBowling GreenBrookshire EstatesBrown-Tye MeadowsBurnugh DownsCarriage SquareChampignonCloverwoodCluistosCoates Estates
1cemetery inside Taylorsville
Taylorsville Memorial Park

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

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Start Taylorsville’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Taylorsville’s history is told.

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Timeline

Taylorsville, 1848 to 1954

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1848
    FoundingTaylorsville is established
  3. 1857Post officeThe Taylorsville post office opens
  4. 1862Born hereHarden Bennion is born here
  5. 1870Born hereMilton Bennion is born here
  6. 1881Born hereEdna Harker Thomas is born here
  7. 1886Born hereAdam S. Bennion is born here
  8. 20th century
  9. 1901Post officeThe Taylorsville post office closes
  10. 1950Post officeThe Kearns post office opens
  11. 1951On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  12. 1954Post officeThe Kearns post office closes
The story

How Taylorsville came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Taylorsville.

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The area called Taylorsville today is made up of two historic communities in the central part of Salt Lake County: Taylorsville and Bennion. These communities incorporated through a vote of the people with over 70 percent approval in September 1995. The city officially became the City of Taylorsville during the centennial anniversary of Utah's statehood in 1996.

ChaptersMormon settlementTwentieth centuryWorld War IIIncorporation

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

Taylorsville, decade by decade

Today10 recent
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On the map

Taylorsville on the map, 1951 to 1999

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

Taylorsville on the 1951 USGS mapTaylorsville on the 1963 USGS mapTaylorsville on the 1975 USGS mapTaylorsville on the 1999 USGS map1951Salt Lake City South 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 Taylorsville.

On the National Register

2 historic places in Taylorsville

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

places listed
2
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
3
each building in a district counts
first listed
2022
Taylorsville LDS Ward Meetinghouse
Taylorsville LDS Ward MeetinghouseJohn and Jennette Gerrard House
Buildings
All 2 listings
Taylorsville LDS Ward MeetinghouseBuilding · listed 2022John and Jennette Gerrard HouseBuilding · listed 2022

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

People over time

Taylorsville, census by census

05,00010,00015,00020,00025,00030,00035,00040,00045,00050,00055,00060,00065,00019802000202060,448

Grew from 17,448 people in 1980 to 60,448 in 2020, 3 times over.

5 censuses, 1980–2020.

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

Famous people

5 famous people were born in Taylorsville

Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.

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Adam S. BennionAmerican Mormon leader · b. 1886
Milton BennionAmerican Mormon leader · b. 1870
Edna Harker ThomasSecond Counselor in the general presidency of t… · b. 1881
Harden BennionAmerican politician · b. 1862
Samuel O. BennionAmerican Mormon leader · b. 1874
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Murray19 historic placesB+West Jordan3 historic placesC+Millcreek13 historic placesB−KearnsIts storyD−West Valley City2 historic placesC−

Questions about Taylorsville’s history

What year was Taylorsville founded?

In 1848, according to Wikidata. Taylorsville’s post office opened in 1857, and the census of 1980 counted 17,448 people here.

How does Taylorsville rank for history?

Taylorsville is more historic than 45% of U.S. towns, #48 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 Taylorsville?

Two places: the Taylorsville LDS Ward Meetinghouse (listed 2022) and the John and Jennette Gerrard House (2022).

How old are the homes in Taylorsville?

0.8% of Taylorsville’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate), against a typical 2.8% for an Utah town; the median home was built in 1982.

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Sources

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 (10), the National Register of Historic Places (2), 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.