More historic than 11% of U.S. towns · #99 of 119 in Utah. What drives it
Most of Vineyard was built recently: 0.1% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 2015. Below: maps from 1948 on and the census since 1990.
Founding year: the first Vineyard post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Wikidata: 1989.The full story ↓
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What drives Vineyard’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Vineyard is more historic than 11% of U.S. towns, #99 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 Vineyard’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 Vineyard’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 (±0.2 points) is firm at this size. The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date; Wikidata gives 1989.
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 Vineyard’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The community was named for grape vineyards near the original town site. According to some town residents, Vineyard first became a distinct place in 1899. The town incorporated in 1989.
Vineyard was certified as a city of the 5th class (1,000–10,000 residents) during the summer of 2016. Prior to 2016, Vineyard was classified as a town.
Population has grown dramatically since about 2012 due to redevelopment of the former Geneva Steel site which sits in Vineyard and was idle since Geneva went out of business in 2002. Starting in 2011, Utah Valley University purchased hundreds of acres in Vineyard to create a secondary campus a few miles west of their main facilities.
The Vineyard post office opened in 1897, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records). Wikidata gives 1989.
How does Vineyard rank for history?
Vineyard is more historic than 11% of U.S. towns, #99 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 Vineyard?
0.1% of Vineyard’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate), against a typical 2.8% for an Utah town; the median home was built in 2015.
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 (18), 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.
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