Stansbury Park, Utah

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Stansbury Park is a census-designated place (CDP) in Tooele County, Utah, United States. The population was 2,385, at the 2000 census: a significant increase over the 1990 figure of 1,049.

Stansbury Park is located in the Northern end of Tooele valley at the base of the Oquirrh Mountains. Traveling by Interstate 80, Stansbury Park is 30 minutes from downtown Salt Lake City. This bedroom community continues to grow with over 1500 homes and another 1000 homes already planned.

Stansbury Park is a planned community with a lake for sailing and paddleboats, an eighteen-hole golf course, clubhouse, swimming pool and parks. The parks throughout Stansbury Park include baseball fields, basketball courts, tennis courts, play areas for children and an astronomical observatory. In addition, a natural lake exists on the northern edge of the area; it is fed by a spring at its southeast end. The water from this lake is piped around the Oquirrh Mountain Range (east of Stansbury Park) to the Kennecott Company's mining operation.

1 Recreation
2 Schools
3 Misc
4 Geography
5 Demographics
6 References
7 External links

[edit] Recreation

The 18-hole public golf course runs through the center of Stansbury Park. This challenging golf course features over a dozen lakes. All the par 3 holes are over water and all but two holes have water hazards. In the winter time, Stansbury Park is often the only course open in the greater Salt Lake City area. The course has a clubhouse with food service, a pro shop, putting green and driving range.

The astronomical observatory, the Stansbury Park Observing Complex, is at the north end of the lake near the skateboard park. The observatory boasts a 16" Ealing telescope and an 81 cm "big scope", along with computerized tracking and CCD imaging capabilities.

[edit] Schools

Stansbury Park has two elementary schools at present (2006). The first - Stansbury Elementary - opened in 1979 (?); the second - Rose Springs Elementary - opened in 2005 (?). A high school is being planned near the Rose Springs Elementary School; it should be in use by 2009.

[edit] Misc

Stansbury Park receives mail service from the Tooele (Utah) Post Office, ZIP 84074. Culinary water for Stansbury Park comes from a deep well about 2 miles southeast (east of Utah State Highway 36). Originally, the golf course was watered from another deep well at the southeast corner of the area, but that water had such a high level of 'hardness' that it was finally abandoned and the culinary water now also is used on the golf course. Sewer service is provided by a lagoon complex northwest (north of Utah State Highway 138). These services are administered by the Stansbury Park Water and Sewer Improvement District. The golf course and common areas within Stansbury Park were originally administered by two separate service districts, but are now administered by a combined district, the Stansbury Park Service District, whose board members are elected by the population.

Woodland Park, near the southeast end of Stansbury Park, contains trees which existed before the development started. Benson Mill, north of Stansbury Park, is a restoration of an actual nineteenth-century gristmill on that site, and has grown into a recreational area.

[edit] Geography

Stansbury Park is located at 40°38′15″N, 112°18′3″W (40.637514, -112.300723)^GR1.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 3.8 km² (1.5 mi²). 3.3 km² (1.3 mi²) of it is land and 0.5 km² (0.2 mi²) of it (12.84%) is water.

[edit] Demographics

As of the census^GR2 of 2000, there were 2,385 people, 701 households, and 625 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 713.8/km² (1,842.7/mi²). There were 718 housing units at an average density of 214.9/km² (554.7/mi²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 95.60% White, 0.50% African American, 0.71% Native American, 0.59% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 1.34% from other races, and 1.22% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4.53% of the population.

There were 701 households out of which 55.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 83.5% were married couples living together, 4.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 10.8% were non-families. 9.0% of all households were made up of individuals and 1.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.40 and the average family size was 3.64.

In the CDP the population was spread out with 37.7% under the age of 18, 6.8% from 18 to 24, 34.1% from 25 to 44, 18.5% from 45 to 64, and 2.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 30 years. For every 100 females there were 99.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 98.9 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $66,295, and the median income for a family was $67,930. Males had a median income of $47,008 versus $31,477 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $20,347. None of the families and 0.3% of the population were living below the poverty line, including no under eighteens and none of those over 64.

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