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Davis County, Utah

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—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
69historic places
—earliest paper
1850formed
362,679pop. 2020
18cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 69 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1976. Most listings are in or near Centerville, Farmington, Layton.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Utah is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Davis titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

57 of 69 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

69 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Adams, Joseph, HouseLaytonBuilding1978
Atkinson, James and Hannah, HouseWoods CrossBuilding1999
Barnard-Garn-Barber HouseCentervilleBuilding1997
Barnes, John George Moroni, HouseKaysvilleBuilding1982
Barnes, John R., HouseKaysvilleBuilding1982
Blood, Henry, HouseKaysvilleBuilding1980
Bountiful Historic DistrictBountifulDistrict2005
Bountiful TabernacleBountifulBuilding1976
Brandon, Thomas and Margaret, HouseCentervilleBuilding1997
Building 225-Airplane Repair HangarHill AFBBuilding2024
Burns-Wood HouseFarmingtonBuilding2025
Capener, William, HouseCentervilleBuilding1984
Chaffin, Henry and Leatha, HouseFarmingtonBuilding2025
Cheney, Leroy and Alice, HouseCentervilleBuilding2021
Clark Lane Historic District (Additional Documentation)FarmingtonDistrict1994
Deuel, Osmyn and Emily, HouseCentervilleBuilding1997
Duncan, John, Harriet, and Eliza Jennett, HouseCentervilleBuilding1997
Eldredge, James and Jane, HouseWest BountifulBuilding2005
Farmer's Union BuildingLaytonBuilding1978
Farmington Main Street Historic DistrictFarmingtonDistrict2011
Farmington Tithing OfficeFarmingtonBuilding1985
Fielding Garr RanchAntelope IslandBuilding1983
First National Bank of LaytonLaytonBuilding2006
Ford, Joseph N. and Algie, HouseCentervilleBuilding2005
Ford-Rigby HouseCentervilleBuilding1997
Green, James, HouseBountifulBuilding1982
Haight, Hector C., HouseFarmingtonBuilding1985
Harris, Thomas and Caroline, HouseCentervilleBuilding1998
Harris-Tingey HouseCentervilleBuilding1997
Hill, Joseph and Ann, CabinLaytonBuilding2015
Holland-Smith-Brown HouseCentervilleBuilding1997
Kaysville City HallKaysvilleBuilding2019
Kilbourn-Leak HouseCentervilleBuilding1997
Knowlton, George Quincy, HouseFarmingtonBuilding1995
Lagoon CarouselFarmingtonStructure2012
Lagoon Flying ScooterFarmingtonStructure2012
Lagoon Roller CoasterFarmingtonStructure2012
Layton Oregon Short Line Railroad StationLaytonBuilding2018
Layton, George W., HouseLaytonBuilding1982
Layton, John Henry, HouseWest LaytonBuilding1982
Leonard–Taylor HouseFarmingtonBuilding2023
Miller, William H. and Helen, HouseFarmingtonBuilding2025
Mills-Hancock HouseCentervilleBuilding2007
Porter, Nathan T. and Anna, HouseCentervilleBuilding2004
Porter, Nathan and Rebecca Cherry and Eliza Ford, FarmsteadCentervilleBuilding1997
Randall, Melvin Harley, HouseCentervilleBuilding1980
Rich-Steeper HouseCentervilleBuilding1997
Richards HouseFarmingtonBuilding1977
Roberts, B.H., Louisa Smith and Cecilia Dibble, HouseCentervilleBuilding1997
Ron's Phillips 66 Service StationCentervilleBuilding2018
Salt Lake South East and North West Base Monuments (Salt Lake Base Line)LaytonObject2018
Smith, Jesse Wells and Miriam, HouseFarmingtonBuilding2025
Smith, Thomas J. and Amanda N., HouseKaysvilleBuilding2006
Smith-Larsen HouseCentervilleBuilding1997
Smoot Dairy FarmhouseCentervilleBuilding2016
Stayner-Steed HouseFarmingtonBuilding1999
Stewart, LeConte, HouseKaysvilleBuilding1996
Streeper, William Henry and Mary, HouseCentervilleBuilding1997
Taylor, John W., Janet (Nettie), and May Rich, HouseFarmingtonBuilding1997
Thurston-Chase CabinCentervilleBuilding1997
Tingey, Thomas, HouseCentervilleBuilding1983
Van Fleet, Elias and Lucy, HouseFarmingtonBuilding2025
Van Fleet, Elias and Mary Ann, HouseFarmingtonBuilding2025
VanFleet HotelFarmingtonBuilding1991
Walton, Franklin and Amelia, HouseCentervilleBuilding1997
Wayman, John and Sarah Jane, HouseCentervilleBuilding2015
West Bountiful Historic DistrictWest BountifulDistrict2004
Whitaker, Thomas and Elizabeth Mills, HouseCentervilleBuilding1996
Wilcox, James D., HouseFarmingtonBuilding1985

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Davis was formed in 1850 (1850-10-05) from Great Salt Lake, Weber.

DAVIS created by the state of Deseret from GREAT SALT LAKE (now SALT LAKE) and WEBER.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Davis County population from 1850 to 2020 (Census historical series).

363k182k1,1341850188019201940196020002020
18501860188019001920194019501960198020002020
1,1342,9045,2797,99611,45015,78430,86764,760146,540238,994362,679

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

18 cemeteries and 1 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 18 of 18 listed
NameLatLon
Antelope Island Army Ranger and Air Force Memorial41.06163-112.23587
Bountiful Memorial Park40.86772-111.88687
Centerville Memorial Park40.91182-111.86857
Clearfield City Cemetery41.09827-112.01104
Clinton City Cemetery41.12605-112.04104
Daniel Wood Cemetery40.88563-111.89247
Farmington City Cemetery40.97133-111.88187
Frary Grave Site40.965-112.18974
Indian Princess Grave41.00289-111.88774
Kaysville City Cemetery41.04494-111.92715
Lakeview Memorial Park Cemetery40.87798-111.84544
Layton Hill Cemetery41.09879-111.9741
Lindquist Memorial Park At Layton Cemetery41.08595-111.95074
Sessions Settlement Pioneer CemeteryNoneNone
Sessions Settlement Pioneer Cemetery40.87456-111.90039
South Weber Cemetery41.14265-111.97022
Syracuse Cemetery41.09605-112.04632
West Point Cemetery41.11455-112.10071
Historical populated places — 1 of 1
NameLatLon
East Layton41.08105-111.91994

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

HMdb link

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