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South Jordan is a city in south central Salt Lake County, Utah, United States, 18 miles (29 km) south of Salt Lake City. Part of the Salt Lake City metropolitan area , the city lies in the Salt Lake Valley along the banks of the Jordan River between the 10,000-foot (3,000 m) Oquirrh Mountains and the 11,000-foot (3,400 m) Wasatch Mountains .
South Jordan was the world's first city with two church temples (with the Jordan River Temple). The temple was the fourth in the Salt Lake Valley and the 13th in Utah. When completed in 2009, the Oquirrh Mountain Utah Temple served approximately 83,000 Latter-day Saints living in the western Salt Lake Valley. [2]
South Jordan's population grew from 50,148 in 2010 to 80,139 people by the end of 2022. [9] The City of South Jordan and The Larry H. Miller Company are working together on plans to build out a downtown center within Daybreak.
The temple is the first in the city of South Jordan, the second in Salt Lake County, and as of 2024 is one of thirty in the state of Utah. The temple has a single spire design and is one of the only temples with an Angel Moroni holding the gold plates. This temple was designed by Emil B. Fetzer, showcasing its modern architectural design. A ...
Oil drilling operations in Los Angeles, 1905. Zoning in Los Angeles is commonly believed to have been first enacted in 1908, although Los Angeles City Council passed the first municipal zoning ordinance in the United States, Ordinance 9774, on July 25, 1904.
Displaced Palestinians return to their homes in the northern Gaza Strip, following Israel's decision to allow thousands of them to go back for the first time since the early weeks of the 15-month ...
Bridge at Fitts Park in the City of South Salt Lake, UT. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 6.9 square miles (18 km 2), all land.. The city is bordered by the Jordan River on the west, 500 East and 700 East on the east, 2100 South on the north, and 3900 South on the south.
The executive powers of government are vested in the Governor. The current governor is Spencer Cox, a Republican. Gary Herbert, the previous governor, assumed the governorship on August 11, 2009, following the resignation of Governor Jon Huntsman, Jr., who was appointed United States Ambassador to China by President Barack Obama. Herbert was ...