Roosevelt, Utah | |
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City | |
 Location inDuchesne County and the state ofUtah | |
| Coordinates:40°17′27″N109°59′49″W / 40.29083°N 109.99694°W /40.29083; -109.99694 | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Utah |
| County | Duchesne |
| Founded | 1905 |
| Named after | Theodore Roosevelt |
| Area | |
• Total | 6.76 sq mi (17.50 km2) |
| • Land | 6.76 sq mi (17.50 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0.00 km2) |
| Elevation | 5,197 ft (1,584 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 6,747 |
| • Density | 998.5/sq mi (385.54/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-7 (Mountain (MST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-6 (MDT) |
| ZIP code | 84066 |
| Area code | 435 |
| FIPS code | 49-64670[3] |
| GNIS feature ID | 2410991[2] |
| Website | www |
Roosevelt is a city inDuchesne County, Utah, United States. The population was 6,747 at the2020 census,[4] an increase of 701 (11.6%) from the 6,046 counted in the2010 census.[5]
The proper pronunciation of the city's name/ˈroʊzəvɛlt/ROH-zə-velt is based on how PresidentTheodore Roosevelt pronounced his name: according to the man himself, "pronounced as if it was spelled 'Rosavelt.'"[6]
Roosevelt is home to a regional campus location ofUtah State University.
The city is on the eastern edge ofDuchesne County, adjacent to the border withUintah County. The town ofBallard borders Roosevelt to the east. U.S. Routes40 and191 pass through Roosevelt as Main Street, leading east 30 miles (48 km) toVernal and west 28 miles (45 km) toDuchesne.
According to theUnited States Census Bureau, the city of Roosevelt has a total area of 5.6 square miles (14.4 km2), all land.[5]
According to theKöppen Climate Classification system, Roosevelt has acold semi-arid climate, abbreviated "BSk" on climate maps. The hottest temperature recorded in Roosevelt was 105 °F (40.6 °C) on July 18, 1998, while the coldest temperature recorded was −47 °F (−43.9 °C) on February 6, 1989.[7]
| Climate data for Roosevelt, Utah, 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1986–present | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °F (°C) | 59 (15) | 67 (19) | 80 (27) | 88 (31) | 99 (37) | 104 (40) | 105 (41) | 101 (38) | 99 (37) | 87 (31) | 73 (23) | 62 (17) | 105 (41) |
| Mean maximum °F (°C) | 43.8 (6.6) | 54.0 (12.2) | 70.8 (21.6) | 80.3 (26.8) | 88.3 (31.3) | 96.5 (35.8) | 100.0 (37.8) | 97.4 (36.3) | 81.7 (27.6) | 80.8 (27.1) | 62.7 (17.1) | 48.1 (8.9) | 100.4 (38.0) |
| Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 30.6 (−0.8) | 39.8 (4.3) | 56.4 (13.6) | 65.7 (18.7) | 75.5 (24.2) | 86.6 (30.3) | 93.2 (34.0) | 90.4 (32.4) | 81.0 (27.2) | 66.3 (19.1) | 48.9 (9.4) | 33.5 (0.8) | 64.0 (17.8) |
| Daily mean °F (°C) | 16.3 (−8.7) | 25.1 (−3.8) | 38.9 (3.8) | 47.3 (8.5) | 56.8 (13.8) | 65.7 (18.7) | 72.4 (22.4) | 70.0 (21.1) | 60.9 (16.1) | 47.8 (8.8) | 33.3 (0.7) | 19.9 (−6.7) | 46.2 (7.9) |
| Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 2.1 (−16.6) | 10.4 (−12.0) | 21.7 (−5.7) | 29.0 (−1.7) | 38.1 (3.4) | 44.8 (7.1) | 51.6 (10.9) | 49.7 (9.8) | 40.8 (4.9) | 29.4 (−1.4) | 17.6 (−8.0) | 6.3 (−14.3) | 28.5 (−2.0) |
| Mean minimum °F (°C) | −15.1 (−26.2) | −7.2 (−21.8) | 8.6 (−13.0) | 17.1 (−8.3) | 26.3 (−3.2) | 35.4 (1.9) | 42.7 (5.9) | 41.2 (5.1) | 29.8 (−1.2) | 17.4 (−8.1) | 4.9 (−15.1) | −10.6 (−23.7) | −18.3 (−27.9) |
| Record low °F (°C) | −35 (−37) | −47 (−44) | −6 (−21) | 8 (−13) | 18 (−8) | 27 (−3) | 37 (3) | 32 (0) | 21 (−6) | −4 (−20) | −9 (−23) | −40 (−40) | −47 (−44) |
| Averageprecipitation inches (mm) | 0.55 (14) | 0.39 (9.9) | 0.52 (13) | 0.74 (19) | 0.82 (21) | 0.48 (12) | 0.45 (11) | 0.63 (16) | 1.04 (26) | 0.87 (22) | 0.38 (9.7) | 0.54 (14) | 7.41 (187.6) |
| Average snowfall inches (cm) | 5.2 (13) | 3.4 (8.6) | 1.1 (2.8) | 0.7 (1.8) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.2 (0.51) | 0.6 (1.5) | 5.2 (13) | 16.4 (41.21) |
| Average extreme snow depth inches (cm) | 5.3 (13) | 3.8 (9.7) | 1.4 (3.6) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.2 (0.51) | 0.7 (1.8) | 4.3 (11) | 6.2 (16) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 0.01 in) | 4.0 | 4.8 | 4.0 | 5.6 | 6.4 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 6.1 | 4.2 | 4.9 | 58.7 |
| Average snowy days(≥ 0.1 in) | 2.9 | 2.2 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 3.3 | 9.7 |
| Source 1: NOAA[8] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: National Weather Service[7] | |||||||||||||
| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910 | 820 | — | |
| 1920 | 1,054 | 28.5% | |
| 1930 | 1,051 | −0.3% | |
| 1940 | 1,264 | 20.3% | |
| 1950 | 1,628 | 28.8% | |
| 1960 | 1,812 | 11.3% | |
| 1970 | 2,005 | 10.7% | |
| 1980 | 3,842 | 91.6% | |
| 1990 | 3,915 | 1.9% | |
| 2000 | 4,299 | 9.8% | |
| 2010 | 6,046 | 40.6% | |
| 2020 | 6,747 | 11.6% | |
| U.S. Decennial Census[9] | |||
Demographic and housing characteristics data from the 2020 Census will be available May 2023.[10]
As of thecensus[3] of 2000, there were 4,299 people, 1,380 households, and 1,095 families residing in the city. Thepopulation density was 818.6 people per square mile (316.2/km2). There were 1,566 housing units at an average density of 298.2 per square mile (115.2/km2). The racial makeup of the city was 86.58%White American, 0.19%Black orAfrican American, 8.14%Native American, 0.21%Asian American, nonePacific Islander American, 1.74% fromother races, and 3.14% from two or more races.Hispanic orLatino of any race were 3.88% of the population.
There were 1,380 households, out of which 51.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.8% weremarried couples living together, 14.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 20.6% were non-families. 16.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.12 and the average family size was 3.51.
In the city, the population was spread out, with 39.5% under the age of 18, 10.7% from 18 to 24, 25.4% from 25 to 44, 16.1% from 45 to 64, and 8.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 25 years. For every 100 females, there were 94.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.4 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $29,190, and the median income for a family was $32,328. Males had a median income of $32,117 versus $18,043 for females. Theper capita income for the city was $11,945. About 19.2% of families and 22.1% of the population were below thepoverty line, including 26.7% of those under age 18 and 10.1% of those age 65 or over.
As of 2015 the largest self-reported ancestry groups in Roosevelt, Utah are:[11]
| Largest ancestries (2015) | Percent |
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English | 25.0% |
American | 8.9% |
German | 7.2% |
Irish | 5.1% |
Danish | 4.4% |
Scottish | 3.5% |
Swedish | 2.5% |
Italian | 2.2% |
Norwegian | 1.4% |
Welsh | 0.9% |
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In 1905, by an act of Congress, the unallotted land of theUte Indian Reservation was opened tohomesteading. Several thousand hopeful 20th-century pioneers congregated inProvo andGrand Junction with the hope of successfully drawing lots for a homestead in a fertile region of the soon-to-be-opened lands. Throughout the fall and winter of 1905–06, the settlers came to theUinta Basin.
The town of Roosevelt was founded in early 1906 when Ed Harmston turned his homestead claim into a townsite and laid out plots. His wife named the prospective town in honor of the president of the United States,Theodore Roosevelt. Roosevelt was originally calledDry Gulch City, taking its name from a nearbygulch that only carries water during the early spring runoff season. Within a short time a store, a post office, and the Dry Gulch Irrigation Company were in business in the new town. In 1907, the Harmstons donated 2 acres (8,100 m2) of ground for the town's citizens to build a school. The first class had about fifteen pupils, who had to provide books from their homes. Roosevelt soon became the economic center for the area, eclipsingMyton andDuchesne.
Roosevelt is situated onU.S. Route 40 in the northeast corner of the state, south of theUinta Mountains, at an elevation of 5,250 feet (1,600 m). The town was incorporated at a mass meeting of 44 citizens on 21 February 1913. From 1906 to 1914 Roosevelt was inWasatch County, but in 1914 Duchesne County was formed from part of Wasatch County, and, as the largest town in the county, Roosevelt anticipated becoming the county seat. However, when the total county-wide vote came in, the seat went to Duchesne.
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The population of Roosevelt is approximately 6,700 people, but the town serves as the business center for several times that number from the many small towns and farming communities in the area.
Roosevelt is located in an area of vastoil reserves spanning the northeast corner of Utah and extending intowestern Colorado. The town "booms" whenever oil prices go up and falls on harder times when oil prices decrease. The proposedUinta Basin Rail project would build a new railroad line into Roosevelt for transporting oil drilled in the area.
The city used to have anoil refinery, "Plateau", named for the geographic location of the area, theColorado Plateau. The oil from this area is known as "Uinta Basin Black Wax Crude" and has to be refined differently than most types of oil. Those in the oil business and land owners who profit from oil shares indicated during the high oil prices of 2005–2006 that refineries were cutting their profits by limiting the amount of Uinta Basin Black Wax they would refine.
Various types of farming, including beef cattle, sheep, pigs, horses, honey and hay, are prevalent in the outlying areas around town.
Roosevelt is also home of the only hospital in the county,Uintah Basin Medical Center.
It is within theDuchesne County School District.
Roosevelt has become the county's educational center withUnion High School,Uintah Basin Technical College, andUtah State University'sUintah Basin Regional Campus all located there. Union High School is on the east end of town and straddled the border between Duchesne and Uintah Counties, thus the name "Union".
Union High School was then partially demolished in favor of a newly built school; still named Union, but located on a road just behind the old school and a little further west. It was still on the east end of town but not crossing the border how it was. This new school was necessary as the old one could barely accommodate all of the students and was unlikely to have enough space for the next generations to come.
Roosevelt is part of the Duchesne School District.[12] Other schools in the area include: Eagle View Elementary (Public/K-8), East Elementary School (Public/K-5), Kings Peak Elementary (Public/K-5), Centennial Elementary (Public/K-5), Roosevelt Junior High School (Public/6-8), and Thompsen School (Public/3-12).
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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the dominant religious denomination in Roosevelt, with three stake centers in town; the community also includes Roman Catholic, Christian Assembly of God, Baptist, Jehovah's Witnesses, and other smaller denomination congregations.
Located near the Uintah/Ouray Indian Reservation headquarters ofFort Duchesne, Roosevelt is a multicultural and polyethnic community, with Caucasians and Native Americans being the most numerous. Roosevelt is situated in lands designated as theUintah and Ouray Indian Reservation and there are many Pow-Wows and Indian Ceremonies held throughout the summer and fall months.
The UBIC (Uintah Basin in Celebration) is Roosevelt's annual celebration. What started in the early part of the century as a yearly display of the latest in farming and industrial technology has developed into a yearly gala complete with parade, talent show, concerts, and dances.
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