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Cottonwood Heights, Utah | |
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City | |
 The oldCottonwood Paper Mill, built in 1883 by theDeseret News in Cottonwood Heights | |
| Nickname: City between the canyons | |
 Location inSalt Lake County and the state of Utah | |
| Coordinates:40°37′2″N111°49′13″W / 40.61722°N 111.82028°W /40.61722; -111.82028 | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Utah |
| County | Salt Lake |
| Incorporated | January 14, 2005 |
| Named after | Cottonwood trees |
| Area | |
• Total | 9.23 sq mi (23.91 km2) |
| • Land | 9.23 sq mi (23.91 km2) |
| • Water | 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2) |
| Elevation | 4,823 ft (1,470 m) |
| Population | |
• Total | 33,617 |
| • Density | 3,600/sq mi (1,400/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC−7 (Mountain (MST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−6 (MDT) |
| Area code(s) | 385, 801 |
| FIPS code | 49-16270[3] |
| GNIS feature ID | 1440025[4] |
| Website | cottonwoodheights |
Cottonwood Heights is a city located inSalt Lake County, Utah, United States, along the east bench of theSalt Lake Valley. It lies south of the cities ofHolladay andMurray, east ofMidvale, and north ofSandy within theSalt Lake City, UtahMetropolitan Statistical Area. Originally acensus-designated place (CDP), following a successful referendum in May 2004, the city was incorporated on January 14, 2005. The population, as of the2020 census, was 33,617.[2]
The corporate offices ofInstructure,Dyno Nobel, the defunctFusion-io,Extra Space Storage,Breeze Airways, andJetBlue are located in the city.[5]
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As the city's name suggests, its geography is dominated by a high ridge separating the valleys of theBig andLittle Cottonwood Creeks. At the eastern edge of the city, these valleys narrow into theBig andLittle Cottonwood Canyons within theWasatch Mountains, respectively. This is reflected by the city's official nickname, "City between the canyons". The ridge is covered in suburban housing, but most commercial development has been restricted to the lower-lying areas north of the ridge (along Fort Union Boulevard, inFort Union itself, and near Big Cottonwood Creek and the "Old Mill" in the northeast corner of the city).
State Route 190 andState Route 210 run near the eastern edge of the city and provide access to the canyons; they are the only state routes that enter the city.Interstate 215 runs along the northern border of the city, andState Route 152 touches the city at a point. The city is building amulti-use trail along the full length of Big Cottonwood Creek within its borders.
Cottonwood Heights is in theCanyons School District;Brighton High School is the only public high school. Butler Middle School is the only middle school within city limits.
According to theUnited States Census Bureau, the CDP had a total area of 6.8 square miles (17.6 km2), all land.
| Climate data for Cottonwood Heights (station coordinates:40°35′36″N111°47′32″W / 40.5933°N 111.7922°W /40.5933; -111.7922), 1991–2020 normals | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Averageprecipitation inches (mm) | 2.36 (60) | 2.33 (59) | 2.77 (70) | 3.49 (89) | 3.13 (80) | 1.53 (39) | 0.92 (23) | 1.11 (28) | 1.72 (44) | 2.21 (56) | 1.98 (50) | 2.37 (60) | 25.92 (658) |
| Source:NOAA[6] | |||||||||||||
| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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| 1980 | 22,665 | — | |
| 1990 | 28,766 | 26.9% | |
| 2000 | 27,569 | −4.2% | |
| 2010 | 33,433 | 21.3% | |
| 2020 | 33,617 | 0.6% | |
| source:[7] | |||
According to estimates from the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute of theUniversity of Utah,[8] as of 2015, there were 34,234 people living in Cottonwood Heights. The racial makeup of the county was 86.57% non-HispanicWhite, 0.81%Black, 0.60%Native American, 4.51%Asian, 0.88%Pacific Islander, and 2.34% from two or more races. 4.29% of the population wereHispanic orLatino of any race.
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On January 8, 2008, the Cottonwood Heights City Council voted to create its own police department and withdraw from its current contract with the Salt Lake County Sheriff's Department.
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