If Taylorsville-Bennion was incorporated it would be Utah's seventh-largest city and fourth largest in Salt Lake County, according to the 1990 Census. The area is more populous than West Jordan, Layton, Bountiful and Logan.
Of the 15,792 households in the area counted in the 1990 Census, 80 percent are considered "family households" because the people in them are related by marriage, adoption or birth. Of Taylorsville-Bennion households, 67.6 percent are the traditional two-parent families. A woman heads about 10 percent of the families.Residents in the area are average or below the Utah average in their buying habits. They rent a lot of videos, own pets, take out loans and buy sporting goods at about the same rate as other Utahns do.
EDITOR'S NOTE: This is another in a weekly series profiling communities along the Wasatch Front. The information was compiled from statistics available through government agencies and is presented in an effort to provide a quick glance at the people who comprise each area in unincorporated Salt Lake County.
Origin of community's name: John Taylor, an early president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and John and Samuel Bennion, brothers and early residents of the area.
Did you know? In December 1848, Joseph Harker built the first log cabin by the Jordan River near 3300 South. Within a month, he was joined by the Samuel and John Bennion families and other settlers. By 1850, looking for better conditions, they moved further south to another bend on the river and settled in the area that was to become Taylorsville.
Indian raids isolated many of the early settlers, so Brigham Young suggested forts be built for protection. One fort west of the Jordan River, called old English Fort and Fort Hardscrabble, was constructed in 1854 on the site of the Taylorsville cemetery. It was abandoned within five years.
Taylorsville was originally known as North Jordan and was part of West Jordan. Bennion was separated from Taylorsville in 1905.
Community/neighborhood associations
Taylorsville-Bennion Community Council, meets at 6:30 p.m. fourth Thursday at Park Library, 4870 S. 2700 West.
Landmarks
Salt Lake Community College, 4600 S. Redwood Rd.
Redwood Memorial Estates, top of Bennion Hill on Redwood Road
Recreation
2 parks totaling 108 acres
4 mini- parks totaling 12.47 acres
36 informal diamonds
1 baseball diamond
1 softball complex
10 football/soccer fields
15 basketball courts
6 tennis courts
1 volleyball court
4 gymnasiums
3 1/4-mile tracks
1 swimming pool
1 golf course
Incorporation votes
Taylorsville-Bennion incorporation failed by 3-to-1 margin in 1983. It was defeated by 54 percent of the votes against incorporation to 46 percent votes in favor in 1988. Bennion's third incorporation vote failed in 1989.
Median home price
$66,900Household size
3.3 persons per household
Median age
25.2Where it's located
Population 52,351
White 48,980
Hispanic 2,918
Asian or Pacific Islander 120
American Indian 327
Black 358
Sources: Taylorsville-Bennion Community Council, CACI marketing research, State Data Center, U.S. Census Bureau, Salt Lake County Parks and Recreation and Public Works Department, "Utah Place Names" by John W. Van Cott, "The Taylorsville Story."