Lehi, Utah - Facts

The population of Lehi is approximately 22,924 (2002). The approximate number of families is 5,125 (2000). The amount of land area in Lehi is 14.707 sq. kilometers. The amount of surface water is 0 sq kilometers. Lehi is positioned 40.40 degrees north of the equator and 111.85 degrees west of the prime meridian. Lehi elevation is 4,550 feet above sea level.  Lehi is a city in Utah County, Utah. It is named after Lehi, a prophet in the Book of Mormon. The population was 19,028 at the 2000 census, while a 2008 estimate placed the population at 46,802.  The center of population of Utah is located in Lehi.

Lehi location: about 26 miles south of Salt Lake City in northern Utah County near "point of the mountain" Lehi is located at (40.401662, -111.858627). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 20.6 square miles (53.3 km²), of which, 20.3 square miles (52.6 km²) of it is land and 0.2 square miles (0.6 km²) of it (1.17%) is w

The climate for Lehi is Moderate. There are approximately 10 to 20 inches of snow each year with much more in the nearby mountain areas. Lehi average annual rainfall is 16 inches per year Lehi average temperature is (January) 21 (July) 83 degrees F.

Lehi area was settled in 1850 and was first known as Sulphur Springs, then Dry Creek, and then Evansville. Finally, in 1852, it was incorporated as the sixth city in the state. It was then renamed after Lehi, a leader in the Book of Mormon (one of the scriptures for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints). The settling of Lehi: 1850 The incorporation date of Lehi: 5 February 1852

Thanksgiving Point is a new, 550 acre, non-profit attraction in Lehi, Utah that includes a championship golf course designed by Johnny Miller and recently named among the top ten new public courses in the country by Golf Magazine. The project also includes a fine-dining restaurant, bakery, soda fountain, animal park, idea gardens, nursery, gift shop emporium, flower cottage, vegetable gardens, outdoor reception facilities, fishing pond, pony rides, and much more. The Thanksgiving Point institute includes classes on gardening, cooking, crafts, and golfing. In the year 2000, Thanksgiving Point will complete a 70 acre estate garden that will be open to the public

Lehi Roller Mills was founded in 1906 by a co-op of farmers. George G. Robinson purchased the mill in 1910, and since then it has remained in the family. It is run today by grandson R. Sherman Robinson. At the turn the century, Lehi Roller Mills was among thousands of such family-owned mills operating in the United States. Fewer than fifty remain today. High demand keeps the mill grinding around the clock, six days a week, and the mill produces some 100,000 pounds of flour each day.