Statistics & Facts Zip Code-84043
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.
Location
Lehi location: about 26 miles south of Salt Lake City in
northern Utah County near "point of the mountain"
Climate & Weather
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.
History of Lehi
The 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
Information about Lehi,
Utah
Lehi Attractions
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.
John Hutchings Museum of Natural
History,
53 N. Center St., Lehi - (801) 768-7180
The museum houses a large collection of pioneer and Native
American artifacts, bird specimens, and a collection of
minerals
and fossils.
Lehi Bus Tours - (801)
768-4578 or 768-8665
Bus tours of Lehi's historic sites are available. Points of
interest include the original Pony Express route and other
frontier locales.
Lehi Round-up Celebration -
Citywide celebration includes parades, chuckwagon breakfast,
cowboy poetry, PRCA rodeo, picnic, entertainment. Free
admission to Hutchings Museum on Tuesday. Contact - Mel
Anderson (801) 768-9926 or 768-7100
Camp Floyd State Park/Stagecoach Inn
25 miles SW of Lehi on SR73. Site of former military post
from the mid 1800's. Nearby Stagecoach Inn was an overnight
stop on the historic Overland stage and Pony Express route.
Open daily from Easter weekend throu Oct. 15. Call for more
information - (801) 768-8932 (during season) or (801)
254-9036 (year-round)