Woodland, Utah
census-designated place in Summit County, Utah, United States
Woodland is a census-designated place (CDP) in Summit County, Utah, United States. The population was 335 at the 2000 census and 375 at 2020 census.
Woodland was first settled along the Provo River by Hans Larsen(1861). In 1864, Larsen donated a portion of land to the LDS Church in order to build a meeting house, which he would construct. Larsen chose the name Woodland in recognition of the large timbers and railroad ties harvested from the area. Woodland was officially recognized as a Utah Territory settlement in 1867.
Since 2000, there has been attempts to incorporate the CDP. When the proposal to incorporate as its own town stalled, there was another proposal for the CDP to be at least partially annexed into the neighboring town of Francis.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 2.3 square miles (6.0 km2), all land. The town is at the southernmost point of the Kamas Valley. Much of the town is dominated by the Provo River's natural floodplain.
The public source identifies “Woodland, Utah” as census-designated place in Summit County, Utah, United States. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Woodland, Utah and census-designated.
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The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 29, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q3052718. VIAF identifies the subject as 160361330. The Library of Congress control number is no2010189774. Authority coordinates are 40.585, -111.231. 2 of 4 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2000, 2020, 1861 and 1864.
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