Fruit Heights History

Named for its orchards • Incorporated 1939

Fruit Heights takes its name literally — early settlers grew famous cherry, peach, and apple orchards on this bench above Kaysville. The town incorporated in 1939, when (as local lore has it) the birth of a baby girl finally pushed the population to the required 100 residents.

Worth Knowing

  • The Pony Express connection: Historic Mountain Road through town served Pony Express riders and stagecoach mail carriers
  • Still a small town: about 6,000 residents on the east bench
  • Veterans Memorial: three stones at City Hall honor every veteran who has ever lived in Fruit Heights

Source: Fruit Heights City.

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