Bothwell, Utah | |
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![]() Bothwell and the
Bear River Valley, October 2009 | |
Coordinates: 41°42′30″N 112°15′30″W / 41.70833°N 112.25833°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Utah |
County | Box Elder |
Settled | 1894 |
Incorporated | 1937 |
Disincorporated | 1967 |
Founded by | William H. Rowe |
Named for | John R. Bothwell |
Elevation | 4,331 ft (1,320 m) |
Time zone | UTC-7 ( Mountain (MST)) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC-6 (MDT) |
GNIS feature ID | 1425891 [1] |
Bothwell is an unincorporated community in the Bear River Valley in eastern Box Elder County, Utah, United States. [1]
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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1940 | 282 | — | |
1950 | 317 | 12.4% | |
1960 | 302 | −4.7% | |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau [2] |
Located on highway State Route 102, the community is 4.5 miles (7.2 km) west of Tremonton and 3 miles (4.8 km) northeast of Thatcher.
Bothwell was founded as a farming community in 1894. It was originally named Rowville, after Mormon pioneer William H. Rowe. [3] It was renamed Bothwell in 1918, to honor the builders of the Bothwell Canal, a project that aided farming in the area by bringing irrigation water from the Bear River. John R. Bothwell was president of the waterworks at that time. [4]
Bothwell voted to incorporate as a town in 1937, in order to issue municipal bonds to develop the culinary water system. It was disincorporated sometime in the 1960s.
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