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==History==
The Weber Valley was visited by many trappers seeking beavers and muskrats along its streams. One of the first on record reached the area in 1824, traveling from [[Fort Bridger]]. He reported that the [[Bear River (Great Salt Lake)|Bear River]] flowed into a salt bay. [[Peter Skene Ogden]] passed through in 1826, representing the [[Hudson's Bay Company]]. He traded in this area for several years, near present-day North Ogden. [[John C. Frémont]] explored the Weber Valley in 1843, and made maps of the area. The Fremont reports encouraged readers to seek their fortunes in the western frontier. [[Miles Goodyear]] was a fur trapper who constructed a way station on the [[Weber River]] in 1845. In 1847 he sold it to incoming [[Mormon pioneers]]. James Brown made the purchase,purchased and changed the site's name of the site to Brownsville (it was later changed to Ogden).<ref>[http://www.webercountyutah.gov/Parks/fortb/history.php History - Buenaventura Park (accessed March 31, 2019)]</ref>
After the Mormon pioneers began filling out into the future state of Utah, the fledgling government (as of 1849 known as [[State of Deseret]]) began a system of government. On January 31, 1850, the legislature provided for the creation of six counties to generally cover the area, named in this order:
* Little Salt Lake<ref>[http://www.riversimulator.org/Resources/History/UtahCounties/HistoryOfWeberCounty1996RobertsSadler.pdf Richard C. Roberts & Richard W. Sadler, A History of Weber County (1997). Accessed 31 March 2019]</ref>
The county boundaries were better- defined by the 1852 [[Utah Territory]] legislature. The borders were adjusted by subsequentssubsequent acts in 1855, in 1856, and in 1862. The creation of [[Nevada Territory]] in 1862 also administratively reduced the county's territory by a significant degree,significantly since its 1852 description had it running to the Sierra Nevada mountains in central California. A final adjustment in 1880 concerning the various lands in the [[Great Salt Lake]] area brought the county's borders to their present configuration.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://publications.newberry.org/ahcbp/documents/UT_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm|title=Utah: Individual County Chronologies|website=Utah Atlas of Historical County Boundaries|publisher=[[Newberry Library|The Newberry Library]]|date=2008|access-date=March 31, 2019|archive-date=March 6, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306153326/http://publications.newberry.org/ahcbp/documents/UT_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>
As of the 1852 description, the original Weber County stretched from California in the west, to the Oregon boundary on the north, to a point in the middle [[Davis County, Utah|Davis County]] in the south.<ref>{{cite book|first=Richard Swainson|last=Fisher|title=A new and complete statistical gazetteer of the United States of America| publisher=J.H. Colton Co.|location=New York|year=1855|page=[https://archive.org/details/newcompletestati01fish/page/870 870]|url=https://archive.org/details/newcompletestati01fish|access-date=February 5, 2011}}</ref> As Nevada and the State of Utah evolved, Weber County was trimmed so that it now occupies a stretch of the [[Wasatch Front]], part of the eastern shores of [[Great Salt Lake]], and much of the rugged [[Wasatch Range|Wasatch Mountains]].
==Geography==
The county extends from high in the [[Wasatch Range]] in the east into a portion of the [[Great Salt Lake]] to the west, where the county's elongated point exists. The Weber and [[Ogden River|Ogden rivers]] and their [[tributary|tributaries]] run through its valleys.<ref name=WCU>[https://www.google.com/maps/place/Weber+County,+UT/@41.2412973,-112.1195489,11.75z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x87530c0b357d8a97:0x6305f2940ccb94f4!8m2!3d41.2602635!4d-111.9522491 ''Weber County UT'' Google Maps (accessed 31 March 2019)]</ref> The Weber County Surveyor's office divides the county into two regions, the "Lower Valley" and the "Upper Valley", divided by the ridge of the Wasatch front range south through the county. Lower Valley, adjacent to the Lake, is the county's more populous part. The Upper Valley consists mostly of the [[Ogden Valley]], the watershed of the [[Ogden River]]. The county's highest elevation is [[Willard Peak]] in the [[Wasatch Mountains]], at 9,763' (2976m) ASL.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.peakbagger.com/list.aspx?lid=13209 |title=Utah County High Points/Weber County. Peakbagger.com (accessed 31 March 2019) |access-date=March 31, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327090116/https://www.peakbagger.com/list.aspx?lid=13209 |archive-date=March 27, 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The county has an area of {{convert|659|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|576|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|83|sqmi}} (13%) is water.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/counties_list_49.txt|publisher=US Census Bureau|access-date=June 26, 2015|date=August 22, 2012|title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files}}</ref> It is the second-smallest county in Utah by land area and third-smallest by total area.
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In the [[2000 United States Census]], there were 196,533 people in the county, organized into 65,698 households and 49,536 families. The [[population density]] was 341/sqmi (132/km<sup>2</sup>). There were 70,454 housing units at an average density of 122 per square mile (47/km<sup>2</sup>). The racial makeup of the county was 87.69% [[Race (U.S. census)|White]], 1.40% [[Race (U.S. census)|Black]] or [[Race (U.S. census)|African American]], 1.28% [[Race (U.S. census)|Asian]], 0.77% [[Race (U.S. census)|Native American]], 0.16% [[Race (U.S. census)|Pacific Islander]], 6.59% from [[Race (U.S. census)|other races]], and 2.12% from two or more races. 12.65% of the population were [[Race (U.S. census)|Hispanic]] or [[Race (U.S. census)|Latino]] of any race.
By 2005 80.4% of the population was non-Hispanic whites. 1.5% waswere African-Americans, while 0.9% waswere Native AmericanAmericans. Asians were 1.4% of the population. Latinos were 15.2% of the county population.
There were 78,748 households, out of which 36.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.7% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 11.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.5% were non-families. 21.1% of all households had an individual who was 65 years of age or older, and 7.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.90, and the average family size was 3.40.<ref name=":0" />
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The median age was 30.7 years. For every 100 females, there were 100.7 males. For every 100 females ageaged 18 and over, there were 99.0 males.<ref name=":0" />
===Income and employment===
As of the 2010 census, the median income for a household in the county was $62,036, and the median income for a family was $71,359. Males had a median income of $49,081 versus $34,954 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the county was $25,275. 12.1% of the population and 8.7% of families were below the [[poverty line]]. Out of the total population, 15.4% of those under the age of 18 and 8.5% of those 65 and older were livinglived below the poverty line.<ref name=":0" />
The 2000 census found, the median income for a household in the county was $44,014, and the median income for a family was $49,724. Males had a median income of $36,239 versus $24,719 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the county was $18,246. 9.30% of the population and 6.90% of families were below the [[poverty line]]. Out of the total population, 11.10% of those under the age of 18 and 5.50% of those 65 and older were livinglived below the poverty line.
In the 2010 census, 67.0% of people over 16 were in labor, and 33.0% were not in labor. The unemployment rate was 3.2%.<ref name=":0" />
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