HERE'S a long, long list of trivia, facts and history relating to Layton City, Utah:
-Marble size hail fell in portions of Layton City during a severe storm on Sept. 6, 1982.
-A foot of snow fell on Layton’s east bench during a monster snowstorm on Nov. 19-20, 1992.
-Wind gusts over 70 mph hammered Layton City on Dec. 14-15, 1988, destroying one home under construction.
-Highway 89 travels about 5.5 miles as it traverses the east side of Layton City.
-Contrary to a popular myth, the Salt Lake Valley (including Layton) was not treeless when the first pioneers arrived. There were some trees found along creek beds.
-Kays Creek in Layton was named for William Kay, who settled in the Kaysville area in 1850. Kaysville City is named for the same pioneer. However, the creek was originally called Phillips Creek in the early years, for Edward Phillips, also an early settler, but the Kays name took over.
-Francis Peak, southeast of Layton, was named for Esther Charlotte Francis, a pioneer woman who helped early surveyors in the area. Francis Peak also has two radar domes atop its summit.
-Layton area residents benefited from pioneer travelers using the Salt Lake Cutoff, from the 1850s, until the railroad came along in 1869. The route followed the Mormon Pioneer trail to Salt Lake City, then north along the Wasatch Front to Fort Hall, Idaho, and then west.
-The Layton and Kaysville area was temporarily abandoned in 1858, like many northern Utah settlements were, with the approach of Johnston’s Army.
-Layton City was the third Utah town, behind Draper and Kearns, to have ThrU-Turns installed in 2015.
-The first three white settlers of what is now the City of Layton were Edward Phillips, John Hyrum Green, and William Kay.
Within a year of the first pioneer settlers in the Layton area planting crops and building cabins, there were almost 300 people living along the banks of three local streams—Kays Creek, Holmes Creek and Haight’s Creek.
-The majority of the first pioneer settlers in the Layton area were from England or were New Englanders of English descent.
Most of the early Layton area settlers were of the working class and only a few had farming experience. Consequently, the skills of farming in a semi-arid desert environment were learned from firsthand experience.
-In the late 1860’s the Utah Central Railway was built with tracks running parallel to Layton’s Main Street and many new businesses sprang up there.
-The earliest known mercantile businesses in early Layton were the Burton, Herrick and White Company, Barton and Company, Adams and Son's Company, the Kaysville Farmer’s Union (later to become the Farmer’s Union of Layton), the William A. Hyde store, the A. H. Ellis Mercantile store and the Layton Golden Rule.
-Layton City is located about 11 miles south of Ogden and 23 miles north of Salt Lake City.
-Layton City is bordered by Kaysville, Syracuse, Clearfield, South Weber and Hill Air Force Base.
-The Layton area could have been settled a year earlier – in 1849, had not snowdrifts from a severe winter turned back potential pioneers.
-Brigham Young visited the Layton-Kaysville area in January of 1851, when he set up the area’s first LDS Ward.
-The Layton area has been a home to immigrants for more than 165 years.
-It is only legal in Layton City to own 2 dogs, or 2 cats, or one of each, but not more than 2 animals total, that are age four months or older.
-Overnight parking on Layton’s streets during the snowy months of December, January and February is restricted to aid snow removal.
-Christopher Layton, namesake of Layton City, dry farmed some 3,000 acres on what was then called “The Sandridge,” a portion of today’s Hill Air Force Base and surrounding area.
-Because of a lack of irrigation water and streams, the area northwest of Gentile Street was called “out on the range” by early settlers in the Layton area.
-The Davis and Weber Canal, an 18-mile long irrigation project, that brought water to West Layton in 1884, was begun in 1877.
-In 1930s West Layton, “Athletic Carnivals,” periodically featured boxing and wrestling matches for the community. These events were also nicknamed “Smokers.”
-The first pioneers who came to the Layton area just picked out the place where they wished to live. This choice was usually determined by the location of a spring along the banks of a creek. The first homes were dug out of the north banks of the stream.
-In 1857, the stagecoach lines carrying mail and passengers between Montana, Salt Lake City and points north and west came through Layton. These coaches and freight wagons continued until the arrival of the railroad in 1869.
-The first public building to be erected in Layton was a log schoolhouse in 1860.
-Farm animals (except chickens) in Layton are allowed in Agriculture or Residential Suburban zoned areas only.
-The two high schools in Layton have captured a total of four state football titles over the years.
-The current Layton City Center opened in 1989.
-A section of State Highway near Layton was the last link to be cemented between Nephi and Brigham City in 1925.
-The last section of I-15 to be completed between Juab and Box Elder counties was from Layton and Farmington and opened in 1977.
-Layton’s historic business district on South Main Street began in 1857 when John G. Green built a log cabin stage coach stop and stables there.
-Until Layton was granted a U.S. Post Office in 1885, residents had used Kaysville as their mailing address.
-In the 1920s, Layton was one of the most important cattle and sheep shipping points in Utah, with 5,000 head of cattle and some 10,000 sheep.
-Layton City’s first sewage system was operational in 1942.
-When World War II Ration Books” were issued in 1943, Layton City received 5,000, while Kaysville was given 2,350 and Bountiful 8,000 books.
-One of the Layton area’s first major automobile wrecks happened on Aug. 28, 1918 when two seven-passenger touring cars collided just north of town on the main State Road. Passengers were not injured, but the vehicles were not drivable afterward.
-The current overpass on Antelope Drive over I-15 was completed in the fall of 1981 at a cost of $3.62 million.
-The Layton Sugar Factory, near Sugar Street, employed 500 men during its 1920s heyday.
-Arbor Day used to be a holiday in many U.S. cities. For example, all business were closed in Layton on Saturday, April 9, 1892, for the holiday.
-The Denver & Rio Grande ran its last train on the old line through Layton around 1985. This right of way now comprises the “Rail Trail.”
-The Bamberger Railroad ran its last passenger train through Layton in 1952.
-FrontRunner commuter rail service first began in 2008 from Salt Lake to Ogden.
-UTA bus service through Layton first began in 1973.
-The first “sidewalks” in Layton came along in 1921, though they were cinder-based, not cement.
-Layton City Council meetings are normally held on the first and third Thursdays of each month.
-According to Intellicast, the all-time hottest day ever recorded in Layton City was both on July 14, 2002 and again on July 18, 1998 when temperatures soared to 105 degrees.
-July 10, 1998 and also Aug. 4, 1994 were both Layton’s second hottest-ever recorded day at 104 degrees.
The latest triple digit temperature ever recorded for Layton was 101 degrees on Aug. 12, 2003.
-The coldest temperature ever in the Layton area was on Feb. 9, 1933, when the thermometer plunged to minus 30 degrees.
-The Ed Kenley Amphitheater opened in 1995.
-There is a smaller waterfall at the mouth of Adams Canyon, besides the larger, upper waterfall.
-The South Gate to Hill Air Force Base is at an elevation of 4,747 feet above sea level.
-The Surf ‘n Swim wave pool holds 500,000 gallons of water.
-The maximum depth of the pool is 8 feet.
-It takes roughly 60 people 10-14 hours to remove or install the dome over the Surf 'N Swim.
-Layton is estimated to reach a maximum population of 110,000 in the year 2050.
-Layton City includes 22.21 square miles.
-The median household income in Layton is $65,439.
-The average number of persons per household in Layton is 3.13, according to U.S. Census statistics.
-The percentage of Layton residents, age 25 and older, who have college bachelor’s degrees or higher is 31.6 percent.
-According to City-data.com, 95.6 percent of Layton adults have graduated from high school.
-The commute time to work for Layton residents is 23.1 minutes.
Layton is the ninth largest city in Utah.
-Layton became the largest city in Davis County in 1985, surpassing Bountiful.
-According to City-data.com, 24.6 percent of Layton adults have never married.
-The number of divorced residents in Layton City is 10.7 percent.
Layton City is accessed by three interchanges along I-15.
-The average elevation in Layton City is 4,360 feet above
sea level.
-On March 30, 1978, lightning struck an LDS meeting house in Layton, causing the metal pinnacle on top to split in two. The same storm also shattered windows in more than a dozen homes in the same neighborhood.
-Portions of Layton received 11 inches of snowfall during a heavy storm from Feb. 23-25, 1993.
-On May 14, 1984, flood waters from No name Canyon, powered by heavy winter snowfall and a late season warming trend, engulfed six homes in Layton.
-I-15 travels just over 4 miles as it traverses Layton City.
The elevation at the Fernwood picnic area, one Layton’s east side, is approximately 5,300 feet above sea level.
-Layton’s Municipal Center is located at about 4,360 feet above sea level.
-Kays Creek is the stream that runs through Commons Park.
May 24:
-According to the 2010 U.S. Census, Layton City contains 3,059 persons per square mile.
-Veterans Park, 175 West Gentile, is Layton City’s smallest park at 0.5 acres.
-Ellison Park is Layton’s largest park at 52 acres, followed by Layton Commons Park at 50 acres.
-Based on the 2010 Census, Layton is the 9th largest city in Utah.
-Thurston Peak is the tallest mountain in Davis County and located east of Layton, at an elevation of 9,706 feet above sea level.
-I-15 inside Layton City is just over four miles long.
June 14:
-Bountiful is the second largest town in Davis County, behind Layton, and about 25,000 less in population.
-Gentile Street is the longest road in Layton City, traversing approximately seven miles, from east to west.
-The hiking distance in Adams Canyon to the upper waterfall is almost three miles.
-Layton City is bordered by four other cities -- Kaysville, Syracuse, Clearfield and South Weber.
-The Denver and Rio Grande “Rail Trail” in west Layton is 3.1 miles long within the city limits.
-Gordon Avenue, west of Main Street, was suggested to be renamed “Allen Avenue,” in the 1990s. However, that new title never gained approval.
-Since I-15 came along in the mid-1960s, Gordon Avenue has been split into two sections which do not connect.
-Lewis G. Shields was Layton’s longest-serving Mayor, from 1970-1984.
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-Layton City originally had board members and chairpersons. The first mayor position was filled in 1950 by Mayor Verde Cook.
July 19:
-Layton City’s Mayor from 1990-1993, James J. Layton, was an easy name to remember.
-Mutton Hollow, a road on Layton’s southern border, is named after a former sheepherder who lived in the area.
-Hill Field Road in Layton was almost renamed “Freedom Boulevard” in the early 1990s. UDOT even jumped the gun and created new signs, but a close vote by the City Council kept the old name in place.
-Prior to 1940 Hill Field Road and Fort Lane used to extend all the way into South Weber from Layton City.
-The area where Hill Air Force Base is used to be known as the “Sandridge” in pioneer times, being a sandy hill.
-Fort Lane in Layton was named after a pioneer fort, "Little Fort" (actually a collection of wooden cabins banded together) located there.
-Hill Air Force Base was originally named “Hill Field,” from 1940-1948, until the transition to the new U.S. Air Force, away from the former United States Army Air Force.
-Layton’s first baseball team was organized in 1885.
-The first electricity came to Layton City in 1909.
-Holmes Creek in Adams Canyon is named for Samuel O. Holmes, an early settler in the late 1840s.
-Before the Layton Hills Mall construction began in the late 1970s, the property had mainly consisted of a trailer park.
-Layton, an outgrowth of Kaysville, surpassed that city in population during the early 1940s.
Layton City contains three golf courses – Valley View, Sun Hills and Swan Lakes.
-Antelope Drive was called “Straw Street” in Layton’s early years, because it was clay-based and straw was frequently put on top.
-Fiddlers Creek Lane was the original name for Rosewood Lane in Layton. It was first named after some musicians who lived on the street.
-The Heritage Museum of Layton opened in 1980.
-U.S. 89 was completed through North Davis County and Layton in 1948, though it bisected many farms and orchards.
-The Layton Branch of the Davis County Public Library opened its doors in 1988.
-Layton’s Surf ‘n Swim facility premiered to the public in 1986.
-Layton City implemented the Smart 911 program in 2013.
-Layton’s 3.1 miles of D&RGW “Rail trail” opened in 2011.
-I-15 through Layton City opened in 1966.
-Ellison Park opened in 1999.
-Layton City’s theme of lighted animals in its holiday lighting display began in 1992.
-The Davis Conference Center opened in Layton in 2004.
-The Weber State University Davis Campus opened in Layton in 2003.
-Antelope Drive was finally extended east to U.S. 89 in late 2014.
-Train whistles stopped in Layton, excluding emergencies, with new crossing signals that were put in place during 2008.
-Utah Highway 232 (“Hill Field Road”) connected to Hill Air Force Base in 1940.
-Layton “Lightspeed” Wi Fi became available in some city parks starting in 2013.
-Utah Highway 193, on the south side of Hill Air Force Base, opened in 1940.
-The Bamberger Interurban Railway operated through Layton from 1891 to 1952.
-The U.S. Congress appropriated $8 million to construct Hill Air Force Base in July of 1939. The base officially opened on November 7, 1940.
-Layton City has 3 entrances/exits to I-15.
-Layton City encompasses 20.8 square miles.
-Wind gusts of up to 104 mph closed Hill Air Force Base on April 4-5, 1983 and caused $120,000 in damages to base housing units.
Layton’s current headquarters fire station, at 2200 West Hill Field Road, opened in 1998.
-Layton City has an agreement with Davis County to protect nearby unincorporated areas with its fire department.
-All Layton Fire Department personnel were volunteer firefighters until January 1, 1975, when John H. Adams was appointed as the first full-time member of the Department.
-Six full-time firefighters were hired to man the Layton Fire Station 24 hours per day, seven days a week, two men per shift, starting in 1981.
-From 1928 until 1943, when Clearfield City organized a fire department, the Layton City Fire Department handled all fires in the North end of Davis County.
-When it began in 1928, the Layton City Fire Department had just eight volunteer members.
-Layton City was incorporated on May 24, 1920.
-Layton City has three fire stations, plus a fire training center.
-The density of Layton City is 3,261 residents per square mile.
-Layton City contains two Zip Codes: 84040 and 84041.
-Layton’s northern section of Angel Street underwent a name change in 1999. The change recognized the new Davis Campus of Weber State University in the area, with Angel switched to University Park Boulevard, from U-193 to Antelope Drive. Clearfield City agreed to the change also, with some of the road being in its borders.
-Layton City Council meetings are normally held every first and third Thursday at 7:00 p.m.
-Hill Air Force Base is situated on a “hill,” above much of Layton City. However, the base was actually named after Major Ployer P. Hill of the U.S. Army Air Corps, who perished while test flying a prototype of the B-17 bomber.
-The ground-breaking at Hill Air Force Base took place on the late morning of January 12, 1940, amidst a swirling snowstorm.
-Layton City has a series of roads named after the New Testament with Matthew, Mark, Luke and John streets in the Vae View area, the northwest corner of the city.
-Heavy snowstorms and frigid temperatures hindered travel in Layton (and also much of the Intermountain West) during the record-breaking winter of 1948-1949.
-The Heritage Museum of Layton has approximately 7,200-square feet of space. It boasts over 2,100 artifacts, about 1,900 historical documents and newspapers, plus more than 3,300 vintage photographs.
-Layton’s first beauty salon was Virginia’s, at 44 North Main and opened in 1931.
-Adams Reservoir, located west of the Valley View Golf Course, was originally called “Adams Pond” and was first stocked with fish in about 1901.
-The first fire station in Layton was at 85 West Gentile Street in 1929.
-Early roads in Layton were first maintained by public cooperation. Later, a poll tax on every voting resident ($3 a year in cash), or work time on the roads was installed.
-In mid-19th Century Layton, there were no undertakers and so the dead were packed in ice at their home until a funeral was held.
-Many Layton area residents improved their financial condition in 1868, when they took work contracts from the Union Pacific Railroad as it emerged from Weber Canyon.
-The sage brush was reputed to be as high as a man’s head in West Layton, when settlers first arrived there in the mid 19th Century.
-Transportation in Layton during the early 20th Century was often by horse and buggy. Automobiles were common by 1917, but ruts made winter travel in them impossible.
-The first public building erected in Layton was a 12X16 foot log school house with a thatched roof in 1860. Prior to that, Layton children went to school in Kaysville.
-Gentile Street, west of Main Street, first opened for travel in 1882.
West Layton’s soil was not hard enough to be a good road base in the early 20th Century. Roads were sometimes full of sand or mud. Ruts made travel difficult.
-The first homes in Layton in the 1860s were built of logs, adobe and some bricks. Wood was fuel for fireplaces and stoves in heating and cooking.
-West Layton in the 1860s had limited water from Kays Creek. Otherwise they dry farmed and dug wells for drinking water.
-The first building in “west” Layton was erected in 1862 by James Bevens on the south side of Kays Creek.
-Early Layton residents raised their own meat, milk and vegetables. Sugar Cane was raised for molasses.
-During World War II and for a few years after the war, the majority of Layton residents either relied on farming or federal employment.
-Mable Sill Adams was the first town board president of Laytona City (part of today’s Layton City) and one of the first female leaders of any community in Davis County.
East Layton City, with more than 3,500 residents, annexed into Layton City in January of 1981.
-Laytona City, a 2.5-square section of today’s Layton City on its northwest side, annexed into Layton in 1957.
-Layton City’s population in 1980 was 22,682 residents.
-Layton’s mail delivery was handled by the post office in Kaysville City during Layton’s early days.
It wasn’t until the 1950s that mail was actually delivered regularly to most Layton residents. Previous to that, most residents had to go to the post office themselves to pick up their mail.
-Holmes Creek Reservoir in Layton, a popular haven for fishermen today, is also the oldest dam in Utah and one of the first in the western United States.
-Layton City’s pre-World War II population was 646 residents. After World War II, it boasted a population of 3,456.
-In May of 1911, the Layton Water System constructed a 6,000-gallon cement water reservoir at 1800 East Gentile Street.
-The Holmes Creek Dam. was first built in 1852 to store water for settlers in the Layton area.
-Layton’s population in 1950 was only 3,456 residents.
-Layton’s Ritz Movie Theater was a $35,000, 496-seat facility at 96 North Main. It opened in 1941and closed in 1968.
-From 1968-1980, Layton didn’t even have an indoor movie theater. All it had for that 12-year span was the outdoor Davis Drive-In.
-The Layton Water System Incorporated on January 23, 1911.
Early residents of Layton were only allowed to water their lawns for 30 minutes a day, or less.
-Some Layton mail carriers in the 1950s were treated to hot pies, or even vegetables in the mail boxes by thankful residents.
-Layton's Davis Drive-In opened in 1945 near Angel and Main Street after World War II. The twin-screen theater closed in 1992 and was torn down in 1993.
-Layton City’s water system has 275.6 miles of pipe; over 19,000 connections; and boasts a daily capacity of 33.3 million gallons of water.
-Layton City’s population in 1970 was 13,603 residents.
-Layton City has 15 reservoirs that store 22.3 million gallons of water; 5 deep underground wells and 8 Weber Basin Water Connections.
-The La’Tonia, on South Main Street, was Layton’s first movie theater. It opened in 1914 and featured silent movies at first, with a live accompaniment.
-In the 1940s, the post office in Layton was open at 58 West Gentile Street.
-There are six major creeks in Layton City’s borders, some with smaller tributaries.
-Layton’s population in 1930 was just 597, an increase of just 97 residents since 1900.
-The Layton Hill Cemetery is a small private burial spot at 2630 North 400 West, with 35 graves, dating from 1964 to 2005.
-Layton City’s boundaries contain three major reservoirs – Adams, Holmes and Hobbs.
-Elevations in Layton City range from 5,218 feet above sea level, near the Fernwood Picnic Area, to 4,342 feet out in West Layton.
-Layton City contains at least six publicly accessible historical markers within its boundaries.
-The Bamberger Train Service first ran through Layton in 1891. It ceased operations in 1955.
-In August of 1929, the first chlorinated water flowed in Layton City. It cost $1,500 for the equipment.
-A widespread drought in 1934 meant some of the first water meters in Layton City were installed.
-The first well dug in Layton was in the late 19th Century, a 40-foot-deep well, by Richard Ware.
-In August of 1911, the first culinary water flowed in Layton. Water rates were 50 cents a month. So, some 61 years after the first person settled in Layton, consistent flows of drinking water were established.
-Thurston Peak is the tallest mountain east of Layton, rising almost a vertical mile above the valley floor to a height of 9,706 feet above sea level. It is also the highest point in Davis and Morgan counties, sitting on the county line.
-The first jail in Layton was built in the 1890s at about 450 North Main Street, on the east side. It was a one-room structure with a sloped roof and a small window with metal bars at one end. This jail was demolished in the early 21st Century, after surviving for more than a century.
-The U.S. Forest Service’s Fernwood Picnic area in east Layton opened in 1959.
-Layton’s current City Hall, at 437 North Wasatch Drive, opened in 1989.
-Layton Elementary School opened in 1902.
-The first train rolled through Layton in 1869, as part of a Salt Lake to Ogden line.
-Layton City started its own culinary water system back in 1931.
-Layton’s Commons Park was first developed in 1964.
-Kmart was Layton’s first non-grocery “big box” store, opening in 1978.
-The first telephone in Layton was used in 1903.
-Weaver Lane was named after John Weaver, who lived along the road in the 19th Century.
-Young Auto of Layton opened for business in 1925.
-Layton’s first town board president was L.E. Ellison, from 1920-1921.
-Twenty men from Layton died during service in World War I.
-In 1870, the Layton area had a population of 313, according to a federal census.
-The Layton area had an outbreak of diphtheria in 1892, prompting the closure of schools for most of the year.
-In an 1850 census, the Layton area had just 61 residents.
-An 1860 census showed Layton to have a population of 155.
-On August 27, 1957, Layton City paid the federal government $580,000 for the 72-acre Verdeland Park, today’s Commons Park, Layton High School and Layton City Complex.
-In 1962, Layton City sold 28 acres (at $3,000 per acre) of the former Verdeland Park land to the Davis School District for the creation of Layton High School.
-Sahara Village, near the entrance to Hill Air Force Base, opened in 1944.
-Verdeland Park, a government housing project, located where Commons Park is now, had 1,450 residents in February of 1944.
-Before World War II in Layton, most residents were either related, or knew everyone well in town.
-The Layton Trailer Park, 300 units, used to sit where today’s Layton Hills Mall is, from the early 1940s, to the 1970s.
-Layton’s Frank Morgan marketed 19,000 turkeys in 1947, a time when Layton supplied the majority of Davis County’s turkey demand.
-The first “stop sign” in Layton came along in 1928 when “Stop” was painted on Gentile Street as it intersected with Main Street.
-The Layton area’s first farmers were Edward Phillips and William Kay, who farmed about a dozen acres just southwest of today’s Layton boundaries, in the early 1850s.
-Horse pulling contests were popular competitions in Layton during the early 20th Century.
-In the early 1920s, the first road paved in Layton was Sugar Road, to aid truck traffic. The route to Main Street, along Gentile Street, was paved soon after, although this paving only involved a single travel lane.
-Converted sheep wagons (with a bench down the middle and a pot bellied stove) were used as Layton’s first “school buses” in the early 1920s.
-Layton briefly had its own opera house for a number of years starting in 1889 at 962 North Church Street. However, the converted chapel was soon abandoned for its high fire danger.
-Public education was a slow process in northern Utah during the 1860s. For example, in 1862, less than one-third of eligible students were enrolled in school.
-The original Layton Elementary School stood from 1902 to 1984, when it was replaced by today’s version.
-Natural gas for heating use first arrived in downtown Layton in 1929.
-In the absence of glass, early pioneer homes in 19th Century Layton used a greased factory cloth, to keep the cold out and yet let some light in.
-By 1913, there was a boom in Layton’s sugar beet crop, with about 300 carloads being shipped to Ogden for processing.
-Lincoln Elementary School opened in 1965.
-In 1867, a typical Davis County school teacher in Layton eared $364 for five months work.
-Williams Watt of Layton designed and sold portable steel dams for irrigation ditches in 1899. His adjustable dam for a four-foot ditch sold for $4.50 and the six-foot version cost $5.
-Vae View Elementary School opened in 1962, named after a nearby subdivision.
-The first “bathroom” in Layton is believed to have been installed in George W. Layton’s home at 2767 West Gentile Street in 1898. A toilet and tub were purchased from Boyle’s Furniture in Ogden. “This is not a public bathroom,” Layton kept proclaiming, after playing host to many curious neighbors.
-The first voting precincts in the Layton area were established in 1885.
-George W. Layton brought what is believed to be the first bicycle to Layton in 1891. He sold some of his cattle in Chicago and purchased the bike there.
-Hilltop Elementary School opened in 1943 on the south side of Hill Air Force Base.
-The city’s first name was Little Fort, after the small fort that existed in today’s Fort Lane area. Layton was then called the Kaysville Second Ward briefly, before Christopher Layton, an early LDS Bishop in the area, was
-Farmer’s Union and Barton and Company was the first general store in Layton, opening in 1882.
-The land north of west Gentile Street in the 1870s was known as being “out on the range.” That’s because until the Davis and Weber Canal came along in 1884, there was a lack of irrigation water there.
-The only culinary water source in west Layton during pioneer times was a natural spring, located about 2700 West Gentile Street. People came for miles around to utilize that water.
-The Gentile Street name likely came from early non-Mormon settlers, Giles Bowler and Joseph Hudson, who lived along the road on the City's west side and referred to themselves as "Gentiles."
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