Some of the FIRSTS in Layton City's history

                       The railroad has been a fixture in Layton City since 1869.


HERE are some of the key "firsts" in Layton City's history:

First settlers: April of 1850.
First stagecoach service: 1857.

                        A plaque commemorating Layton's stage coach stop.
                                                            (From the Heritage Museum of Layton's Collection.)


First schoolhouse: 1860.
First railroad service: 1869.
First general store: 1882.
First U.S. Post Office in town: 1886.
First saloon: 1890.
First jail: About 1890.
First bicycle in town: 1891.
First hotel: 1892.
First ice cream outlet: 1893.
First electricity in town: 1896.
First residential indoor bathroom: 1898.
First public library: 1900.
First telephones in town: 1903.
First bank: 1905.
First automobile in town: About 1905.

                             A Model T Ford rolls through Layton in about 1920.
                                                                       (From the Heritage Museum of Layton's Collection.)

First doctor’s office: 1906.
First gravity powered water system: 1911.
First movie theater: 1914.
First factory: 1915.
First electric gas pump: 1919.
First paved road: Early 1920s.
First stop sign: 1928.

A 1930s view of Main Street and Gentile Street in Layton. Note the stop sign in the lower left-hand corner, probably the first such sign in town. The City's first public park is at the bottom of the picture.                                                (From the Heritage Museum of Layton's Collection.)

First natural gas for heating: 1929.
First chlorinated water: 1929.
First city fire station: 1929.
First beauty salon: 1931.
First public park: 1933.
First subdivisions are started: 1941.
First sewage system: 1942.
First traffic signal: 1943.
First motel: 1944.
First home mail delivery: Early 1950s.
First shopping center: 1963.
First high school: 1965.
First Interstate Highway access: 1966.
First hospital: 1976.

K-Mart, which closed in 2017 was Layton's first big box store in 1981.

First “big box” store: 1981.

SOURCES: Deseret News Archives,
www.historytogo.utah.gov and “Layton, Utah” history
book, by the Kaysville-Layton Historical Society.