Why Layton City does not have its own City cemetery ...

WHY does Layton City, one of Utah's 10 largest municipalities not have its own cemetery?
 The simple and short answer is that Layton City has never needed one.
  Layton City is an outgrowth of neighboring Kaysville. In Layton's early decades, it was common for its residents to be buried in the Kaysville City Cemetery. And, this was NOT just a tradition. In fact, in the early 20th Century, Layton City (and the East Layton community too) shared the Kaysville Cemetery and even had some of its leaders on the cemetery board.
According to the Intermountain Republican newspaper of April 25, 1909, "The people of Kaysville and Layton have united in the work for the reason the Kaysville Cemetery is used by the people of West Layton and East Layton jointly with Kaysville," the newspaper reported.
 Richard Stevenson and Andrew Egbert of West Layton and William M. Walder of East Layton were then members of the Kaysville Cemetery Board.

 Most of Layton's earliest residents are buried in the Kaysville Cemetery.
  When Layton City grew dramatically following World War II and became Davis County's largest City in 1986, pressure continued to mount on Layton residents using the Kaysville Cemetery. 
Kaysville City put pressure on Layton City over the decades to get its own cemetery.
Eventually, Kaysville Cemetery had no non-residents on its board -- and by the end of the 20th Century, the Kaysville Cemetery had increased its lot and burial rates dramatically for non-residents in order to keep it more intact for Kaysville residents. Soon after, only Kaysville residents were allowed to purchase lots in their cemetery.
 The Ogden Standard-Examiner of Sept. 10, 1972 reported that Layton Mayor Lewis G. Shields had a study conducted on Layton having a cemetery.
  Some City Council members at that time didn't want Layton to go into the expense of creating and operating a cemetery, unless there was an obvious necessity for it. This study revealed that it was cost prohibitive for Layton to have its own cemetery.
  As a result of that, Lindquist Mortuary eventually built a funeral home in Layton and just prior to that in 1986, that included an accompanying private cemetery.
  The Layton City Council on Oct. 6, 2016 had its latest detailed discussion on cemeteries. Lindquist Mortuary stated it had used 1/6th of its land for burials so far -- in 30 years -- but still believed it would be a century or more before all of its lots were filled.
  Craig McMillan, General Manager of Lindquist Mortuary, told the City Council that cemeteries are not a profitable venture. He said his company has developed an endowment fund to offset its on-going operating costs and that the company had more in that fund than all other private cemeteries in the State of Utah combined did in their endowment funds.
  McMillan also stated that only about 50 percent of those buried in Lindquist's Layton Cemetery so far are Layton residents, as people want to be buried where other family members are buried.
-Layton is also not the largest city in Utah to not have its own cemetery. For example, West Valley City, lacks its own cemetery. Some other cities who do not have cemeteries include South Salt Lake, West Bountiful and Clearfield.
Clearfield City also lets Lindquist operate a private cemetery, similar to Layton's, to offer residents a private, local burial option.

-There is also another small private cemetery, located on Hill Field Road, across the street from Northridge High School. About 100 of the graves there have since been moved to Lindquist Layton Cemetery. That leaves 8 or 9 still buried on the site -- and that includes those of family members who did not want the graves moved, as well as those graves who have no family members that could be located.