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Circleville, Utah
Circleville fire station
Circleville fire station
Location in Piute County and the state of Utah.
Location in Piute County and the state of Utah.
Country United States
State Utah
County Piute
Founded 1864
Incorporated August 24, 1921
Founded by William Allred
Area
 • Total 11.04 sq mi (28.60 km2)
 • Land 11.04 sq mi (28.60 km2)
 • Water 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation
6,066 ft (1,849 m)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total 547
 • Estimate 
(2019)
489
 • Density 44.29/sq mi (17.10/km2)
Time zone UTC-7 (Mountain (MST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-6 (MDT)
ZIP code
84723
Area code(s) 435
FIPS code 49-12970
GNIS feature ID 1439749
Landscape View, at Circleville, UT
Springtime mountain view from Circleville

Circleville is a town in Piute County, Utah, United States. The population was 547 at the 2010 census.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 9.1 square miles (23.5 km²), all of it land.

Climate

The Köppen Climate Classification subtype for this climate is "Dfb" (Warm Summer Continental Climate).

History

Circleville was originally settled in 1864. The town was named for the shape of the valley in which it is located, Circle Valley. The valley is completely circled by mountains except where the Sevier River goes in and out of the valley on the north and south.

On Jun 28th, 1866, the town was abandoned by the original settlers. A few settlers began to trickle back into the area in 1873 and the town was re-established in 1874 when Charles Wakeman Dalton crossed the mountain from Beaver with two of his wives and family.

Circleville became an incorporated community on 24 August 1921. Local residents were interested in facilitating the public services which municipal government provides, and they were particularly interested in building a culinary water system.

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there were 505 people, 172 households, and 132 families residing in the town. The population density was 55.7 people per square mile (21.5/km2). There were 222 housing units at an average density of 24.5 per square mile (9.5/km2).

Historical population
Census Pop.
1880 416
1890 458 10.1%
1900 538 17.5%
1910 523 −2.8%
1920 586 12.0%
1930 435 −25.8%
1940 683 57.0%
1950 603 −11.7%
1960 478 −20.7%
1970 443 −7.3%
1980 445 0.5%
1990 417 −6.3%
2000 505 21.1%
2010 547 8.3%
2019 (est.) 489 −10.6%
U.S. Decennial Census

There were 172 households, out of which 37.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 68.0% were married couples living together, 5.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 22.7% were non-families. 22.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.94 and the average family size was 3.45.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 34.7% under the age of 18, 5.9% from 18 to 24, 18.4% from 25 to 44, 23.2% from 45 to 64, and 17.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 98.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 98.8 males. The racial makeup of the town was 97.23% White, 0.20% African American, 0.40% Native American, 0.20% Asian, 0.20% Pacific Islander, 0.99% from other races, and 0.79% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4.36% of the population.

The median income for a household in the town was $32,083, and the median income for a family was $36,875. Males had a median income of $25,536 versus $19,063 for females. The per capita income for the town was $12,919. About 8.7% of families and 12.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 15.2% of those under age 18 and 12.5% of those age 65 or over.

Notable people

The outlaw Butch Cassidy grew up on the outskirts of Circleville. Photo circa 1900.

Notable outlaw Butch Cassidy (1866–1908) grew up in Circle Valley just a mile south of Circleville. His family's small cabin, on the outskirts of town, is still standing on the land they homesteaded.

Charlie Siringo visited Circleville while in pursuit of the Wild Bunch. Siringo wrote, "a week was spent in the straggling village of Circleville, and I found out all about 'Butch's' early life and much about his late doings. His true name was Parker, his nickname being 'Sallie' Parker when a boy. This nickname of itself was enough to drive a sensitive boy to the 'bad'. I had hard work to keep from falling in love with Miss Parker, the pretty young sister of 'Butch' Cassidy. She was the deputy postmistress in Circleville, and I made her acquaintance."

Lula Parker Betenson (b. 1884), sister of "Butch" Cassidy, lived in Circleville, dying aged 96 in 1980. Betenson's 1975 book Butch Cassidy, My Brother, co-authored with Dora Flack, recounts her memory that Cassidy visited Circleville in 1924, adding to the controversy over whether he had died previously in South America. This visit by Cassidy to Circleville is also reported by author W. C. Jameson in Butch Cassidy: Beyond the Grave.

Carrie Allen, born in Circleville in 1889, was a spinster and a school teacher. She wrote a history of Circleville. She died in 1983 in Circleville.

See also

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