Date of Award:

5-1941

Document Type:

Thesis

Degree Name:

Master of Science (MS)

Department:

Economics and Finance

Department name when degree awarded

Commerce

Committee Chair(s)

Joseph A. Geddes

Committee

Joseph A. Geddes

Committee

Joseph N. Symons

Abstract

Richmond lies on a rise of ground near the Wasatch range in the east central part of Cache Valley. In 1855 John Bair led a small party to the vicinity of Richmond to explore it. Four years later (1859) they returned and established homes. The community grew quite rapidly. In 1860 when Jesse V. Fox, territorial surveyor, made the first survey, 104 people claimed land. The first public building was a combination church and school house. A ditch connected with High Creek was built in 1860. In 1868 the village was incorporated with W. D. Hendricks as the first mayor.

The young town grew to 817 in the next ten years and to 1198 by 1890. For the next twenty years growth was slower. The census report for 1890 lists 1111, and for 1910, 1561. But resources would not sustain this number, and a period of slow decline set in. By 1920 the count showed 1396. This fell to 1140 in 1930 and to 1131 in 1940. At the present time the population appears to be approximately stationary.

Of the 1310 in the Richmond precinct in 1930, native whites numbered 1204 and the foreign-born, 106. A comparison of the age indicates that population is not falling off because of a strong decline in natural increase. The age groups showing the largest declines are the 15 to 24 group, which dropped from 319 in the 5 to 14 group to 280, and the 25 to 34 group, which fell from 280 to 145. Obviously, many young married people move to areas where opportunities are greater.

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