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Geography
Eagle Mountain is located at 40°18'22" North, 112°0'35" West (40.305982, -112.009726)1.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 108.0 km² (41.7 mi²). 108.0 km² (41.7 mi²) of it is land and 0.02% is water.
Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 2,157 people, 532 households, and 502 families residing in the town. The population density is 20.0/km² (51.7/mi²). There are 598 housing units at an average density of 5.5/km² (14.3/mi²). The racial makeup of the town is 96.57% White, 0.32% African American, 0.37% Native American, 0.32% Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander, 0.88% from other races, and 1.48% from two or more races. 3.11% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
There are 532 households out of which 74.4% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 89.1% are married couples living together, 3.6% have a female householder with no husband present, and 5.6% are non-families. 3.9% of all households are made up of individuals and 0.4% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 4.05 and the average family size is 4.18.
In the town the population is spread out with 47.4% under the age of 18, 11.9% from 18 to 24, 33.2% from 25 to 44, 6.3% from 45 to 64, and 1.3% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 21 years. For every 100 females there are 100.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 98.8 males.
The median income for a household in the town is $52,102, and the median income for a family is $52,434. Males have a median income of $40,777 versus $25,313 for females. The per capita income for the town is $16,340. 2.8% of the population and 2.0% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 3.1% are under the age of 18 and 0.0% are 65 or older.
John Walden and Eagle Mountain Properties purchased land in a bankruptcy sale. Initially purchasing the land for the water rights, Walden fell in love with the beauty and decided to form a city. Eagle Mountain was master-planned around a concept of New urbanism, and incorporated in December 1996 with a population of approximately 250 residents.
The first mayor was Debbie Hooge, followed by Rob Bateman, Paul Bond, and currently, Kelvin Bailey. Hooge, an elected mayor, resigned due to perceived conflict of interest, and Bateman was appointed. Bond was elected and served his full two-year term. Bailey then ran against Greg Kehl, a city councilman, and won by about 70 votes.
The current city council consists of:
Eagle Mountain is home to Pony Express Elementary, which opened over capacity, and will be home to Eagle Mountain Elementary in time for the 2004-2005 school year.
Eagle Mountain is currently experiencing a high rate of growth, and has approximately 2000 households (in 2003), compared to 532 in 2000.History
Interestingly, to date Morgan and Kehl will be the first two city councilmen to finish four-year elected terms. No Eagle Mountain mayor has finished a four-year term.