Ogden Valley, Utah

Ogden Valley is a high mountain valley in Weber County, Utah, United States. The population was 6,855 at the 2010 census.[3] Planning in the valley is managed by a special county-level planning division, the Ogden Valley Planning Commission.[4] The valley is a popular vacation and tourism destination with three ski resorts, Pineview Reservoir, Causey Reservoir, and national forest lands.[5]

Ogden Valley
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Upper Cold Canyon in Ogden Valley, Utah
Coordinates: 41°20′33″N 111°51′54″W
Country	United States
State	Utah
County	Weber
Explored by the Hudson's Bay Company[1]	May 16, 1825 [1]
Named for	Peter Skene Ogden
Elevation	5,135 ft (1,565 m)
Population  (2010)
• Total	6,855 [2]
Time zone	UTC-7 (Mountain (MST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-6 (MDT)
ZIP code	84310, 84317
Area code(s)	385, 801
GNIS feature ID	2584770

The Valley has three towns: Eden, Huntsville, and Liberty. Only Huntsville is incorporated as a town. Eden and Liberty are census-designated places. Eden and Liberty share a post office. The Valley has one local newspaper, Ogden Valley News.[6] Several nonprofit organizations serve Ogden Valley. The Ogden Valley Land Trust preserves open space through conservation easements.[7] The Community Foundation of Ogden Valley distributes funds to charities and causes that help Ogden Valley's community interests.[8] The Ogden Valley Emergency Response Team is a nonprofit emergency preparedness organization that "focuses on public education and awareness to help increase the emergency preparedness".[9][10] Local businesses are represented by the Ogden Valley Business Association.[11]

As of 2020, the Valley has eight churches, a grocery store, two post offices, three gas stations, an elementary school, and a junior high school. The county uses a master plan, published in 2016, as a guide for development.[12] The Utah Geological Survey studied the water resources of the Valley and published their results in 2019.[13][14][15]

Peter Skene Ogden entered the valley on May 16, 1825[1] with a band of trappers employed by the Hudson's Bay Company.[16] William Kittson was in the group as well and drew a map of the area.[17] They were trapping beaver as part of the company's campaign to eliminate all the furbearing animals between British-controlled territories and U.S. territory in order to keep American fur hunters from entering the Oregon Country.[18] The HBC band left the Valley a few days later, but returned on May 25 after American trappers drove them away from Mountain Green at Deserter Point.[19][20] In 1849 Captain Howard Stansbury of the U.S. Army explored the valley during an expedition to Northern Utah with Jim Bridger. Stansbury described the area as a "most lovely, broad, open valley" with its "numerous bright little streams of pure running water" a "scene...cheering in the highest degree".[16]