Emery County, Utah

Emery County is a located in the  of. As of the population was 10,860, and by  had been estimated to decrease to 10,711. It was named for, governor of the Utah in. Its is  and the largest city is.

On Monday,, , at 2:48 A.M., 's , 15 miles (24 km) west north-west of , collapsed; trapping 6 workers inside. The mine, located just off, is about 34 miles (55 km) southeast of , and 140 miles (225 km) south of (100 miles, or 161 km, on a flight line). The workers are approximatly about 3.4 miles (5.5 km) from the mine entrance and 1500 feet (457 m) underground. The collapse registered recorded in magnitude 3.9 to 4.0, by  stations of the.

Emery County, the state's No. 2 coal-producer, was also the site of a fire that killed 27 people in the in December 1984.

History and archaeology
rises in Emery County, and has recently been shown to have astonishingly pristine remains of the. The State of owns the site and is currently identifying the remains and developing a long-term conservation plan.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 11,555 (4,462 ). 11,530 km² (4,452 sq mi) of it is land and 25 km² (10 sq mi) of it (0.22%) is water. The forms the eastern boundary. The, a mountainous area, sits along the western boundary. The main population of the county lives along the base of these mountains. The occupies most of the area to the east.

Adjacent Counties

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 10,860 people, 3,468 households, and 2,798 families residing in the county. The was 1/km² (2/sq mi). There were 4,093 housing units at an average density of 0/km² (1/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 95.64%, 0.18% or , 0.65% , 0.31% , 0.10% , 1.87% from , and 1.24% from two or more races. 5.23% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 3,468 households out of which 45.90% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 69.80% were living together, 7.20% had a female householder with no husband present, and 19.30% were non-families. 17.60% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.10% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.10 and the average family size was 3.53.

In the county, the population was spread out with 35.40% under the age of 18, 9.60% from 18 to 24, 24.10% from 25 to 44, 20.90% from 45 to 64, and 10.10% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 30 years. For every 100 females there were 100.80 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.50 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $39,850, and the median income for a family was $44,086. Males had a median income of $39,059 versus $18,929 for females. The for the county was $14,243. About 9.40% of families and 11.50% of the population were below the, including 14.00% of those under age 18 and 8.10% of those age 65 or over.

Cities and towns

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Annual events

 * Castle Valley Pageant
 * Elmo Horse and Buggy Days
 * Emery County Fair
 * Ferron Peach Days
 * Green River Melon Days
 * Huntington Heritage Days
 * San Rafael Swell Mountain Bike Festival

Newspapers

 * Emery County Progress (Weekly)

Schools

 * Emery High School

Site seeing

 * Joe's Valley Reservoir
 * Buckhorn Draw
 * The Wedge
 * Huntington Reservoir
 * Cottonwood Canyon
 * Huntington Reservoir
 * Cottonwood Canyon