Hildale, Utah

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Hildale, Utah is a small, predominantly fundamentalist Mormon community on the Utah–Arizona border best known as a historic stronghold of the polygamous Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Hildale, Utah canonical 13
Hildale, Utah, United States 4
Colorado City–Hildale area 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
human settlement ⓘ
areaCode 435 ⓘ
associatedWith Warren Jeffs ⓘ
borderedBy Colorado City, Arizona ⓘ
climate semi-arid climate ⓘ
coordinateLocation approximately 37.0°N 112.99°W ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
demographicsCharacteristic high proportion of children ⓘ
large families ⓘ
distanceTo about 50 miles east of St. George, Utah ⓘ
economyCharacteristic construction industry ⓘ
small local businesses ⓘ
elevationAboveSeaLevel about 4,900 feet ⓘ
foundedAs Short Creek ⓘ
governedBy Hildale City Council ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Hildale ⓘ
linked to: Hildale, Utah
hasEvent 2015 flash flood disaster ⓘ
hasMayor city mayor of Hildale ⓘ
hasReligiousInstitution FLDS meetinghouses ⓘ
hasSchoolDistrict Washington County School District ⓘ
hasTwinCity Colorado City, Arizona ⓘ
hasTypeOfGovernment municipal government ⓘ
historicallyDominantReligion Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints ⓘ
incorporatedAsCity 1963 ⓘ
knownFor association with the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints ⓘ
polygamist community ⓘ
lawEnforcementJurisdiction Washington County Sheriff’s Office ⓘ
locatedIn Washington County, Utah ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Utah ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Mountain Time Zone ⓘ
locatedNear Vermilion Cliffs ⓘ
Zion National Park region ⓘ
linked to: Zion National Park
locatedOn Colorado Plateau ⓘ
nearestMajorCity St. George, Utah ⓘ
partOf Mormon cultural region ⓘ
Short Creek Community ⓘ
Utah–Arizona border region ⓘ
population approximately 3000 (early 21st century) ⓘ
postalCode 84784 ⓘ
religiousMajority fundamentalist Mormon ⓘ
roadAccessVia Arizona State Route 389 ⓘ
Utah State Route 59 ⓘ
sharesHistoryWith Colorado City, Arizona ⓘ
subjectOf media coverage on polygamy ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (20)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Washington County, Utah → contains → Hildale, Utah ⓘ
Warren Jeffs → notablePlaceOfActivity → Hildale, Utah ⓘ
Rulon Jeffs → residence → Hildale, Utah, United States ⓘ
linked to: Hildale, Utah
Rulon Jeffs → burialPlace → Hildale, Utah, United States ⓘ
linked to: Hildale, Utah
Leroy S. Johnson → placeOfActivity → Hildale, Utah ⓘ
Hildale, Utah → hasAlternativeName → Hildale ⓘ
linked to: Hildale, Utah
Colorado City, Arizona → locatedNear → Hildale, Utah ⓘ
Arizona State Route 389 → passesNear → Hilldale, Utah ⓘ
linked to: Hildale, Utah
Short Creek community → locatedIn → Hildale, Utah ⓘ
President of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints → hasCentralLocation → Colorado City–Hildale area ⓘ
linked to: Hildale, Utah
Rulon Timpson Jeffs → residence → Hildale, Utah, United States ⓘ
linked to: Hildale, Utah
Rulon Timpson Jeffs → burialPlace → Hildale, Utah, United States ⓘ
linked to: Hildale, Utah
Short Creek community → hasPart → Hildale, Utah ⓘ
Washington County, Utah → hasTown → Hildale, Utah ⓘ
subject linked to: Washington County
Leroy S. Johnson → placeOfActivity → Hildale, Utah ⓘ
subject linked to: Uncle Roy
Short Creek community → hasPart → Hildale, Utah ⓘ
Short Creek community → mainSettlementIn → Hildale, Utah ⓘ