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Ogden, UtahWeber County Seat

(Settled in 1848)

Named for the Ogden River, which in turn was named for Peter Skene Ogden, a Hudson's Bay Company brigade leader who was in the area in the 1820s. Around the winter of 1844-45, Miles Goodyear established a post here called Fort Buenaventura, after a mythical stream that early explorers thought drained the Great Basin region and emptied into San Francisco Bay. Settlement of the area did not begin until 1848, after Goodyear sold his property to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The settlement was first called Brownsville for James Brown, an early settler who represented the church in buying Goodyear's land and livestock. The name was changed to Ogden in 1850, when the General Assembly of Deseret created Weber County.

Community Facts

  • County: Weber
  • Coordinates: 41.2230, -111.9738
  • Elevation: 4,301 ft.
  • Population: 87,321 (31,781 households)
  • Area Codes: 801/385
    • 801 Prefixes: 247, 317, 332, 334, 337, 340, 348, 387, 388, 389, 391, 392, 393, 394, 395, 398, 399, 409, 430, 436, 452, 457, 458, 459, 469, 475, 476, 479, 528, 564, 600, 603, 605, 612, 620, 621, 622, 624, 625, 626, 627, 629, 640, 644, 645, 648, 650, 659, 668, 670, 675, 681, 686, 689, 690, 695, 697, 710, 720, 729, 730, 731, 732, 737, 740, 745, 749, 751, 752, 760, 761, 778, 781, 782, 786, 791, 814, 823, 827, 843, 866, 881, 917, 920, 940, 941
      385 Prefixes: 205, 206, 238, 240, 244, 264, 279, 288, 289, 294, 298, 326, 333, 364, 370, 380, 389, 400, 405, 432, 453, 460, 466, 467, 469, 470, 492, 514, 545, 561, 600, 619, 626, 732, 835, 837, 865

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Gardening Info

  • Hardiness Zone: 7a
  • Annual Precipitation: 20.1 in.

1991-2020 precipitation normals

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by Beehive Guide. Updated Oct. 19, 2026.