Salt Lake City, UtahSalt Lake County Seat
(Settled in 1847)
Named for Great Salt Lake, which was named for the extreme salinity of its water. The settlement was called Great Salt Lake City until 1868.
Community Facts
- County: Salt Lake
- Coordinates: 40.7608, -111.8910
- Elevation: 4,265 ft.
- Population: 199,723 (84,349 households)
- Area Codes: 801/385
- 801 Prefixes: 201, 202, 204, 205, 209, 212, 213, 214, 215, 219, 220, 230, 231, 232, 236, 237, 238, 239, 240, 241, 242, 243, 244, 245, 246, 248, 249, 257, 258, 259, 271, 276, 289, 297, 300, 303, 320, 321, 322, 323, 324, 325, 326, 328, 330, 333, 347, 349, 350, 353, 355, 359, 363, 364, 366, 381, 384, 386, 401, 403, 408, 410, 412, 413, 414, 415, 419, 428, 433, 435, 440, 441, 442, 448, 450, 455, 456, 461, 462, 463, 464, 466, 467, 468, 474, 478, 480, 481, 482, 483, 484, 485, 486, 487, 488, 490, 493, 502, 503, 505, 512, 517, 518, 519, 520, 521, 522, 524, 526, 530, 531, 532, 533, 534, 535, 536, 537, 538, 539, 541, 548, 550, 554, 556, 557, 558, 560, 570, 573, 574, 575, 577, 578, 579, 580, 581, 582, 583, 584, 585, 587, 588, 594, 595, 596, 597, 598, 599, 604, 606, 608, 618, 631, 633, 634, 635, 637, 638, 641, 646, 647, 649, 651, 652, 654, 656, 657, 661, 662, 664, 665, 671, 672, 673, 674, 680, 688, 694, 696, 699, 702, 703, 706, 707, 708, 712, 715, 718, 736, 738, 739, 741, 744, 746, 750, 755, 757, 759, 783, 792, 793, 795, 799, 801, 803, 808, 809, 815, 817, 819, 824, 828, 831, 832, 833, 834, 835, 839, 842, 844, 856, 859, 860, 864, 865, 867, 869, 870, 875, 879, 880, 883, 884, 886, 887, 889, 891, 895, 897, 898, 903, 906, 907, 908, 910, 913, 915, 916, 918, 924, 931, 933, 935, 946, 949, 952, 953, 954, 956, 961, 970, 971, 972, 973, 974, 975, 977, 978, 979, 983, 986, 990, 994385 Prefixes: 202, 210, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216, 217, 218, 222, 226, 227, 228, 229, 232, 234, 235, 242, 249, 252, 256, 258, 259, 261, 266, 267, 270, 271, 272, 282, 285, 290, 295, 297, 299, 301, 313, 315, 321, 322, 341, 343, 354, 355, 360, 371, 377, 379, 385, 386, 395, 401, 414, 415, 418, 419, 420, 429, 433, 436, 441, 443, 444, 454, 457, 461, 465, 468, 478, 479, 487, 490, 491, 495, 499, 500, 501, 507, 508, 509, 518, 520, 522, 525, 528, 530, 531, 536, 541, 547, 548, 549, 563, 564, 573, 578, 581, 584, 592, 593, 602, 603, 605, 606, 609, 616, 622, 623, 628, 629, 630, 638, 640, 646, 699, 707, 715, 722, 770, 775, 799, 831, 867, 881, 910, 955, 977
Gardening Info
- Hardiness Zone: 7b
- Annual Precipitation: 17.8 in.
1991-2020 precipitation normals
Sources
- Location and elevation: USGS
- Founding and name: Adapted from Origins of Utah Place Names
- Population and households: 2020 Census
- Hardiness zone: USDA
- Annual precipitation: PRISM
- Area codes and phone prefixes: NANPA
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by Beehive Guide. Updated Oct. 19, 2026.