(25) Springville, Utah. Is This Spring Vile? Tartarian Mudflood tour. Originally “Cobble Creek”.

Springville was first explored in 1776 by Father Silvestre Vélez de Escalante, a Franciscan padre. What became Springville lay along the wagon route called the Mormon Road that Mormon pioneers and 49ers 🤓 traveled through southern Utah, northern Arizona, southern Nevada and Southern California. From 1855, each winter trains of freight wagons traveled on this road across the deserts between Los Angeles and Salt Lake City until the late 1860s when the railroad arrived in Utah. Springville was settled in 1850 by eight pioneer families who crossed the plains to Salt Lake Valley from the East and were directed by Brigham Young to settle 50 miles (80 km) further south.

Incorporated in February 1853, the pioneers called the city Hobble Creek because an early exploration team led by Oliver B. Huntington in February 1849 had a horse lose a pair of iron hobbles (restraints tied to the horse's forelegs) while the team was camped next to the creek. 🤪🤣 As the town grew, the name was changed to Springville. This name came about because of the more than 16 metal springs that are scattered around the town. The original name was not completely lost, however, as the canyon stream (and associated canyons), a local elementary school, and city-owned golf course have retained the name Hobble Creek.

1860 1,357
1870 1,661
1880 2,312
1890 2,849
1900 4,322
1910 3,356
1920 3,010
1930 3,748
1940 4,796
1950 6,475
1960 7,913
1970 8,790
1980 12,101
1990 13,950
2000 20,424
2010 29,466
2019 (est.) 33,310