Draper, Utah | |
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![]() Draper Historic Park | |
![]() Location in Salt Lake County and the state of Utah. | |
Coordinates: 40°30′53″N 111°52′23″W / 40.51472°N 111.87306°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Utah |
Counties | Salt Lake, Utah |
Settled | 1849 |
Incorporated | 1978[1] |
Founded by | Ebenezer Brown and his wife Phebe DRAPER Palmer Brown |
Named for | William Draper Jr. |
Government | |
• Mayor | Elijah Ward |
Area | |
• Total | 29.96 sq mi (77.61 km2) |
• Land | 29.95 sq mi (77.57 km2) |
• Water | 0.01 sq mi (0.04 km2) |
Elevation | 4,505 ft (1,373 m) |
Population (2020) | |
• Total | 51,017 |
• Density | 1,700/sq mi (660/km2) |
Time zone | UTC−7 (Mountain (MST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−6 (MDT) |
ZIP code | 84020 |
Area code(s) | 385, 801 |
FIPS code | 49-20120 |
GNIS feature ID | 1427473 |
Website | www |
Draper is a city in Salt Lake and Utah counties in the U.S. state of Utah, about 20 miles (32 km) south of Salt Lake City along the Wasatch Front. As of the 2020 census, the population is 51,017, up from 7,143 in 1990.[3]
Draper is part of two metropolitan areas; the Salt Lake County portion is in the Salt Lake City metropolitan area, while the Utah County portion is in the Provo-Orem metropolitan area.
Draper has two UTA TRAX stations (Draper Town Center, 12300/12400 South and Kimball's Lane 11800 South) as well as one on the border with Sandy (Crescent View 11400 South). A FrontRunner commuter rail station serves the city's west side. The city has around 5 FLEX bus routes connecting neighboring communities and two bus routes to Lehi Frontrunner Station and River/Herriman, connecting at Draper Town Center and the Draper Frontrunner Stations.
The Utah State Prison was located in Draper from 1951 to 2022, near Point of the Mountain, alongside Interstate 15. State politicians voted to condemn the facility, and prisoners were moved to the Utah State Correctional Facility.[4]
The city is home of 1-800 Contacts and a large eBay campus.