West Wood

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West Wood

Total population

962

Weather75°F · Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms

Coordinates39.61°, -110.84°

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

West Wood is a census-designated place (CDP) in Carbon County, Utah, United States. The population was 1,066 at the 2020 census.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Current forecast

Forecast for West Wood, UT from NOAA NWS API.

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Tom M. Apostol

American mathematician (1923-2016)

J. Bracken Lee

politician and United States Army service member (1899-1996)

Erik Pears

American football player

Dean Fausett

American artist (1913-1998)

J

Jean Westwood

American politician (1923-1997)

M

Morgan Warburton

American basketball player-coach

Herman Franks

American baseball player and coach (1914-2009)

Elisabeth Magagna

American writer

Cassandra Lynn

American model and Playmate of the Month

J

John D. Fitzgerald

American writer

M

Michael Morley

American politician

D

Dewey John Raski

American zoologist

B

Bobbie V. Peterson

American entomologist (1928-2006)

Nadia Gold

Midwest rhythm and blues soul singer from Price, Utah

Mack Wilberg

American conductor

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Utah

• Carbonville
  1.6 mi away
• Price
  2.2 mi away · pop. 8,248
• Kenilworth
  5.4 mi away · pop. 127
• Helper
  5.9 mi away · pop. 2,698
• Clear Creek
  16.8 mi away
• Cleveland
  17.7 mi away · pop. 378
• Huntington
  20.1 mi away · pop. 1,965
• Clawson
  35.5 mi away · pop. 197
• Moroni
  39.8 mi away · pop. 1,535
• Fountain Green
  42.5 mi away · pop. 1,521
• Ephraim
  43.2 mi away · pop. 5,949
• Duchesne
  46 mi away

Browse all places in Utah →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about West Wood

Over the range to the Golden Gate

Stanley Wood · 1889

Service records on treated and untreated wood in the intermountain West

David P. Lowery · 1962

History of the 313th Infantry in World War II

Wood, Sterling A. · 1947

Camels Back Cave

Dave N. Schmitt · 2005

Rangeland management policy and wood energy development

United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Department of the Interior and Related Agencies. · 1980

Far away in the west

Scott C. Esplin · 2016

Route from Liverpool to Great Salt Lake Valley

Frederick Hawkins Piercy · 1855

The dead softwood timber resource and its utilization in the West

David P. Lowery · 1982

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Saltlover

Halogeton glomeratus

Seen 2026-09-21

Western Black Widow

Latrodectus hesperus

Seen 2026-09-17

Utah Chub

Gila atraria

Seen 2026-09-17

Rainbow Trout

Oncorhynchus mykiss

Seen 2026-09-17

Redside Shiner

Richardsonius balteatus

Seen 2026-09-17

Shadscale Saltbush

Atriplex confertifolia

Seen 2026-09-12

Green Ephedra

Ephedra viridis

Seen 2026-09-12

Philolithus elatus

Philolithus elatus

Seen 2026-09-12

Pronghorn

Antilocapra americana

Seen 2026-09-12

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).