Sandy's Population and Annexation History

"Sandy experienced its wildest fluctuations in mining population during the 1880's, but the federal census for that year was unfortunately lost in a devastating archival fire.   The 1900 census captures Sandy when it had stabilized again as a farming community with a population of 1,632. "

pg 65 “Sandy City, The First 100 Years” by Martha Sonntag Bradley

For Sandy City, 1968 was the final year of  quiet, predictable growth.  In one year (1969) Sandy doubled its size.  The reason behind this sudden growth was that developers had built huge subdivisions towards the mountains but they needed water and other services that Sandy could offer.  So the developers quickly applied for annexation.  New annexations continued on every year after that until 1978.  The big development boom took place in the 70's when the farmers subdivided their land.  Because of the new development roads no longer were grid like as historic Sandy was, but went every which way.  

POPULATION OF SANDY IN

CENSUS YEARS, 1880 – 1990

Year	Population
1880	488
1900	1,632
1910	1,716
1920	1,208
1930	1,436
1940	1,487
1950	2,095
1960	3,322
1970	6,438
1980	52,210
1990	80,200

Found on page 205 of “Sandy City, The First 100 Years” by Martha Sonntag Bradley

LAND ANNEXATIONS IN SANDY,

1893-1978

Year	Acres
1893	814
1956	44.3
1960	34.4
1962	1.4
1963	89.2
1964	74
1965	125.3
1966	.5
1967	129.3
1968	70.1
1969	2,696.5
1970	42.1
1971	928.4
1972	1,064.5
1973	996
1974	445.5
1975	335.8
1976	826
1977	1,414.7
1978	670.8

Source: Sandy City, “Annexation Study”

Found on page 206 of “Sandy City, The First 100 Years” by Martha Sonntag Bradley