Utah Centennial County History Series - Sevier County 1997

TROUBLED TIMES: SEVIER COUNTY, 1930-1949 I n December 1930 the Richfield Reaper reported the results of the 1930 U.S. Census for the county. The population of the state of Utah n u m b e r e d 507,847, an increase of 58,451 (13 percent) from 1920; however, Sevier County's 1930 population stood at 11,199, a decrease of 0.7 percent from the 1920 enumeration. This most recent figure represented a population density of 5.1 persons per square mile for the county. 1 The county seat of Richfield had 3,067 persons, down from 3,262 in 1920. Of the other incorporated cities in the county, Salina was the second most populous, with a count of 1,383 (down from 1,451 in 1920); Monroe ranked third at 1,247 residents (from 1,719 in 1920).

The farming communities of Elsinore, with 654 residents (a decline of 189 people from 1920); R e d m o n d , 577 people (649 in 1920); Aurora, 568 inhabitants (no figure for 1920); Glenwood, 350 people (a decrease of fourteen persons); Koosharem, 319 residents (no figure for 1920); Joseph, 243 inhabitants (224 in 1920); and Annabella, 180 people (no figure for 1920).2 Of all Sevier County's communities, only Joseph showed a population increase (nineteen persons) from 169