Eagle Mountain

In 1994, three investors bought about 8,000 acres at a bankruptcy auction in Cedar Valley. The area was incorporated as the Town of Eagle Mountain in December 1996, covering 24 square miles.

Eagle Mountain became a city on May 31, 2001. It was reclassified as a third-class city on September 4, 2001.

The census counted 2,157 people in 2000 and 21,415 in 2010. By 2020 the count was 43,623, a density of 865.0 people per square mile.

In 2011 the city annexed the White Hills neighborhood, which had about 400 residents, along with land in the Pole Canyon development plan of nearly 2,900 acres. In 2020 the median age was 22.4, and 44.7 percent of residents were under 18. There were 10,350 households, and 79.8 percent of them were married-couple households.

Pony Express Parkway runs east from the city to Redwood Road in Saratoga Springs, which sits on the northwestern shore of the lake.

The city holds a site on the original Pony Express trail. It also has a boulder carrying petroglyphs made by the Fremont people about 1,800 years ago.

Eagle Mountain has four regional parks and about 35 local parks. Mountain Ranch Bike Park opened in 2009.

Cory B. Wride Memorial Park is among the city's parks. Its expansion was approved in the city budget in January 2015.

Major roads include SR-73, Eagle Mountain Boulevard, Ranches Parkway, Aviator Avenue, Pole Canyon Boulevard and Pony Express Parkway. Pony Express Parkway was extended east to Redwood Road in Saratoga Springs in 2010.

The city center is at least 15 miles from the I-15 corridor. Since 2008, a Utah Transit Authority express bus, route 806, has served commuters on weekday mornings and evenings.

Public schools are part of the Alpine School District. They include eight elementary schools, Frontier Middle School for grades 7 and 8, and Cedar Valley High School, which opened in August 2019. Some Silverlake-area students attend Vista Heights Middle School or Westlake High School in Saratoga Springs.

Three public charter schools serve the city: The Ranches Academy, John Hancock Charter School and Rockwell Charter High School.