Salt Lake City (often shortened to Salt Lake and abbreviated as SLC)
is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Utah, as
well as the seat of Salt Lake County, the most populous county in
Utah. With an estimated population of 200,567 in 2019, the city is the
core of the Salt Lake City metropolitan area, which has a population
of 1,222,540 (2018 estimate). Salt Lake City is further situated
within a larger metropolis known as the Salt Lake Cityâ€"Ogdenâ€"Provo
Combined Statistical Area, a corridor of contiguous urban and suburban
development stretched along a 120-mile (190 km) segment of the Wasatch
Front, comprising a population of 2,606,548 (as of 2018 estimates),
making it currently the 22nd largest in the nation. It is the larger
of only two major urban areas located within the Great Basin (the
other being Reno, Nevada). It is categorized as a "Gamma -" global
city, according to the Globalization and World Cities Research
Network. Salt Lake City is the world headquarters of The Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). The city was founded
in 1847 by followers of the church, led by Brigham Young, who were
seeking to escape persecution they had experienced while living
farther east. The Mormon pioneers, as they would come to be known,
entered an semi-arid valley and immediately began building, planning,
and extending an extensive irrigation network which could feed the
population and foster future growth. Salt Lake City's street grid
system is based on a standard compass grid plan, with the southeast
corner of Temple Square (the area containing the Salt Lake Temple in
downtown Salt Lake City) serving as the origin of the Salt Lake
meridian. Due to its proximity to the Great Salt Lake, the city was
originally named Great Salt Lake City. In 1868, the word "Great" was
dropped from the city's name.Immigration of international members of
the LDS Church, mining booms, and the construction of the first
transcontinental railroad initially brought economic growth, and the
city was nicknamed the Crossroads of the West. It was traversed by the
Lincoln Highway, the first transcontinental highway, in 1913. Two
major cross-country freeways, I-15 and I-80, now intersect in the
city. The city also has a belt route, I-215. Salt Lake City Biography, NetWorth, Height, Age, Weight, Family, Married, Son, Daughter