Kearns Real Estate, Utah

Salt Lake City, Utah Real Estate

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Kearns, UT

Named after Utah's U.S. Senator Thomas Kearns, it had a population of 33,659 at the 2000. This was a small increase over the 1990 figure of 28,374 due to a small part of the territory incorporated into Taylorsville in 1996. A recently-elected community council is expected to call for a vote of incorporation in the near future.
The Utah Olympic Oval in Kearns was the venue for long-track speed skating events in the 2002 Winter Olympics. Because of its altitude, which gives it the thinnest air of any such facility in the world, and its unique architecture, which allows for close control of temperature and ice conditions, the Oval saw numerous records set during the games. It remains arguably the fastest ice surface in the world. The Oval is still in operation, hosting both competitive events and public skating.
Kearns' founding had everything to do with a "fight" - a worldwide one.
Shortly after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, the U.S. Army established a sprawling air base on Salt Lake County's west side.
The facility stretched across 5,450 acres of former wheat farms, according to a historical account by Rosa Vida Black. It included 16 mess halls, a 600-target rifle range and a hospital capable of caring for 1,000 patients.
The base was branded Camp Kearns - a name that would stick in the post-World War II years when the military installation would vanish and homes would take its place.
Kearns, Utah official website: http://www.kearns-utah.org/