What is Ogden, Utah?
[[Image:2005-0623-VK-OgdenSign.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Ogden welcome sign]] '''Ogden, Utah''' is a city in [[Weber County, Utah|Weber County]], [[Utah]], [[USA]] with a population of 87,321 as of the [[2020 United States Census|2020 census]].<ref>{{cite web|title=QuickFacts: Ogden city, Utah|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/ogdencityutah/POP010220|access-date=July 27, 2023}}</ref> Ogden was originally named Fort Buenaventura. Fort Buenaventura was the first permanent settlement by people whose families came from [[Europe]] in the [[U.S. state]] now known as Utah. A trapper named Miles Goodyear established it in 1846 a mile west of present downtown Ogden. Then a year later, the fort was bought by Mormon settlers for about $2,000. Brownsville is another name that was once used for the settlement. When the area was renamed, it was named after Peter Skene Ogden, a Hudson Bay Company leader who trapped animals for fur in the Weber Valley. Ogden is the [[county seat]] of Weber County. It lies to the east of the [[Great Salt Lake]], the west of the [[Wasatch Front]] mountain range, and is basically north of [[Salt Lake City]]. [[Weber State University]] is located in Ogden. [[Damian Lillard]], an [[NBA]] player on the [[Portland Trailblazers]], played basketball in college for the Weber State Wildcats. ==References== {{reflist}} {{Weber County, Utah}} {{Utah}} [[Category:Ogden, Utah| ]] [[Category:County seats in Utah]] [[Category:1846 establishments in the United States]] [[Category:19th-century establishments in Utah]] {{US-geo-stub}}