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Welcome to Orem ...

The city of Orem is located in Utah County<1>.



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Orem was settled in 1877 and was incorporated May 5, 1919.

The origin (or the toponymy) of Orem: Named after Walter C. Orem (1873-1951), President of the Salt Lake and Utah Railroad.

From the  Census Estimates for 2019, Orem has a population of 97,834 people<2> (see below for details).

The community of Orem is 4,760 feet [1,451 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Orem is about 1 mile [or ~1½ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Orem lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Orem: 801 & 385<4>

Population Details ...

Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Orem had an population of 97,834 people. This is an increase of 10.76% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 16.02% since the 2000 Census).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Orem had a population of 88,328 people (which is 16.99% of the total population of Utah County). This makes Orem the county's 2nd most populous community.

The population of Orem represents 3.2% of the population of Utah (which has 2,763,885 people), making it the state's 5th most populous community.

With a 2010 count of 88,328 people, the population of Orem increased 4.75% from the 2000 Census (with a count of 84,324 people).

More information can be found on the Census Page for Orem.

Communities Also Named Orem ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Orem - it's located in West Virginia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Orem.

Websites for Orem ...

Official Website: www.orem.org/

Communities near Orem ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Orem.

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Orem. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Orem.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Orem. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Orem.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Orem. See our Newspapers Page for Orem.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Orem ...

Looking for more information about Orem? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

In addition to the Tourism page for Orem, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Orem.

Adding Orem to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Orem in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Orem was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

From that list, the Orem post office opened in 1943.

We also found Orem on a map titled Shell Oil Road Map for Utah (1950).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Orem.

The official website for Orem: www.orem.org/

The official website for Utah County: www.co.utah.ut.us/

The official website for State of Utah: https://www.utah.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Utah's counties, including Utah, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Orem.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Orem - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 801 code has been Overlayed with the 385 area code. New phone numbers in the Orem area will be assigned with one of these codes: 801 or 385. As a result, placing a call in the Orem area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<7>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/




 

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