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Welcome to South Salt Lake (aka 'South Salt Lake City') ...

The city of South Salt Lake is located in Salt Lake County<1>.

South Salt Lake was settled in 1847 and was incorporated in 1938.

A typical abbreviation for South Salt Lake: S. Salt Lk.

From the  Census Estimates for 2019, South Salt Lake has a population of 25,529 people<2> (see below for details).

The community of South Salt Lake is 4,240 feet [1,292 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of South Salt Lake is about ¾ mile [or ~1¼ km] above sea level.

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

Area Codes for South Salt Lake: 801 & 385<4>

The city of South Salt Lake has also been called South Salt Lake City.

Population Details ...

Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, South Salt Lake had an population of 25,529 people. This is an increase of 8.1% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 15.84% since the 2000 Census).

At the time of the 2010 Census, South Salt Lake had a population of 23,617 people. This makes South Salt Lake the county's 13th most populous community.

The population of South Salt Lake represents 0.85% of the population of Utah (which has 2,763,885 people), making it the state's 31st most populous community.

With a 2010 count of 23,617 people, the population of South Salt Lake increased 7.16% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 22,038 people).

More information can be found on the Census Page for South Salt Lake.

Websites for South Salt Lake ...

Official Website: www.ssl.state.ut.us/

Communities near South Salt Lake ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near South Salt Lake.

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 South Salt Lake. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for South Salt Lake.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of South Salt Lake. 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 South Salt Lake.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for South Salt Lake ...

Looking for more information about South Salt Lake? 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 South Salt Lake, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for South Salt Lake.

Adding South Salt Lake to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of South Salt Lake 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 South Salt Lake was on a map titled Road Map for Utah (from Shell Oil, 1950).

For more details, see References and Mentions for South Salt Lake.

The official website for South Salt Lake: www.ssl.state.ut.us/

The official website for Salt Lake County: www.slco.org/

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 Salt Lake, 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 South Salt Lake.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around South Salt Lake - 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 South Salt Lake area will be assigned with one of these codes: 801 or 385. As a result, placing a call in the South Salt Lake area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<7>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.




 

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