Fort Buenaventura

Fort Buenaventura, located in west Ogden, Utah, United States, was the first permanent Anglo settlement in the Great Basin. Built just east of the Weber River in 1846 by Miles Goodyear, the fort and its surrounding lands were purchased by Mormon settlers in 1847 and renamed Brownsville.

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Places of Interest

Highlights include Union Station and Ogden/Weber Municipal Building.

Union Station

Railway station

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Union Station, also known as Ogden Union Station, is a train station in Ogden, Utah, United States, at the west end of Historic 25th Street, just south of Ogden Central station.

Ogden/Weber Municipal Building

Town hall

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The Ogden/Weber Municipal Building, at 2541 Washington Blvd. in Ogden, Utah, was built in 1938–1940. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.

Ogden Utah Temple

Church

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The Ogden Utah Temple is the sixteenth constructed and fourteenth operating temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Located in Ogden, Utah, it was originally built with a modern, single-spire design, similar to the Provo Utah Temple.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ogden and South Ogden.

Ogden

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Ogden is a city in and the county seat of Weber County, Utah, United States, located approximately 10 miles east of the Great Salt Lake and 40 miles north of Salt Lake City.

South Ogden

Town

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South Ogden is a city in Weber County, Utah, United States with 17,199 residents. The population was 17,488 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Ogden–Clearfield, Utah Metropolitan Statistical Area. The current mayor is Russell L. Porter. South Ogden is situated 2½ miles southeast of Fort Buenaventura.

Riverdale

Village

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Riverdale is a city in southern Weber County, Utah, United States. The population was 9,343 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Ogden–Clearfield, Utah Metropolitan Statistical Area. Riverdale is situated 3 miles south of Fort Buenaventura.

Fort Buenaventura

Type: Park
Description: human settlement in Ogden, Utah, United States
Categories: human settlement and state park
Location: Weber, Utah, Southwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.22189° or 41° 13′ 19″ north

Longitude

-111.98939° or 111° 59′ 22″ west

Elevation

4,321 feet (1,317 metres)

Open location code

85HC62C6+Q6

GeoNames ID

5774908

Wikidata ID

Q5470863

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Dutch—“Fort Buenaventura” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Fort Buenaventura State Park”
Dutch: “Fort Buenaventura”

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