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BOUNTIFUL UTAH TEMPLE
Bountiful is a residential city in Davis County, northern Utah, in a farm area between the Wasatch Mountains and the Great Salt Lake, near Salt Lake City; incorporated 1892. Utah’s second oldest non-Native American community, it was founded in 1847 by Perrigrine Sessions, a Mormon pioneer. The oldest continuously used Mormon chapel is located here. The community was called Sessions Settlement until 1855, when the present name was selected, probably from the Book of Mormon.
The Bountiful Temple is the eighth temple constructed in the state of Utah. The history of this temple site began back in 1897, when John Haven Barlow Sr. purchased 40 acres (160,000 m2) of land from the United States government. Because of lack of water and the steep terrain, little could be done with the land. In 1947 some of the land was cleared and four hundred apricot trees were planted. In the spring of 1983, flash flooding caused a great deal of damage in Bountiful, resulting in the decision to build a dam across the canyon to limit the flow of water during heavy rainstorms. The city requested the use of the soil from the future Temple site, so construction crews removed over two hundred thousand cubic yards of soil, leaving the area an ideal spot on which the Mormon Temple would later be built.
After considering numerous sites for the temple, the final decision was made on April 3, 1988 by the First Presidency of the LDS Church. Four years later on May 2, 1992, the groundbreaking by Ezra Taft Benson took place with 7,500 people gathered on the site with another 2,500 viewing the proceedings by remote video. The crowd was so large that some viewers opted to sit on the steep hillside east of the site.
And on January 8, 1995, Church President, Howard W. Hunter dedicated the Bountiful Utah Temple. Two hundred thousand Latter-day Saints attended the dedicatory sessions, more than had ever previously attended a temple dedication. It was the second church Hunter dedicated during his brief time as president of the Church. (The other one was the Orlando Florida Temple) President Gordon B. Hinckley alluded to the forthcoming announcements of the Hong Kong China Temple, Preston England Temple, and Hartford Connecticut Temple at the Bountiful Utah Temple groundbreaking, indicating that official announcements would not be made until sites had been acquired and approved. During the six weeks that the Bountiful Utah Temple was open for public tours, 870,361 visitors walked its beautiful rooms and hallways, assisted by 45,000 volunteers. 201,655 members were in attendance—the largest number of attenders at a temple dedication in the history of the Church. At the 28 dedicatory sessions of the Bountiful Utah Temple.
It was built on 640 South Bountiful Boulevard, Bountiful, Utah, United States. It is the second temple, after Jordan River to have a temple district smaller than a county. The Bountiful Utah Temple has a total of 104,000 square feet (9,700 m2), four ordinance rooms, and eight sealing rooms. It is of classic modern, single-spire design and has an exterior finishing of bethel white granite. It features a breathtaking circular columned atrium that reaches from the lower parking level to the main parking level and an elegant portico at the entrance with graceful columns and arches. A cascading water feature flows on the east side of the temple underneath the Holiness to the Lord plaque.
Each of the other modern Utah Temples, Ogden, Provo, and Jordan River were built to relieve overcrowding at other older temples. The Bountiful and Mt. Timpanogos Temples were no exception. The Bountiful Temple was built to relieve overcrowding at the Salt Lake City Temple and Ogden Temple.
The Bountiful Utah Temple serves Church members from 32 stakes found in Davis County namely: Bountiful Utah Stake, Bountiful Utah Central Stake, Bountiful Utah East Stake, Bountiful Utah Heights Stake, Bountiful Utah Mueller Park Stake, Bountiful Utah North Stake, Bountiful Utah North Canyon Stake, Bountiful Utah Orchard Stake, Bountiful Utah South Stake, Bountiful Utah Stone Creek Stake, Bountiful Utah Val Verda Stake, Centerville Utah Stake, Centerville Utah Canyon View Stake, Centerville Utah North Stake, Centerville Utah South Stake, Farmington Utah Stake, Farmington Utah North Stake, Farmington Utah Oakridge Stake, Farmington Utah South Stake, Fruit Heights Utah Stake, Kaysville Utah Stake, Kaysville Utah Central Stake, Kaysville Utah Crestwood Stake, Kaysville Utah East Stake, Kaysville Utah Haight Creek Stake, Kaysville Utah South Stake, Kaysville Utah West Stake, North Salt Lake Utah Stake, North Salt Lake Utah Parkway Stake, West Bountiful Utah Stake, Woods Cross Utah Stake, Woods Cross Utah North Stake.
