Outside the original Roosevelt City center in the west direction, Hwy 40 veers south from its generally east/west alignment, while the other existing city and county streets remain on a grid system oriented to the compass. The diagonal alignment of Hwy-40 does make for some challenging and unique intersections in relation to bike and pedestrian planning.

Intersecting Hwy-40 in Roosevelt is Hwy -121 which doubles as 200 North West of its intersection with Hwy-40 and then turns north at approximately 450 West where it also becomes known as the Neola Highway. The Golf Course, Uintah Basin Medical Center and Kings Peak Elementary are located along Hwy -121 and it is also a collector route for the Cedarview and Neola areas of the county.

Residential growth in Roosevelt has been traditionally inside the City limits with the anticipated density evolutions anticipated for a similar sized community. Over the last 9 years, Roosevelt has grown by an average of 1.5% per year. Part of the growth has come from outlying subdivisions like Stonegate in 2017 that have been annexed and incorporated into Roosevelt City.

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US CENSUS BUREAU POPULATION ESTIMATES - DUCHESNE COUNTY2
Entity 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Roosevelt 6194 6233 6368 6724 6819 7036 6935 6926 7070
Duchesne 1721 1720 1738 1812 1821 1864 1809 1772 1771
Myton 576 576 584 605 622 640 624 620 614
Altamont 238 239 241 252 257 263 253 247 246
Tabiona 156 155 158 167 168 173 169 164 162
County Total 18647 18701 19004 19965 20206 20756 20255 19915 19964
2.1.3 Non-Urban Areas of Duchesne County
2.1.3.1Small Rural Areas and Public Lands

As defined by the Joint Highway Committee Transportation Alternative Program, a Non-Urban area is an area less than 5,000 in population. From the 2018 Census estimate, outside Roosevelt City the remaining population in Duchesne County is divided among 4 other main towns as well as dispersed population through other parts of the county. The largest of these towns is Duchesne City, which has an estimated population of 1771. The other sub areas include Myton City (614), Altamont Town (246), Tabiona Town (186), and the remainder of Duchesne County (8,083). Other areas of Duchesne County that are of interest to the residents include the Uintah Mountains & Wilderness Area in the North and Wells Draw, Nine Mile Canyon, and Argyle Canyon to the South.

These non-urban areas of Duchesne County contain a wide variety of characteristics from areas near the Wells Draw which is high desert, to the southern half of the Uinta Mountains which is high alpine in nature. A listing of some of these general large areas within Duchesne County include:

  • The Uinta Mountains (Ashley National Forest)
  • High Uinta Wilderness area
  • White Rocks Canyon
  • Uintah Canyon
  • Yellowstone Canyon
2 https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?src=CF
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