Springville, Utah

== History == The first European explorer of what is now Springville was Father Silvestre Vélez de Escalante, a Franciscan padre, in 1776.

During the year 1849, a group of pioneers led by William Miller and James Mendenhall traveled to the Provo River area.

Springville was settled in 1850 by eight pioneer families, led by Aaron Johnson, who crossed the plains to Salt Lake Valley from the East and were directed by Brigham Young to s...

Incorporated in February 1853, the pioneers called the city Hobble Creek because an early exploration team led by Oliver B.

From 1855, each winter trains of freight wagons traveled on this road across the deserts between Los Angeles and Salt Lake City until the late 1860s when the railroad arrived in...

Springville is home to the Springville Museum of Art, Utah's oldest museum for the visual fine arts (circa 1937).

From 1965 to 2008, the library was housed in the north wing of the Springville Office Building of the time.

=== 2000 census === As of the 2000 census, there were 20,424 people, 5,975 households, and 5,024 families residing in the city.

Construction began on the current library in 2008 and was finished in 2011.

Its construction began in March 2019 with completion expected for January 2020.