Layton

Layton, city, Davis county, northern Utah, U.S., between Great Salt Lake and the Wasatch Range. Settled (1850) by Mormon pioneers, it was named in 1885 for Christopher Layton, a soldier in the Mexican War (1846–47) who settled in Salt Lake valley and raised one of Utah’s first alfalfa crops. The city was once a shipping and processing centre for surrounding irrigated farmlands producing vegetables and sugar beets, but it now is largely suburban, with many of its farmlands given over to housing developments and commercial buildings. It has food-processing industries (flour, sugar, canneries) and is a commercial centre for the adjacent Hill Air Force Base. A migratory bird reserve is nearby. Inc. town, 1920; city, 1937. Pop. (2000) 58,474; (2010) 67,311.