Ogden is located at 41°13′11″N 111°58′16″W (41.2196, −111.9712), at the foot of the Wasatch Mountains.
The city has an area of 26.6 square miles, all land.
Originally named Fort Buenaventura, the city of Ogden was the first permanent settlement by people of European descent in the region that is now Utah.
The Elevation of Ogden is around 4,300 to 5,000 feet above sea level.
Two ships in the United States Navy have been named after the City of Ogden; the first, USS Ogden (PF-39), in 1943, and the second, USS Ogden (LPD-5), in 1964.
The estimated population of Ogden is 86,833, as of 2019, making it Utah’s seventh-largest city.
Ogden is a city in and the county seat of Weber County, Utah, United States.
Ogden is a principal city of the Ogden–Clearfield, Utah Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Weber, Morgan, Davis, and Box Elder counties.
Ogden is twinned with Hof, Germany since 1954.
Ogden was known as a major passenger railroad junction owing to its location along major east-west and north-south routes, prompting the local chamber of commerce to adopt the motto, “You can’t get anywhere without coming to Ogden.”
