- Lehi
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city, Utah county, northern Utah, U.S. First called Evansville and then Dry Creek, upon its incorporation the city was renamed Lehi, after a patriarch in the Book of Mormon. Located on the northern shore of Utah Lake, the city is an agricultural centre (alfalfa, sugar beets) and suburb of greater Salt Lake City. At Point of the Mountain is preserved a portion of the Pony Express Trail (Pony Express). Other sites of interest are the John Hutchings Museum of Natural History, located in the Lehi Memorial Building, and Saratoga Springs, a swimming and diving facility on Utah Lake. The Lehi Roundup, a rodeo held each June, draws visitors from all over the American West. Inc. 1852. Pop. (1990) 8,475; (2000) 19,028.
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Universalium. 2010.