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Show Springville third largest city in county Springville now has a population pop-ulation of 7,913 and Mapleton 1,516 making a total of 9,943 for the area, according to a report issued this week by the U. S. Department of Commerce, Com-merce, Bureau of Census of which Robert W. Burgess is director. Springville's population ten years ago, was listed at 6,475, making an increase of 1,438 in population. Mapleton has gained 341 people in the same period the report indicated. Comparing Springville with neighboring cities of similar size, Spanish Fork now has a total population of 6,472, just four people less than Springville Spring-ville had ten years ago, while Payson has a total population of 4,237. Spanish Fork gained 1,242 people in ten years, while Payson has gained 239, the report re-port shows. Provo is listed with 36,047 population, an increase of 7,110 and Orem which has had a larger percent of increase than any other city in Utah county, jumped from 8,351 in 1950, to 18,394 in the 1960 census, an increase of 10,043 population. |