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Hurricane ( HUR-i-kən) is a city in Washington County, Utah, United States. Its population was 20,036 as of the 2020 United States Census estimates. The Hurricane valley makes up the easternmost share of the St. George Metropolitan area and is becoming a tourist gateway town to Zion National Park. Hurricane is known for its historic peach and pecan orchards, open space, green fields and small-town charm, although later much of southwestern Utah, the Hurricane valley continues to experience significant population growth.

Hurricane was first contracted in 1896 and time-honored its make known after a whirlwind blew the top off a buggy in which Erastus Snow was riding. Snow exclaimed, “Well, that was a Hurricane. We’ll publish this ‘Hurricane Hill’.”

Hurricane, which is pronounced “Her-ah-kun” by local residents (mimicking the accent of early Liverpudlian settlers), is in eastern Washington County. The community was settled as allowance of LDS Church President Brigham Young’s “Cotton Mission”, intended to assert the southern fall of Utah for agricultural purposes. The town subsequent to operated a large peach and apricot orchard for the LDS Church and is historically known for growing peaches, pecans and pistachio nuts on small farms.