Draper is a city in Salt Lake and Utah counties in the U.S. state of Utah, about 20 miles south of Salt Lake City along the Wasatch Front. As of the 2020 census, the population is 51,017, up from 7,143 in 1990. Draper is part of two metropolitan areas; the Salt Lake County portion is in the Salt Lake City metropolitan area, while the Utah County portion is in the Provo-Orem metropolitan area. The Utah State Prison is in Draper, near Point of the Mountain, alongside Interstate 15. Gary Gilmore's execution occurred on 17 January 1977. The Utah Legislature voted to relocate the state prison to Draper in 2014 and in 2015 approved the Salt Lake City location the prison relocation commission recommended. The Draper Prison will close in 2022. Inmates will be moved to a new prison facility in Salt Lake City; the new prison is slated for completion in mid-2022. Draper has two UTA TRAX stations as well as one on the border with Sandy.

Country: United States
State: Utah
Counties: Salt Lake, Utah
Settled: 1849
Incorporated: 1978
Founded by: Ebenezer Brown and his wife Phebe DRAPER Palmer Brown
Named for: William Draper Jr.
Mayor: Troy K. Walker
Population (2020): 51,017
Time zone: Mountain (MST) (UTC−7)
Summer (DST): MDT (UTC−6)
ZIP code: 84020
Area code(s): 385, 801
FIPS code: 49-20120
GNIS feature ID: 1427473
Official Website: http://www.draper.ut.us/
Wikidata description: city in Salt Lake and Utah counties in Utah, United States
Wikidata id: Q482888
Wikidata label: Draper
Wikidata aliases: Array
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