Clearfield (Shoshone: Gu-ta-nu-a-de, “Place where the wind blows hard”)[5] is a city in Davis County, Utah, United States.

The city grew rapidly during the 1940s, with the formation of Hill Air Force Base, and in the 1950s with the nationwide increase in suburb and "bedroom" community populations and has been steadily growing since then.

Clearfield is a principal city of the Ogden–Clearfield, Utah Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Davis, Morgan, and Weber counties.

[6] Hunters and Native American warriors knew this land before the first white man settled here.

It was the arrival of the railroad that first awakened the area in 1869 and stirred the sleeping Sand Ridge, which it was once known as until the name was later changed to Clearfield.

But the great event that did more to transform the bleak Sand Ridge into a fertile garden spot was the coming of the Davis and Weber Counties Canal in 1884.

Many Clearfield children went to school nearby in Syracuse by walking several miles a day.

Another more modern school, South Clearfield Elementary, was added in 1950 to help keep pace with the growing population.

The Clearfield Naval Supply Depot was eventually phased out by 1962, but the facility did not stay empty for long.

The newest Clearfield City Municipal Building, located on 55 South State Street, was dedicated in December 1999.

In 2005, the old Clearfield City Swimming Pool was demolished to make way for the new center and for an updated Bernard Fisher Park.

Clearfield High School underwent a major renovation in 2006, including the main auditorium and computer upgrades.

The opening of the Utah Transportation Association (UTA) FrontRunner commuter rail stop in Clearfield in 2008 helped the city emerge as a centralized location of business, public, and community development.

It reopened as the North Davis Senior Center in its new location adjacent to the new county health building.

Located east of the Clearfield City Municipal Building north parking lot, the center is expected to become a hub for art classes, theatre productions, and more.

The county is surrounded by the Great Salt Lake to the west and the steep Wasatch Range on the east, although neither of these notable natural landmarks is physically within the city boundaries.

The Wasatch Front valley floor is the ancient lakebed of Lake Bonneville, which existed at the end of the last ice age.

The city's streets, along with the rest of Davis County north of Layton, are laid out on a unified grid plan.

Having the Job Corps next to one of the largest industrial centers in Northern Utah allows for on-the-job training for many of the programs offered.

South Clearfield is a residential neighborhood that is of note due to its isolation as the southernmost section of the city.

It is cut off from the rest of residential Clearfield by The Freeport Center and other businesses, as well as being surrounded by other cities on 3 of the four sides of the area.

The presence of Hill Air Force Base has helped in creating two business neighborhoods.

It is a planned aerospace research complex with space both inside and outside of the base fence line.

(Commercial) Legend Hills is an office and retail-oriented business area located in the southeasternmost corner of the city.

[3] Some of the state's and Davis County's largest employers are located in Clearfield: Hill Air Force Base, Lifetime Products, Utility Trailer Manufacturing Company, Alliant Techsystems, Clearfield Job Corps (MTC), Futura Industries Corporation, and Smith Sport Optics, Inc. Freeport Center The Freeport Center is a manufacturing, warehousing, and distribution center.

Freeport Center has an excellent transportation network of highways and railroads, and is only 20 miles from the Salt Lake International Airport.