[6] Kaysville is home to the USU Botanical Gardens, which also serve as an extension location and distance education center for Utah State University.

He had been sent north to find feed for the stock and soon thereafter constructed a cabin and brought his family to settle the area.

Two miles north of Haight's original settlement, Samuel Holmes built a cabin in 1849 and was soon joined by other settlers from Salt Lake, namely Edward Phillips, John Green, and William Kay.

[9] Although settlement began in the 1847, the name of Kaysville connects with the fact that in 1851 William Kay was made the bishop in the vicinity by Brigham Young and Heber C. Kimball.

After the move south in 1858 (see Utah War), there was an attempt to rename the community "Freedom", but Brigham Young convinced the residents to retain the old name.

[citation needed] The current mayor, Tamara Tran, won the 2021 election with 59.95 percent of the popular vote over Jay Welk.

[13] Kaysville is bordered by the city of Layton to the north, Fruit Heights to the east, and Farmington, the county seat, to the south.