Hurricane is a city in Washington County, Utah, United States. The population was 8,250 at the 2000 census.and by 2004 had been estimated to increase to 9,748. Hurricane has seen tremendous population growth along with many other areas of southwest Utah since the 1970s and has blended into neighboring St. George.
The town's name is traditionally pronounced using the more typically British pronunciation, "HUR ih kun", by many of its residents.
Hurricane received its name after a whirlwind blew the top off a buggy Erastus Snow was riding in. Snow exclaimed, "Well, that was a Hurricane. We'll name this Hurricane Hill." (...)
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