Kearns is a Metro Township and census-designated place (CDP) in Salt Lake County, Utah, United States. The township is named after Utah's U.S. Senator Thomas Kearns. It had a population of 35,731 at the 2010 Census. This was a 6.2 percent increase over the 2000 figure of 33,659.
Kearns is home to the Utah Olympic Oval, an indoor speed skating oval built for the 2002 Winter Olympics. The Olympic Oval, known for the "fastest ice on earth," is home to over 100-speed skating records.
In the years 2010-2015, a movement began and Kearns officially became a Metro Township. In November of 2016, the first election was held for the Metro Township to elect its first council members. The Township was divided into five districts, allowing for voters in those districts to vote for their local representative.
In 2017 the first council members of the Metro Township were sworn into office. These five elected officials would begin the amazing journey of building the governing body of the Kearns Metro Township from the grassroots up.
