, and Vineyard and is about 45 miles (72 km) south of Salt Lake City.

Orem is one
of the principal cities of the Provo-Orem, Utah Metropolitan Statistical Area,
which includes all of Utah and Juab counties. The population was 84,324 at
the 2000 census, while the 2010 population was 88,328 [5] making it the fifth-
largest city in Utah. Utah Valley University is located in Orem. The Orem Owlz of
the minor league baseball Pioneer League play their home games at the college.
Orem uses the slogan "Family City USA." In 2010 Forbes rated it the 5th best
place to raise a family.[6] Also, Time magazine rated the Provo-Orem area as the
best place to live for spiritual well-being, due to a high population of members of
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. [7] At one time the area was
known as Sharon, a Biblical name for a mostly level strip of land running between
mountains and the sea, and the name of the Vermont birth town of Joseph Smith,
founder of the Latter Day Saint movement.[8] Another former name was Provo
Bench. In an apparent attempt to attract more investment to the town and
provide an easy way for the large population of farmers with orchards to ship
produce, in 1914 it was named after Walter C. Orem, President of the Salt Lake
and Utah Railroad in the early 1900s.[9] Orem was incorporated on May 5, 1919.