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Torrey is a town in Wayne County, Utah, on State Route 24 about 8 miles from Capitol Reef National Park.

The 2020 census counted 231 people in Torrey, up from 182 in 2010.

Torrey was established in the 1880s by settlers of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and was first known as Youngtown, after John Willard Young, and it was incorporated as a town in 1934.

The town is generally held to be named after Jay L. Torrey of Pittsfield, Illinois, a Wyoming legislator who proposed the volunteer cavalry regiments of the Spanish-American War and was commissioned colonel of the 2nd Regiment, the Rocky Mountain Riders.

The town sits on the north bank of the Fremont River between Boulder Mountain to the southwest and Capitol Reef National Park to the east, at an elevation of 6,837 feet.

Utah State Route 24 and Utah State Route 12 serve the community, and the nearby communities of Teasdale, Grover, and Bicknell lie within a few miles; Torrey's ZIP code is 84775.

The old log schoolhouse with its bell tower and red sandstone steps is a Utah historic site and a reminder of Torrey's pioneer heritage.

The 2000 census counted 73 households in the town, with an average household size of 2.34 people.