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Welcome to Escalante ...The city of Escalante is located in Garfield County<1>. Escalante was established in 1874. From the Census Estimates for 2019, Escalante has a population of 789 people<2> (see below for details). The community of Escalante is 5,820 feet [1,774 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Escalante is about 1¼ mile [or ~1¾ km] above sea level. Time Zone: Escalante lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time Note: If you travel south from Escalante (for example, toward Page (AZ)), you will leave Mountain Time and cross into the Mountain Standard Time Zone (MST). In addition, you will be moving from an area that observes daylight saving time to one that does not. Escalante lies within the (435) area code. The ZIP code for Escalante: 84726<4> Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Escalante had an population of 789 people. This is a decrease of 1% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 3.55% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Escalante had a population of 797 people (or 15.41% of the total population of Garfield County). This makes Escalante the county's 2nd most populous community. The population of Escalante represents 0.03% of the total population of Utah (which has 2,763,885 people), making it the state's 154th most populous community. With a 2010 count of 797 people, the population of Escalante decreased 2.57% from the 2000 Census (with a count of 818 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Escalante. Communities Also Named Escalante ...For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Escalante. Communities near Escalante ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Escalante.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Escalante. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Escalante. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Escalante. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Escalante. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Escalante ...Looking for more information about Escalante? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions. In addition to the Tourism page for Escalante, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Escalante. Adding Escalante to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Escalante in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Escalante was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<8> We also found Escalante on a map (with an unknown title) dated 1890. For more details, see References and Mentions for Escalante. Off-the-Road Links ...Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Escalante. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page. The official website for State of Utah: https://www.utah.gov/ Footnotes ...
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