Welcome to Sunshine ...

So far, we found very little information about Sunshine. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Sunshine to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Sunshine, please Contact Us.

Sunshine would have been located within present day Tooele County<2>.

We aren't confident of the location of Sunshine, so consider the above location as an estimate.<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Sunshine, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1896.

Time Zone: The area where Sunshine was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Sunshine would have been located in the (435) area code.

Communities Also Named Sunshine ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Utah communities named Sunshine: This one is located in Tooele County and the other is located in Davis County.

Beyond Utah, there are 45 communities that are also named Sunshine - they are located in Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas (3), British Columbia, Colorado (2), Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Kansas (2), Kentucky (2), Louisiana (2), Maine, Maryland, Missouri (2), Nebraska, New Mexico (3), North Carolina, Ohio (2), Ontario (2), Pennsylvania (4), South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas (2), Washington (2), West Virginia and Wyoming (2).

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Sunshine.

Communities near Sunshine ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Sunshine.

• Lehi
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lehi have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehi
  • Lehi is located in Utah County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 73,383 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lehi <5>
• Herriman
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herriman
  • Herriman is located in Salt Lake County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 55,756 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Herriman <5>
• Eagle Mountain
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eagle Mountain have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Mountain
  • Eagle Mountain is located in Utah County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 42,013 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eagle Mountain <5>
• Tooele
  (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tooele
  • Tooele is located in Tooele County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 37,046 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tooele <5>
• Saratoga Springs
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saratoga Springs
  • Saratoga Springs is located in Utah County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 35,501 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saratoga Springs <5>
• Bluffdale
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluffdale
  • Bluffdale is located in Salt Lake County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,828 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bluffdale <5>
• Stockton
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockton
  • Stockton is located in Tooele County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 682 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stockton <5>
• Rush Valley
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rush Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rush Valley
  • Rush Valley is located in Tooele County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 490 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rush Valley <5>
• Cedar Fort
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Fort
  • Cedar Fort is located in Utah County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 395 people
• Vernon
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
  • Vernon is located in Tooele County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 388 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vernon <5>

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 Sunshine. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Sunshine.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Sunshine. 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 Sunshine.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Sunshine. See our Newspapers Page for Sunshine.

Adding Sunshine to Our Gazetteer ...

As we work on our Gazetteer, we occasionally find mention of a community that is new to us. When we find such a community, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope of adding more information in the future.

The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Sunshine was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Sunshine post office opened in 1896.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Sunshine.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Tooele County: www.co.tooele.ut.us/

The official website for State of Utah: https://www.utah.gov/