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Welcome to Coalville ...

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

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


Coalville would have been located within present day Carbon County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Coalville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1907.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Coalville is 3,710 feet [1,131 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Coalville is about ¾ mile [or ~1¼ km] above sea level.

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

The Area Code where Coalville was located: 406

Communities Also Named Coalville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 8 communities that are also named Coalville - they are located in Alabama, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Mississippi, North Carolina, Texas and Utah.

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

Communities near Coalville ...

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

  • Bridger
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Joliet
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Edgar
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Boyd
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Roberts
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Park City
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Belfry
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Pryor
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Bearcreek
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Laurel
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Laurel is located in Yellowstone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,715 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Laurel <4>

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

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

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

Adding Coalville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Coalville in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Coalville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Coalville post office opened in 1907. The Coalville post office closed in 1912.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Coalville.

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Coalville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Montana's counties, including Carbon, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Coalville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/