Welcome to Upton ...So far, we found very little information about Upton. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Upton to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Upton, please Contact Us. Upton would have been located within present day Roosevelt County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Upton, you might consider that their post office opened in 1907. While the community is gone, the present day location for Upton is 4,320 feet [1,317 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Upton is about ¾ mile [or ~1¼ km] above sea level. Time Zone: The area where Upton was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time Note: If you travel east from Upton (for example, toward Muleshoe (TX)), you will leave Mountain Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT). The Area Code where Upton was located: 575 Communities Also Named Upton ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 30 communities that are also named Upton - they are located in Alabama (2), California, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas (2), Kentucky, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri (2), Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania (2), Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Texas, Utah (2), West Virginia and Wyoming. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Upton. Communities near Upton ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Upton.
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 Upton. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Upton. We have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Upton. See our Newspapers Page for Upton. Adding Upton to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Upton 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 (so far) for Upton was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Upton. Footnotes ...
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