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Welcome to Utley ...

Utley is located in Athens County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Utley, you might consider that their post office opened in 1886.

Utley is 660 feet [201 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Utley lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Utley: 740 & 220<3>

Communities Also Named Utley ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 5 communities that are also named Utley - they are located in Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Utah and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Utley ...

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

  • Athens
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Belpre
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Belpre is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belpre
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,356 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Belpre <4>
  • Nelsonville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Glouster
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • McConnelsville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Beverly
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Chauncey
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Chauncey is located in Athens County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chauncey
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,038 people
  • Albany
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Malta
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Corning
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Utley ...

Looking for more information about Utley? 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.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Utley, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Utley.

Adding Utley to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Utley 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 Utley was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Utley post office opened in 1886. The Utley post office closed in 1909.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Utley.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Ohio's counties, including Athens, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Utley - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 740 code has been Overlayed with the 220 area code. New phone numbers in the Utley area will be assigned with one of these codes: 740 or 220. As a result, placing a call in the Utley area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<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/