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Welcome to Alunite ...

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

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


Alunite would have been located within present day Piute County<2>.

Alunite was established in 1915.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Alunite is 6,550 feet [1,996 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Alunite is 1¼ mile [or ~2 km] above sea level.

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

The Area Code where Alunite was located: 435

Communities Also Named Alunite ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Alunite - it's located in Nevada.

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

Communities near Alunite ...

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

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

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

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

Adding Alunite to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Alunite post office opened in 1917. The Alunite post office closed in 1919.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Alunite.

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 Alunite, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Utah's counties, including Piute, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Alunite - 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/