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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 elevation 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.

  • Monroe
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Circleville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Marysvale
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marysvale have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marysvale
    • Marysvale is located in Piute County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 448 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marysvale <4>
  • Joseph
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Joseph have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joseph
    • Joseph is located in Sevier County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 360 people
  • Junction
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Kingston
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Kimberly ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Kimberly. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimberly
    • Kimberly is located in Piute County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Kimberly
    • From Alunite to Kimberly
  • Hoovers
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Pittsburg ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Lower Kimberly ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 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 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 for Alunite was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

X2X - From that list, the Alunite post office opened in 1917.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Alunite.

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

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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<6>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<7>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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




 

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