Welcome to Aragonite ...
So far, we have found very little information about Aragonite. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Aragonite to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Aragonite, please Contact Us.
Aragonite would have been located within present day Tooele County.
While the community is gone, the present day location for Aragonite is 4,550 feet [1,387 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Aragonite is about ¾ mile [or ~1½ km] above sea level.
Time Zone: The area where Aragonite was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time
Note: If you leave Aragonite and travel west, you will leave Mountain Time and cross into the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT).
Aragonite would have been located in the (435) area code.
Communities near Aragonite ...
A sample of nearby communities can be found below.
Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from Aragonite and not the distance as if you drove.<3>.
| Community | 2017<4> Population | Dir | Distance |
| Arinosa - Historic [Map] | --- | W | 34 miles [54.7 km] |
| Barro [Map] | --- | W | 25 miles [40.2 km] |
| Burmester [Map] | --- | E | 29 miles [46.7 km] |
| Delle [Map] | --- | E | 11 miles [17.7 km] |
| Grantsville [Map] | 11,000 | E | 29 miles [46.7 km] |
| Hogup [Map] | --- | N | 36 miles [57.9 km] |
To learn more about neighboring communities and counties, please visit the Nearby Page for Aragonite.
See Our Genealogy Helper Page ...
We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.
- We have a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Aragonite. If available, we provide a satellite view of the cemetery.
- Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Aragonite. Our list includes information such as whether the community had a post office or railroad service in 1895.
- We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Aragonite.
These sections can be found on our Genealogy Helper Page for Aragonite:
Other Roadside Stops ...
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Tooele County: www.co.tooele.ut.us/
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 Aragonite, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Aragonite - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Aragonite) to Point B. If you need the driving distance, we recommend that you use one of the Mapping Services listed on our Map Page for Aragonite. Since we usually use Google Maps, we've provided the following link: Google Map and Driving Directions starting from Aragonite Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Aragonite. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.7430, Longitude: -113.0026 [Map]. |
| <4> | Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Aragonite. |