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Welcome to Bacchus ...

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

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

Bacchus would have been located within present day Salt Lake County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Bacchus, you might consider that their post office opened in 1915.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Bacchus is 4,940 feet [1,506 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Bacchus is about 1 mile [or 1½ km] above sea level.

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

The Area Codes where Bacchus was located: 801 & 385<4>

Going back to its beginning, Bacchus was originally named Coonville. For more information about the names of Bacchus, see The Names of Bacchus on our Genealogy Page.

Communities Also Named Bacchus ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Bacchus - they are located in North Carolina and Tennessee.

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

Communities near Bacchus ...

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

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

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

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

Adding Bacchus to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Bacchus 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 Bacchus was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Bacchus post office opened in 1915. The Bacchus post office closed in 1954.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Bacchus.

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 Bacchus, 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 Salt Lake, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Bacchus - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>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 801 code has been Overlayed with the 385 area code. New phone numbers in the Bacchus area will be assigned with one of these codes: 801 or 385. As a result, placing a call in the Bacchus area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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/