Welcome to Black Rock ...

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

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

Black Rock would have been located within present day Millard County<2>.

Black Rock was settled in 1874.

The origin (or the toponymy) of Black Rock: Named after a nearby rock formation.

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

The Area Code where Black Rock was located: 435

Communities Also Named Black Rock ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 17 communities that are also named Black Rock - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Brunswick, New Mexico, New York (2), Nova Scotia (5) and Oregon.

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

Communities near Black Rock ...

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

• Smyths ‑ Historic
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Smyths. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyths
  • Smyths is located in Beaver County
  • Smyths has also been known as:
  • Read
  • Reed
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Smyths
  • From Black Rock to Smyths
• Bloom
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bloom. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloom
  • Bloom is located in Millard County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Bloom
  • From Black Rock to Bloom
• Blueacre
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Blueacre. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blueacre
  • Blueacre is located in Beaver County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Blueacre
  • From Black Rock to Blueacre
• Borden
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Borden. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borden
  • Borden is located in Millard County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Borden
  • From Black Rock to Borden
• Yellow Banks
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Yellow Banks. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Banks
  • Yellow Banks is located in Beaver County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Yellow Banks
  • From Black Rock to Yellow Banks
• Cove Fort ‑ Historic
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove Fort
  • Cove Fort is located in Millard County
  • Cove Fort has also been known as:
  • Charles Willden's Fort
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Cove Fort
  • From Black Rock to Cove Fort
• Milford
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford
  • Milford is located in Beaver County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,405 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Milford <4>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Milford
  • From Black Rock to Milford
• Sulphurdale ‑ Historic
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphurdale
  • Sulphurdale is located in Beaver County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Sulphurdale
  • From Black Rock to Sulphurdale
• Frisco ‑ Historic
  (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frisco
  • Frisco is located in Beaver County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Frisco
  • From Black Rock to Frisco
• Newhouse ‑ Historic
  (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newhouse
  • Newhouse is located in Beaver County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Newhouse
  • From Black Rock to Newhouse

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We're compiling a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Black Rock. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Black Rock.

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

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

Adding Black Rock to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Black Rock in the FIPS-55 file. For more information, see the Referenced FIPS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Black Rock was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

X2X - From that list, the Black Rock post office opened in 1891.

We also found Black Rock in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Black Rock.

Off-the-Road Links ...

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