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Welcome to Cache Junction ...

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

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

Cache Junction would have been located within present day Cache County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Cache Junction, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1891.

A typical abbreviation for Cache Junction: Cache Jct. (or less commonly used: Cache Jctn.)

While the community is gone, the present day location for Cache Junction is 4,440 feet [1,353 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Cache Junction is about ¾ mile [or ~1¼ km] above sea level.

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

The Area Code where Cache Junction was located: 435

Communities near Cache Junction ...

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

  • Logan
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Smithfield
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • North Logan
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Tremonton
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Hyrum
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Providence
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Providence have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
    • Providence is located in Cache County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,051 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Providence <4>
  • Nibley
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nibley have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nibley
    • Nibley is located in Cache County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,168 people
  • Preston
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Preston have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston
    • Preston is located in Franklin County (ID)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,678 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Preston <4>
  • Hyde Park
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Wellsville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wellsville have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellsville
    • Wellsville is located in Cache County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,069 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wellsville <4>

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

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

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

Adding Cache Junction to Our Gazetteer ...

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

X2X - From that list, the Cache Junction post office opened in 1891.

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Cache Junction.

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 Cache Junction, 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 Cache, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Cache Junction - 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>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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