Welcome to Castleton ...
So far, we found very little information about Castleton. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Castleton to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Castleton, please Contact Us.
Castleton would have been located within present day Grand County<2>.
Castleton was established in 1880.
Time Zone: The area where Castleton was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time
The location where Castleton once stood is in the (435) area code.
Communities Also Named Castleton ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 11 communities that are also named Castleton - they are located in Colorado, Illinois (2), Indiana, Kansas, Maryland, New York, Ontario, South Dakota, Vermont and Virginia.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Castleton.
Communities near Castleton ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Castleton.
- Moab
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moab
- Moab is located in Grand County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,373 people
- Former names for Moab:
- Grand Valley
- Mormon Fort
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moab <3>
- Castle Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Castle Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Valley
- Castle Valley is located in Grand County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 351 people
- Wilson's Mesa ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Wilson's Mesa. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson's Mesa
- Wilson's Mesa is located in Grand County
- Wilson's Mesa has also been known as:
- Mesa
- Basin ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Basin
- Basin is located in Grand County
- Richardson ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Richardson. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richardson
- Richardson is located in Grand County
- Plainfield ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Plainfield. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainfield
- Plainfield is located in Grand County
- Plainfield has also been known as:
- Bueno
- Poverty Flat
- Poverty Flats
- Spanish Valley
- Spanish Valley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spanish Valley
- Spanish Valley is located in San Juan County
- Dewey ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north) - Gateway
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gateway
- Gateway is located in Mesa County (CO)
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gateway <3>
- La Sal
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Sal
- La Sal is located in San Juan County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for La Sal <3>
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 Castleton. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Castleton.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Castleton. 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 Castleton.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Castleton. See our Newspapers Page for Castleton.
Adding Castleton to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Castleton 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 Castleton was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>
From that list, the Castleton post office opened in 1900.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Castleton.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Grand County: www.grandcountyutah.net/
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 Castleton, 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 Grand, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |