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Welcome to Columbia Junction ...

Columbia Junction is located in Carbon County<1>.

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

Columbia Junction is 6,080 feet [1,853 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Columbia Junction is about 1¼ mile [or ~1¾ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Columbia Junction lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Columbia Junction: 435

Communities Also Named Columbia Junction ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Columbia Junction - it's located in Washington.

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

Communities near Columbia Junction ...

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

  • Price
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Wellington
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Sunnyside
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Kiz ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Kiz is located in Carbon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiz
  • Cedar ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Cedar is located in Emery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar
  • Grassy ‑ Historic
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Grassy is located in Emery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassy
  • Victor ‑ Historic
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Victor is located in Emery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victor
  • Harper ‑ Historic
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Harper is located in Carbon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper
    • Former names for Harper:
    • Minnie Maud
    • Nine Mile
  • Woodside ‑ Historic
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Woodside is located in Emery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodside
  • Desert Lake ‑ Historic
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Desert Lake is located in Emery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Desert Lake

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Columbia Junction ...

Looking for more information about Columbia Junction? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Columbia Junction, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Columbia Junction.

Adding Columbia Junction to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Columbia 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 (so far) for Columbia Junction was in the book titled SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Colorado & Utah.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Utah's counties, including Carbon, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Columbia Junction - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.