Welcome to Death Canyon ...

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

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

Death Canyon would have been located within present day Tooele County<2>.

A typical abbreviation for Death Canyon: Death Cyn. (or less commonly used: Death Canyn. or Death Cnyn.)

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

The Area Code where Death Canyon was located: 435

Communities near Death Canyon ...

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

• Dugway Station ‑ Historic
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Dugway Station. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dugway Station
  • Dugway Station is located in Juab County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Dugway Station
  • From Death Canyon to Dugway Station
• Benmore ‑ Historic
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benmore
  • Benmore is located in Tooele County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Benmore
  • From Death Canyon to Benmore
• Vernon
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
  • Vernon is located in Tooele County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 388 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vernon <4>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Vernon
  • From Death Canyon to Vernon
• Dugway
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dugway
  • Dugway is located in Tooele County
  • Former name for Dugway:
  • Spring Valley
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dugway <4>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Dugway
  • From Death Canyon to Dugway
• Lofgreen ‑ Historic
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Lofgreen. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lofgreen
  • Lofgreen is located in Tooele County
  • Lofgreen has also been known as:
  • Lofgreen Siding
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Lofgreen
  • From Death Canyon to Lofgreen
• Boulter
  (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Boulter. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boulter
  • Boulter is located in Juab County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Boulter
  • From Death Canyon to Boulter
• Faust ‑ Historic
  (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Faust. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faust
  • Faust is located in Tooele County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Faust
  • From Death Canyon to Faust
• Lucerne ‑ Historic
  (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Lucerne. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucerne
  • Lucerne is located in Millard County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Lucerne
  • From Death Canyon to Lucerne
• Black Rock Station ‑ Historic
  (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Black Rock Station. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Rock Station
  • Black Rock Station is located in Juab County
  • Black Rock Station has also been known as:
  • Rock House Station
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Black Rock Station
  • From Death Canyon to Black Rock Station
• Joy ‑ Historic
  (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Joy. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joy
  • Joy is located in Juab County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Joy
  • From Death Canyon to Joy

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

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Tooele County: www.co.tooele.ut.us/

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