Welcome to Desert Mound ...

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

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

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Desert Mound would have been located within present day Iron County<2>.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Desert Mound is 5,650 feet [1,722 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Desert Mound is about 1 mile [or ~1¾ km] above sea level.

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

Note: If you travel west from Desert Mound, you will leave Mountain Time and cross into the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT).

The Area Code where Desert Mound was located: 435

Communities near Desert Mound ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Desert Mound.

• Cedar City
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Cedar City is located in Iron County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar City
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 36,090 people
  • Former names for Cedar City:
  • Coal Creek
  • Little Muddy
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cedar City <4>
• Enoch
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Enoch is located in Iron County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enoch
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,585 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Enoch <4>
• Kanarraville
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Kanarraville is located in Iron County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kanarraville
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 410 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kanarraville <4>
• New Harmony
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • New Harmony is located in Washington County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Harmony
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 236 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Harmony <4>
• Cedar Highlands
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Cedar Highlands is located in Iron County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Highlands
• Hamiltons Fort
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Hamiltons Fort is located in Iron County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamiltons Fort
  • Former names for Hamiltons Fort:
  • Fort Hamblin
  • Fort Sidon
  • Fort Walker
  • Hambleton
  • Hamblin
  • Shirts Creek
  • Sidon
  • Hamiltons Fort has also been known as:
  • Hamilton Fort
  • Hamilton
• Fort Kanarra ‑ Historic
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Fort Kanarra is located in Iron County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Kanarra
• Little Pinto ‑ Historic
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Little Pinto is located in Iron County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Pinto
  • Little Pinto has also been known as:
  • Page Ranch
• Old Irontown
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Old Irontown is located in Iron County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Irontown
  • Old Irontown has also been known as:
  • Iron City
  • Irontown
• Avon
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Avon is located in Iron County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon

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

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

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