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Welcome to Fort Duchesne ...

Fort Duchesne is located in Uintah County<1>.

Fort Duchesne was established in 1886.

A typical abbreviation for Fort Duchesne: Ft. Duchesne

Fort Duchesne is 4,990 feet [1,521 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Fort Duchesne is about 1 mile [or ~1½ km] above sea level.

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

Area Code for Fort Duchesne: 435

Communities near Fort Duchesne ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Fort Duchesne.

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Fort Duchesne ...

Looking for more information about Fort Duchesne? 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Fort Duchesne, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Fort Duchesne.

Adding Fort Duchesne to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Fort Duchesne 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 Fort Duchesne was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Fort Duchesne post office opened in 1887.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Fort Duchesne.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Utah's counties, including Uintah, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Fort Duchesne - 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.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/