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Welcome to Giles ...

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

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

Giles would have been located within present day Wayne County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Giles, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1895.

The origin (or the toponymy) of Giles: Named after Bishop Henry Giles (1857-1892).

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

The Area Code where Giles was located: 435

Communities Also Named Giles ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 7 communities that are also named Giles - they are located in Alabama, Georgia, Iowa, Mississippi, Nebraska, Texas and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Giles ...

We have created a list of 9 communities that are near Giles.

  • Hanksville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Caineville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Aldridge ‑ Historic
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Notom ‑ Historic
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Notom. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Notom
    • Notom is located in Wayne County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Notom
    • From Giles to Notom
  • Eagle City ‑ Historic
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Eagle City. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle City
    • Eagle City is located in Garfield County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Eagle City
    • From Giles to Eagle City
  • Fruita ‑ Historic
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Fruita. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruita
    • Fruita is located in Wayne County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Fruita
    • From Giles to Fruita
  • Temple Mountain ‑ Historic
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Grover
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
  • Copper Globe ‑ Historic
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)

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

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

Adding Giles to Our Gazetteer ...

As we work on our Gazetteer, we occasionally find mention of a community that is new to us. When we find such a community, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope of adding more information in the future.

The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Giles was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

X2X - From that list, the Giles post office opened in 1895.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Giles.

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 Giles, 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 Wayne, 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>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.
<5>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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




 

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