Welcome to Heist ...
So far, we found very little information about Heist. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Heist to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Heist, please Contact Us.
Heist would have been located within present day Iron County<2>.
The location of Heist has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>
While we don't have a date for the founding of Heist, you might consider that their post office opened in 1913.
While the community is gone, the present day location for Heist is 5,300 feet [1,615 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the altitude of Heist is 1 mile [or ~1½ km] above sea level.
Time Zone: The area where Heist was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time
Note: If you leave Heist and travel west, you will leave Mountain Time and cross into the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT).
The location where Heist once stood is in the (435) area code.
Communities near Heist ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Heist.
- Hebron ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
- Hebron is located in Washington County
- Desert Springs ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Desert Springs. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Desert Springs
- Desert Springs is located in Iron County
- Modena
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Modena
- Modena is located in Iron County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Modena <6>
- Yale Crossing ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yale Crossing
- Yale Crossing is located in Iron County
- Beryl
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beryl
- Beryl is located in Iron County
- Fay ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west) - Deer Lodge ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Lodge
- Deer Lodge is located in Lincoln County (NV)
- Stateline ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest) - Beryl Junction
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beryl Junction
- Beryl Junction is located in Iron County
- Uvada ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
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 Heist. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Heist.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Heist. 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 Heist.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Heist. See our Newspapers Page for Heist.
Adding Heist to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Heist 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 for Heist was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>
From that list, the Heist post office opened in 1913.
We also found Heist mentioned on a train schedule titled Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (September 1924).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Heist.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Iron County: www.ironnet.org/
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 Heist, 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 Iron, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Heist - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <7> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |