Welcome to Ibex ...

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

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

Ibex would have been located within present day Millard County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Ibex, you might consider that their post office opened in 1898.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Ibex is 5,430 feet [1,655 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Ibex is about 1 mile [or ~1¾ km] above sea level.

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

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

If Ibex still existed, it would have been in the (435) area code.

Communities Also Named Ibex ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Ibex - they are located in Kentucky, Tennessee and Virginia.

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

Communities near Ibex ...

We have created a list of 3 communities that are near Ibex.

Black Rock ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Rock
- Black Rock is located in Millard County
Newhouse ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newhouse
- Newhouse is located in Beaver County
Frisco ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frisco
- Frisco is located in Beaver County

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

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

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

Adding Ibex to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Ibex post office opened in 1898.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Ibex.

Off-the-Road Links ...

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 Ibex, 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 Millard, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>	The elevation is an estimate for the area around Ibex - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>	A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/