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Welcome to Jacob City ...

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

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

Jacob City would have been located within present day Tooele County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Jacob City, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1873.

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

The Area Code where Jacob City was located: 435

Communities Also Named Jacob City ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Jacob City - they are located in Florida and Michigan.

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

Communities near Jacob City ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Jacob City.

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

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

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

Adding Jacob City 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 Jacob City was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Jacob City post office opened in 1873.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Jacob City.

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 Jacob City, 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 Tooele, 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>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.
<5>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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