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Welcome to Juab ...

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

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


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

While we don't have a date for the founding of Juab, you might consider that their post office opened in 1879.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Juab is 5,080 feet [1,548 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Juab is about 1 mile [or ~1½ km] above sea level.

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

The Area Code where Juab was located: 435

Going back to its beginning, Juab was originally named Chicken Creek. For more information about the names of Juab, see The Names of Juab on our Genealogy Page.

Communities near Juab ...

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

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

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

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

Adding Juab to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Juab 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 Juab was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Juab post office opened in 1879. The Juab post office closed in 1928.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Juab.

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 Juab, 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 Juab, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Juab - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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/