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Welcome to Knolls ...

Knolls is located in Tooele County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Knolls, you might get a feel for it by knowing that the earliest mention that we've found (so far) was on a map dated 1950.

Knolls is 4,220 feet [1,286 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Knolls is about ¾ mile [or ~1¼ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Knolls lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

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

Area Code for Knolls: 435

Communities Also Named Knolls ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 7 communities that are also named Knolls - they are located in Illinois, Maryland, Ohio (2) and Virginia (3).

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

Communities near Knolls ...

We have created a list of 6 communities that are near Knolls.

  • Barro
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Barro is located in Tooele County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barro
  • Aragonite ‑ Historic
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Aragonite is located in Tooele County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aragonite
    • Aragonite has also been known as:
    • Hastings Pass
  • Low ‑ Historic
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Low is located in Tooele County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Low
  • Arinosa ‑ Historic
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Arinosa is located in Tooele County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arinosa
  • Delle
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Delle is located in Tooele County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delle
  • Salduro ‑ Historic
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Salduro is located in Tooele County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salduro

Adding Knolls to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Knolls 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 Knolls was on a map titled Road Map for Utah (from Shell Oil, 1950).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Knolls.

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Knolls - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.