Welcome to La Sal (aka 'Old La Sal') ...

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

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

La Sal would have been located within present day San Juan County<2>.

We aren't confident of the location of La Sal, so consider the above location as an estimate.<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of La Sal, you might get a feel for it by knowing that during our research the earliest mention that we found (so far) was in a book dated 1895.

While the community is gone, the present day location for La Sal is 7,160 feet [2,182 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the elevation of La Sal is about 1¼ mile [or ~2¼ km] above sea level.

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

The location where La Sal once stood is in the (435) area code.

In the past, La Sal was named Coyote.

Communities Also Named La Sal ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Utah communities named La Sal: This one is located in San Juan County and the other is located in San Juan County.

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

Communities near La Sal ...

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

• La Sal
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Sal
  • La Sal is located in San Juan County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for La Sal <5>
• Paradox
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Paradox have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradox
  • Paradox is located in Montrose County (CO)
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Paradox <5>
• Bedrock
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bedrock have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bedrock
  • Bedrock is located in Montrose County (CO)
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bedrock <5>
• Basin ‑ Historic
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Basin
  • Basin is located in Grand County
• Wilson's Mesa ‑ Historic
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Wilson's Mesa. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson's Mesa
  • Wilson's Mesa is located in Grand County
  • Wilson's Mesa has also been known as:
  • Mesa
• Uravan ‑ Historic
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uravan
  • Uravan is located in Montrose County (CO)
• Castleton ‑ Historic
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castleton
  • Castleton is located in Grand County
• Plainfield ‑ Historic
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Plainfield. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainfield
  • Plainfield is located in Grand County
  • Plainfield has also been known as:
  • Bueno
  • Poverty Flat
  • Poverty Flats
  • Spanish Valley
• Spanish Valley
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spanish Valley
  • Spanish Valley is located in San Juan County
• Slick Rock
  (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slick Rock
  • Slick Rock is located in San Miguel County (CO)
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Slick Rock <5>

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

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

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

Adding La Sal to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of La Sal 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 La Sal was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

We also found La Sal on a map (with an unknown title) dated 1900.

For more details, see References and Mentions for La Sal.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for State of Utah: https://www.utah.gov/