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Welcome to Lapoint ...

Lapoint is located in Uintah County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Lapoint, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1915.

Lapoint is 5,560 feet [1,695 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Lapoint is about 1 mile [or ~1¾ km] above sea level.

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

Area Code for Lapoint: 435

Communities near Lapoint ...

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

  • Vernal
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernal
    • Vernal is located in Uintah County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,468 people
    • Former names for Vernal:
    • Ashley
    • Bench
    • The Bench
    • Hatch
    • Jericho
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vernal <3>
  • Roosevelt
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Naples
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Ballard
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballard
    • Ballard is located in Uintah County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,105 people
  • Tridell
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Bennett
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bennett. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennett
    • Bennett is located in Uintah County
  • Gusher
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Fort Duchesne
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Whiterocks
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Hayden
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayden
    • Hayden is located in Uintah County

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Lapoint ...

Looking for more information about Lapoint? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

In addition to the Tourism page for Lapoint, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Lapoint.

Adding Lapoint to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Lapoint post office opened in 1915.

We also found Lapoint on a map titled Shell Oil Road Map for Utah (1950).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Lapoint.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Utah's counties, including Uintah, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Lapoint - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<5>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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