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Welcome to Lark ...

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

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

Lark would have been located within present day Salt Lake County<2>.

Lark was established in 1866.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Lark is 5,540 feet [1,689 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Lark is about 1 mile [or ~1¾ km] above sea level.

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

The Area Codes where Lark was located: 801 & 385<4>

Communities Also Named Lark ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 8 communities that are also named Lark - they are located in Iowa, Missouri, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Texas, Virginia and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Lark ...

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

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

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

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

Adding Lark to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Lark 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 Lark was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Lark post office opened in 1904. The Lark post office closed in 1982.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Lark.

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 Lark, 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 Salt Lake, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Lark - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 801 code has been Overlayed with the 385 area code. New phone numbers in the Lark area will be assigned with one of these codes: 801 or 385. As a result, placing a call in the Lark area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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/