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Welcome to Lockerby ...

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

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


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


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


While we don't have a date for the founding of Lockerby, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1916.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Lockerby is 6,770 feet [2,063 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the elevation of Lockerby is about 1¼ mile [or ~2 km] above sea level.

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

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

Communities Also Named Lockerby ...

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

Communities near Lockerby ...

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

  • Monticello
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Dove Creek
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dove Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dove Creek
    • Dove Creek is located in Dolores County (CO)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 715 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dove Creek <5>
  • Ucolo
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ucolo
    • Ucolo is located in San Juan County
  • Egnar
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Verdure ‑ Historic
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verdure
    • Verdure is located in San Juan County
  • Cahone
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Carlisle ‑ Historic
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Carlisle. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlisle
    • Carlisle is located in San Juan County
  • Slick Rock
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Pleasant View
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant View have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
    • Pleasant View is located in Montezuma County (CO)
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pleasant View <5>
  • Ackmen ‑ Historic
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Ackmen. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ackmen
    • Ackmen is located in Montezuma County (CO)

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

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

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

Adding Lockerby to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Lockerby 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 Lockerby was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

From that list, the Lockerby post office opened in 1916.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Lockerby.

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

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 Lockerby, 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 San Juan, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>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.
<4>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Lockerby - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<7>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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









 

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