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Welcome to Lucin (aka 'Umbria Junction') ...

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

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


Lucin would have been located within present day Box Elder County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Lucin, you might consider that their post office opened in 1905.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Lucin is 4,470 feet [1,362 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Lucin is about ¾ mile [or ~1¼ km] above sea level.

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

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

The Area Code where Lucin was located: 435

The community of Lucin has also been called Umbria Junction.

Communities Also Named Lucin ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Utah communities named Lucin: This one is located in Box Elder County and the other is located in Weber County.

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

Communities near Lucin ...

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

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

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

Adding Lucin to Our Gazetteer ...

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Lucin.

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 Lucin, 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 Box Elder, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Lucin - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.