Welcome to Pinto ...

Pinto is located in Washington County<1>.

Pinto was established in 1856.

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

Note: If you travel west from Pinto (for example, toward Caliente (NV)), you will leave Mountain Time and cross into the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT).

Area Code for Pinto: 435

Communities Also Named Pinto ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Utah communities named Pinto: This one is located in Washington County and the other is located in Iron County.

Beyond Utah, there are 8 communities that are also named Pinto - they are located in Maryland, Mississippi, Nevada (3) and Texas (2).

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

Communities near Pinto ...

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

• Enterprise
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Enterprise is located in Washington County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,970 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Enterprise <2>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Enterprise
  • From Pinto to Enterprise
• Kanarraville
  (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Kanarraville is located in Iron County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kanarraville
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 410 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kanarraville <2>
• New Harmony
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • New Harmony is located in Washington County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Harmony
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 236 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Harmony <2>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to New Harmony
  • From Pinto to New Harmony
• Hebron ‑ Historic
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Hebron is located in Washington County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Hebron
  • From Pinto to Hebron
• Hamblin ‑ Historic
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Hamblin is located in Washington County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamblin
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Hamblin
  • From Pinto to Hamblin
• Little Pinto ‑ Historic
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Little Pinto is located in Iron County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Pinto
  • Little Pinto has also been known as:
  • Page Ranch
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Little Pinto
  • From Pinto to Little Pinto
• Old Irontown
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Old Irontown is located in Iron County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Irontown
  • Old Irontown has also been known as:
  • Iron City
  • Irontown
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Old Irontown
  • From Pinto to Old Irontown
• Holt ‑ Historic
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Holt is located in Washington County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holt
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Holt
  • From Pinto to Holt
• Mountain Meadows ‑ Historic
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Mountain Meadows is located in Washington County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Meadows
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Mountain Meadows
  • From Pinto to Mountain Meadows
• Central
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Central is located in Washington County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Central
  • From Pinto to Central

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Pinto ...

Looking for more information about Pinto? 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.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Pinto, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Pinto.

Adding Pinto to Our Gazetteer ...

The earliest source (so far) we've referenced which mentioned Pinto was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

From that list, the Pinto post office opened in 1864. The Pinto post office closed in 1941.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Pinto.