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Welcome to Pintura ...

Pintura is located in Washington County<1>.

Pintura was established in 1858.

Pintura is 4,090 feet [1,247 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Pintura is about ¾ mile [or 1¼ km] above sea level.

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

Note: If you travel south from Pintura, you will leave Mountain Time and cross into the Mountain Standard Time Zone (MST). In addition, you will be moving from an area that observes daylight saving time to one that does not.

Area Code for Pintura: 435

The community of Pintura was previously named Bellvue. Going back to its beginning, Pintura was originally named Ashton. For more information about the names of Pintura, see The Names of Pintura on our Genealogy Page.

Communities near Pintura ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Pintura ...

Looking for more information about Pintura? 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 Pintura, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Pintura.

Adding Pintura to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Pintura post office opened in 1920.

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Pintura.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Utah's counties, including Washington, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Pintura - 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>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.
<5>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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