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Welcome to Promontory Point ...

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

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


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

While we don't have a date for the founding of Promontory Point, you might consider that their post office opened in 1906.

A typical abbreviation for Promontory Point: Promontory Pt.

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

The Area Code where Promontory Point was located: 435

Communities near Promontory Point ...

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

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

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

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

Adding Promontory Point to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Promontory Point in the FIPS-55 file. For more information, see the Referenced FIPS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Promontory Point was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Promontory Point post office opened in 1906. The Promontory Point post office closed in 1930.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Promontory Point.

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 Promontory Point, 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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/