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.

• Roy
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Roy have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roy
  • Roy is located in Weber County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 39,559 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Roy <4>
• Clinton
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
  • Clinton is located in Davis County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 22,728 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clinton <4>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Clinton
  • From Promontory Point to Clinton
• West Haven
  (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Haven have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Haven
  • West Haven is located in Weber County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,972 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for West Haven <4>
• West Point
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Point have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Point
  • West Point is located in Davis County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,349 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for West Point <4>
• Hooper
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooper
  • Hooper is located in Weber County
  • Estimated population in 2015: 8,214 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hooper <4>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Hooper
  • From Promontory Point to Hooper
• Plain City
  (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plain City
  • Plain City is located in Weber County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,862 people
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Plain City
  • From Promontory Point to Plain City
• Marriott - Slaterville
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marriott - Slaterville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marriott - Slaterville
  • Marriott - Slaterville is located in Weber County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,901 people
• Warren
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren
  • Warren is located in Weber County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Warren
  • From Promontory Point to Warren
• Tri-S Village Estates
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tri-S Village Estates have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tri-S Village Estates
  • Tri-S Village Estates is located in Weber County
• Kanesville
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kanesville
  • Kanesville is located in Weber County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Kanesville
  • From Promontory Point to Kanesville

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 for Promontory Point was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

X2X - From that list, the Promontory Point post office opened in 1906.

We also found Promontory Point mentioned on a train schedule titled Southern Pacific Railroad Time Tables (July 1929).

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Box Elder County: www.boxeldercounty.org/

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