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Welcome to Promontory ...

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

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

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

Promontory was established in 1869.

From The Origin of Certain Place Names,<3> the origin of Promontory is described as "Named because it is the highest point of the Promontory Range."

While the community is gone, the present day location for Promontory is 4,910 feet [1,497 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the altitude of Promontory is about 1 mile [or 1½ km] above sea level.

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

The Area Code where Promontory was located: 435

Communities Also Named Promontory ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Promontory - it's located in British Columbia.

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

Communities near Promontory ...

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

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

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

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

Adding Promontory to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Promontory 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 Promontory was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Promontory post office opened in 1877. The Promontory post office closed in 1940.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Promontory.

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, 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.
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<4>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Promontory - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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/