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Welcome to Spring Canyon (aka 'Storrs') ...

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

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

Spring Canyon would have been located within present day Carbon County<2>.

Spring Canyon was established in 1912.

When the people of Spring Canyon<3> referred to themselves (known as a demonym), they are believed to have used Storrsian<4>

While the community is gone, the present day location for Spring Canyon is 6,630 feet [2,021 m] above sea level.<5> In other words, the altitude of Spring Canyon is 1¼ mile [or ~2 km] above sea level.

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

The Area Code where Spring Canyon was located: 435

The community of Spring Canyon has also been called Storrs.

Communities near Spring Canyon ...

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

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

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

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

Adding Spring Canyon to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Spring Canyon 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 Spring Canyon was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<9>

X2X - From that list, the Spring Canyon post office opened in 1925.

We also found Spring Canyon mentioned on a train schedule titled Utah Railway Employees' Time Table #96 Employees' Time Table #31 (February 1931).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Spring Canyon.

The official website for Carbon County: www.carboncountyutah.com/

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

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 Spring Canyon, 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 Carbon, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>Spring Canyon is also known as Storrs. For more information, please visit our Genealogy Helper Page for Spring Canyon.
<4>A demonym is the name for a resident of a community which is usually derived from (or is related to) the name of that community. In other words, it's how the residents of Spring Canyon refer to themselves. It's important to note that there aren't any rules for taking a community's name and turning it into a demonym. A demonym is informal and while the majority of Spring Canyon may use one name, keep in mind that others may use something different.
<5>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Spring Canyon - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<6>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.
<7>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<8>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<9>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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




 

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