Welcome to Tonaquint ...

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

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

Tonaquint would have been located within present day Washington County<2>.

Tonaquint was established in 1856.

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

Note: If you travel east from Tonaquint (for example, toward Colorado City (AZ)), 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.

The Area Code where Tonaquint was located: 435

The community of Tonaquint has also been called Lick Skillet. and Lower Clara (and there are additional names). For more information about the names of Tonaquint, see The Names of Tonaquint on our Genealogy Page.

Communities near Tonaquint ...

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

• Washington
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington
  • Washington is located in Washington County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 31,939 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Washington <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Washington
  • From Tonaquint to Washington
• Hurricane
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
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  • Hurricane is located in Washington County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 19,855 people
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  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Hurricane
  • From Tonaquint to Hurricane
• Ivins
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
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  • Ivins is located in Washington County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,665 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ivins <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Ivins
  • From Tonaquint to Ivins
• Santa Clara
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
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  • Santa Clara is located in Washington County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,632 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Santa Clara <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Santa Clara
  • From Tonaquint to Santa Clara
• La Verkin
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
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  • La Verkin is located in Washington County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,461 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for La Verkin <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to La Verkin
  • From Tonaquint to La Verkin
• Leeds
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
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  • Leeds is located in Washington County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 879 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leeds <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Leeds
  • From Tonaquint to Leeds
• Atkinville ‑ Historic
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
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  • Atkinville is located in Washington County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Atkinville
  • From Tonaquint to Atkinville
• Washington Fields
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Washington Fields. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
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  • Washington Fields is located in Washington County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Washington Fields
  • From Tonaquint to Washington Fields
• Fort Clara ‑ Historic
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
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  • Fort Clara is located in Washington County
  • Fort Clara has also been known as:
  • Fort Santa Clara
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Fort Clara
  • From Tonaquint to Fort Clara
• Fort Pearce ‑ Historic
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
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  • Fort Pearce is located in Washington County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Fort Pearce
  • From Tonaquint to Fort Pearce

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

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

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

Adding Tonaquint to Our Gazetteer ...

As we work on our Gazetteer, we occasionally find mention of a community that is new to us. When we find such a community, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope of adding more information in the future.

The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Tonaquint was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

X2X - From that list, the Tonaquint post office opened in 1861.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Tonaquint.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Washington County: www.washco.state.ut.us/

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