Welcome to Topliff ...
So far, we found very little information about Topliff. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Topliff to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Topliff, please Contact Us.
Topliff would have been located within present day Tooele County<2>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Topliff, you might consider that their post office opened in 1905.
While the community is gone, the present day location for Topliff is 5,110 feet [1,558 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Topliff is about 1 mile [or ~1½ km] above sea level.
Time Zone: The area where Topliff was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time
If Topliff still existed, it would have been in the (435) area code.
Communities near Topliff ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Topliff.
- Eagle Mountain
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eagle Mountain have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Mountain
- Eagle Mountain is located in Utah County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 42,013 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eagle Mountain <5>
- Eureka
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Eureka is located in Juab County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 702 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eureka <5>
- Rush Valley
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rush Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rush Valley
- Rush Valley is located in Tooele County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 490 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rush Valley <5>
- Cedar Fort
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Fort
- Cedar Fort is located in Utah County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 395 people
- Vernon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Vernon is located in Tooele County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 388 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vernon <5>
- Fairfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
- Fairfield is located in Utah County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 151 people
- Former name for Fairfield:
- Dobietown
- Ophir
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ophir
- Ophir is located in Tooele County
- Estimated population in 2017: 57 people
- Scranton ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south) - Sunshine ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north) - Camp Floyd ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Floyd
- Camp Floyd is located in Utah County
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 Topliff. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Topliff.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Topliff. 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 Topliff.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Topliff. See our Newspapers Page for Topliff.
Adding Topliff to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Topliff 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 Topliff was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>
From that list, the Topliff post office opened in 1905.
We also found Topliff on a map titled Shell Oil Road Map for Utah (1950).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Topliff.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Tooele County: www.co.tooele.ut.us/
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 Topliff, 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 Tooele, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Topliff - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |