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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

The Area Code where Topliff was located: 435

Communities near Topliff ...

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

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 (so far) for Topliff was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Topliff post office opened in 1905. The Topliff post office closed in 1936.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Topliff.

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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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/