Welcome to Vipont ...
So far, we found very little information about Vipont. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Vipont to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Vipont, please Contact Us.
Vipont would have been located within present day Box Elder County<2>.
We aren't confident of the location of Vipont, so consider the above location as an estimate.<3>
While we don't have a date for the founding of Vipont, you might consider that their post office opened in 1900.
Time Zone: The area where Vipont was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time
Note: If you leave Vipont and travel west, you will leave Mountain Time and cross into the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT).
Communities near Vipont ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Vipont.
- Oakley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oakley have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakley
- Oakley is located in Cassia County (ID)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 818 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oakley <5>
- Lynn
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast) - Almo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almo
- Almo is located in Cassia County (ID)
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Almo <5>
- Yost
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east) - Grouse Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grouse Creek
- Grouse Creek is located in Box Elder County
- Former name for Grouse Creek:
- Grouse Creek Fort
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grouse Creek <5>
- Basin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north) - Standrod
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east) - Standrod
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east) - Marion
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north) - Elba
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elba
- Elba is located in Cassia County (ID)
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elba <5>
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 Vipont. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Vipont.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Vipont. 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 Vipont.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Vipont. See our Newspapers Page for Vipont.
Adding Vipont 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 Vipont was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>
From that list, the Vipont post office opened in 1900.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Vipont.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Box Elder County: www.boxeldercounty.org/
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 Vipont, 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. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |