Welcome to Wattis ...
So far, we found very little information about Wattis. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Wattis to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Wattis, please Contact Us.
Wattis would have been located within present day Carbon County<2>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Wattis, you might consider that their post office opened in 1917.
While the community is gone, the present day location for Wattis is 7,450 feet [2,271 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Wattis is about 1½ mile [or ~2¼ km] above sea level.
Time Zone: The area where Wattis was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time
The Area Code where Wattis was located: 435
Communities near Wattis ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Wattis.
- Price
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Price have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price
- Price is located in Carbon County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,427 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Price <5>
- Helper
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Huntington
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Wellington
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Cleveland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Elmo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elmo have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmo
- Elmo is located in Emery County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 410 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elmo <5>
- Hiawatha
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Scofield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mohrland ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Coal City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
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 Wattis. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Wattis.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Wattis. 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 Wattis.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Wattis. See our Newspapers Page for Wattis.
Adding Wattis to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Wattis 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 Wattis was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>
From that list, the Wattis post office opened in 1917.
We also found Wattis 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 Wattis.
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 Wattis, 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> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Wattis - 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> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |