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 altitude 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)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helper
  • Helper is located in Carbon County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,141 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Helper <5>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Helper
  • From Wattis to Helper
• Huntington
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntington
  • Huntington is located in Emery County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,959 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Huntington <5>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Huntington
  • From Wattis to Huntington
• Wellington
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellington
  • Wellington is located in Carbon County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,646 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wellington <5>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Wellington
  • From Wattis to Wellington
• Cleveland
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleveland
  • Cleveland is located in Emery County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 442 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cleveland <5>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Cleveland
  • From Wattis to Cleveland
• 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)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiawatha
  • Hiawatha is located in Carbon County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Hiawatha
  • From Wattis to Hiawatha
• Scofield
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scofield
  • Scofield is located in Carbon County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 23 people
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Scofield
  • From Wattis to Scofield
• Mohrland ‑ Historic
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohrland
  • Mohrland is located in Emery County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Mohrland
  • From Wattis to Mohrland
• Coal City
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal City
  • Coal City is located in Carbon County
  • Former names for Coal City:
  • Cedar Mesa Ranch
  • Dempsey City
  • Dempseyville
  • Great Western
  • Oak Springs Bench
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Coal City
  • From Wattis to Coal City

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>

X2X - 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.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Carbon County: www.carboncountyutah.com/

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