Welcome to Wilsonville ...
So far, we found very little information about Wilsonville. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Wilsonville to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Wilsonville, please Contact Us.
Wilsonville would have been located within present day Emery County<2>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Wilsonville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1879.
Time Zone: The area where Wilsonville was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time
The Area Code where Wilsonville was located: 435
Communities Also Named Wilsonville ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 21 communities that are also named Wilsonville - they are located in Alabama, Connecticut, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas (4), Kentucky (2), Missouri, Nebraska, North Carolina (2), Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Wilsonville.
Communities near Wilsonville ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Wilsonville.
- Huntington
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Ferron
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Orangeville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cleveland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Elmo
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- 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 <3>
- Clawson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clawson have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clawson
- Clawson is located in Emery County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 190 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clawson <3>
- Lawrence ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Molen
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Molen. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Molen
- Molen is located in Emery County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Molen
- From Wilsonville to Molen
- Shanty Town ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Desert Lake ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
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 Wilsonville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Wilsonville.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Wilsonville. 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 Wilsonville.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Wilsonville. See our Newspapers Page for Wilsonville.
Adding Wilsonville 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 Wilsonville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>
From that list, the Wilsonville post office opened in 1879.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Wilsonville.
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 Wilsonville, 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 Emery, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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> | 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. |
| <6> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |