Welcome to Winter Quarters ...
So far, we found very little information about Winter Quarters. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Winter Quarters to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Winter Quarters, please Contact Us.
Winter Quarters would have been located within present day Carbon County<2>.
Winter Quarters was established in 1879.
While the community is gone, the present day location for Winter Quarters is 8,080 feet [2,463 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Winter Quarters is about 1½ mile [or ~2½ km] above sea level.
Time Zone: The area where Winter Quarters was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time
The Area Code where Winter Quarters was located: 435
Communities near Winter Quarters ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Winter Quarters.
- Mount Pleasant
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Sanpete County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,580 people
- Former names for Mount Pleasant:
- Fort Hambleton
- Hambleton
- Hambletowns Settlement
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mount Pleasant <4>
- Helper
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Fairview
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hiawatha
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Hiawatha is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiawatha
- Clear Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Clear Creek is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Creek
- Hale ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hale is located in Emery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hale
- Beaver Dams
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Beaver Dams is located in Sanpete County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Dams
- Beaver Dams has also been known as:
- Beaver Dams Summer Homes Area
- Connellsville ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Connellsville is located in Emery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Connellsville
- Consumers ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Consumers is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Consumers
- National ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- National is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for National
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 Winter Quarters. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Winter Quarters.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Winter Quarters. 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 Winter Quarters.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Winter Quarters. See our Newspapers Page for Winter Quarters.
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 Winter Quarters, 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 Winter Quarters - 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. |