Welcome to Zane (aka 'Sahara') ...

So far, we found very little information about Zane. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Zane to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Zane, please Contact Us.

Zane would have been located within present day Iron County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Zane, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1925.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Zane is 5,200 feet [1,585 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Zane is about 1 mile [or ~1½ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: The area where Zane was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you leave Zane and travel west, you will leave Mountain Time and cross into the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT).

The Area Code where Zane was located: 435

The community of Zane has also been called Sahara.

Communities near Zane ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Zane.

• Beryl
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beryl
  • Beryl is located in Iron County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Beryl
  • From Zane to Beryl
• Lund ‑ Historic
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lund
  • Lund is located in Iron County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Lund
  • From Zane to Lund
• Yale Crossing ‑ Historic
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yale Crossing
  • Yale Crossing is located in Iron County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Yale Crossing
  • From Zane to Yale Crossing
• Avon
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Avon. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
  • Avon is located in Iron County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Avon
  • From Zane to Avon
• Beryl Junction
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beryl Junction
  • Beryl Junction is located in Iron County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Beryl Junction
  • From Zane to Beryl Junction
• Newcastle
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newcastle
  • Newcastle is located in Iron County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Newcastle <5>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Newcastle
  • From Zane to Newcastle
• Desert Springs ‑ Historic
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Desert Springs. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Desert Springs
  • Desert Springs is located in Iron County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Desert Springs
  • From Zane to Desert Springs
• Modena
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Modena
  • Modena is located in Iron County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Modena <5>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Modena
  • From Zane to Modena
• Holt ‑ Historic
  (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holt
  • Holt is located in Washington County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Holt
  • From Zane to Holt
• Old Irontown
  (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Irontown
  • Old Irontown is located in Iron County
  • Old Irontown has also been known as:
  • Iron City
  • Irontown
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Old Irontown
  • From Zane to Old Irontown

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 Zane. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Zane.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Zane. 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 Zane.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Zane. See our Newspapers Page for Zane.

Adding Zane to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Zane 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 Zane was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

X2X - From that list, the Zane post office opened in 1925.

We also found Zane mentioned on a train schedule titled Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (June 1939).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Zane.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Iron County: www.ironnet.org/

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