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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 elevation 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 travel west from Zane, 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.

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>

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.

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 Zane, 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 Iron, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Zane - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>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.
<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/