Welcome to Urie ...

Urie is located in Uinta County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Urie, you might consider that their post office opened in 1907.

Urie is 6,780 feet [2,067 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Urie is about 1¼ mile [or ~2 km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Urie lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Urie: 307

Communities near Urie ...

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

• Carter
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Carter is located in Uinta County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carter
• Robertson
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Robertson is located in Uinta County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robertson
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Robertson <3>
• Bridger
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Bridger is located in Uinta County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridger
• Piedmont ‑ Historic
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Piedmont is located in Uinta County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piedmont
• Lonetree
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Lonetree is located in Uinta County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lonetree
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lonetree <3>
• Burntfork
  (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Burntfork is located in Sweetwater County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burntfork
• Granger
  (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Granger is located in Sweetwater County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granger
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Granger <3>
• Black's Fork ‑ Historic
  (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Black's Fork is located in Summit County (UT)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black's Fork
  • Black's Fork has also been known as:
  • Blacks Fork Commissary
• Hilliard
  (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Hilliard is located in Uinta County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilliard
• McKinnon
  (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
  • McKinnon is located in Sweetwater County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKinnon

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Urie ...

Looking for more information about Urie? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Urie, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Urie.

Adding Urie to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Urie 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 (so far) for Urie was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Urie post office opened in 1907. The Urie post office closed in 1916.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Urie.