Trout Creek, Utah

Unincorporated community in Utah, United States

39°48′7.8″N 113°49′38.24″W / 39.802167°N 113.8272889°W / 39.802167; -113.8272889CountryUnited StatesStateUtahCountyJuabNamed forTrout CreekElevation

^[1]

4,701 ft (1,433 m)Time zoneUTC-7 (Mountain (MST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-6 (MDT)ZIP code

84083^[2]

Area code435GNIS feature ID1437707^[1]

Trout Creek is an unincorporated community, in far western Juab County, Utah, United States.^[1]

Description

Historical population
Census	Pop.	%±
1930	63	—
1940	23	−63.5%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau^[3]

The community is located along the Pony Express/Overland route in northern Snake Valley, north of Partoun and south of Callao.^[4] It is named after the creek that flows from the west off of the Deep Creek Mountains.^[5] The West Desert High School of the Tintic School District^[6] (the smallest secondary school in the state) is located within the community and it has one of the most remote LDS Church chapels in Utah (with a short section of paved road, the only paved road for over 50 miles [80 km]).^[7]^[8]

It is located at 39°48′7.8″N 113°49′38.24″W / 39.802167°N 113.8272889°W / 39.802167; -113.8272889, at an elevation of 6,675 feet (2,035 m).^[1] The Zip Code is 84083.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Trout Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
^ ^a ^b "Look Up a ZIP Code: Trout Creek, Utah". usps.com. United States Postal Service. Retrieved February 23, 2018.
^ "Census of Population and Housing". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved November 7, 2011.
^ "MyTopo Maps - Trout Creek, UT, USA" (Map). mytopo.com. Trimble Navigation, Ltd. Retrieved February 22, 2018.
^ Van Cott, John W. (1990). Utah Place Names: A Comprehensive Guide to the Origins of Geographic Names: A Compilation. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press. p. 375. ISBN 978-0-87480-345-7. OCLC 797284427.
^ "West Desert High School". tintic.org. Tintic School District. Retrieved February 23, 2018.
^ Google (February 23, 2018). "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved February 23, 2018.
^ Baird, Joe (September 25, 2005). "In Utah's west desert, you treasure what you have". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved February 23, 2018.