Lapoint is an unincorporated community

Unincorporated area

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 in western Uintah County

Uintah County, Utah

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, Utah

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, United States

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, on the Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation

Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation

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. It lies along State Route 121

Utah State Route 121

State Route 121 is a state highway that is an alternative to US-40 and US-191. It serves the communities of Vernal, Lapoint, Neola, Cedarview, and Roosevelt. From Vernal to Neola, it is signed as an east–west route. Then, from Neola to State Street in Roosevelt, it is signed as a...

 west of the city of Vernal

Vernal, Utah

Vernal, Uintah County's largest city, is located in eastern Utah near the Colorado State Line, and 175 miles east of Salt Lake City. It is bordered on the north by the Uinta Mountains, one of the few mountains ranges in the world which lie in an east-west rather than the usual north to south...

, the county seat

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 of Uintah County. Its elevation is 5,568 feet (1,697 m). Although Lapoint is unincorporated, it has a post office

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, with the ZIP code

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 of 84039. Originally named Taft in honor of William Howard Taft

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, its name was changed to Lapoint since it lies on a southward-jutting spur or "point" of the Uinta Mountains

Uinta Mountains

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