Trout Creek, Utah
Encyclopedia
Trout Creek is a small farming community, located along the Pony Express
/Overland route in northern Snake Valley
, north of Partoun, Utah
and south of Callao, Utah
. It is named after the creek that flows from the west off of the Deep Creek Mountains
. It has one of the most remote Mormon
chapels in Utah
, with a short section of paved road, the only paved road for over 50 miles. It is located at 39.68550N 113.82729W, at an elevation of 6,675 feet (2,035 meters). The Zip Code is 84083.
Pony Express
The Pony Express was a fast mail service crossing the Great Plains, the Rocky Mountains, and the High Sierra from St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California, from April 3, 1860 to October 1861...
/Overland route in northern Snake Valley
Snake Valley (Utah)
Snake Valley is a north-south trending valley that straddles the Nevada Utah border in the central Great Basin. It is bound by the Snake Range and the Deep Creek Mountains to the west and the Confusion Range to the east...
, north of Partoun, Utah
Partoun, Utah
Partoun is an unincorporated community in Juab County, Utah, United States. It is located in Snake Valley at latitude 39.64661N and longitude -113.88700W with an elevation of 4,818'...
and south of Callao, Utah
Callao, Utah
Callao is a small farming community in northern Snake Valley, along the border of Juab County and Tooele County, Utah, United States. It was part of the original Pony Express overland route, and was first called Willow Springs in 1860. E. W. Tripp, his wife and son, were the first to establish...
. It is named after the creek that flows from the west off of the Deep Creek Mountains
Deep Creek Mountains
The Deep Creek Mountains, officially the Deep Creek Range, are a mountain range in the Great Basin located in extreme western Tooele County and Juab County, Utah, in the western United States....
. It has one of the most remote Mormon
Mormon
The term Mormon most commonly denotes an adherent, practitioner, follower, or constituent of Mormonism, which is the largest branch of the Latter Day Saint movement in restorationist Christianity...
chapels in Utah
Utah
Utah is a state in the Western United States. It was the 45th state to join the Union, on January 4, 1896. Approximately 80% of Utah's 2,763,885 people live along the Wasatch Front, centering on Salt Lake City. This leaves vast expanses of the state nearly uninhabited, making the population the...
, with a short section of paved road, the only paved road for over 50 miles. It is located at 39.68550N 113.82729W, at an elevation of 6,675 feet (2,035 meters). The Zip Code is 84083.