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Lapoint, Utah

Coordinates:40°24′14″N109°47′37″W/ 40.40389°N 109.79361°W/40.40389; -109.79361
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Lapoint, Utah
Unincorporated community
Lapoint is located in Utah
Lapoint
Lapoint
Location of Lapoint within theState of Utah
Lapoint is located in the United States
Lapoint
Lapoint
Lapoint (the United States)
Coordinates:40°24′14″N109°47′37″W/ 40.40389°N 109.79361°W/40.40389; -109.79361
CountryUnited States
StateUtah
CountyUintah
Named forSouthward "point" of theUinta Mountains
Elevation
5,568 ft (1,697 m)
Time zoneUTC-7(Mountain (MST))
• Summer (DST)UTC-6(MDT)
ZIP codes
84039
GNISfeature ID1429476[1]

Lapointis anunincorporated communityin westernUintah County,Utah,United States.[1]

Description

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Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
1930579—
194064611.6%
1950496−23.2%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau[2]

The community lies alongState Route 121,just inside theUintah and Ouray Indian Reservation,and west of the city ofVernal(thecounty seatof Uintah County).[3]Deep Creek, a tributary of theUinta Riverflow southwest through Lapoint.[4]The community's elevation is 5,568 feet (1,697 m).[1]Although Lapoint is unincorporated, it has apost office,[5]with theZIP codeof 84039.[6][7]

Originally namedTaftin honor ofWilliam Howard Taft,its name was changed toLapointsince it lies on a southward-jutting spur or "point" of theUinta Mountains.[8][4]

Climate

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According to theKöppen Climate Classificationsystem, Lapoint has asemi-arid climate,abbreviated "BSk" on climate maps.[9]

Notable people

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Archaeology

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Lapoint was settled on top of a significant Fremont archaeological site known as "Caldwell Village", after the property on which it was found, excavated in 1966 by John Richard Ambler. The site comprised "22 pithouses, nine pits, seven borrow pits, two isolated hearths, nine human burials, two dog burials, and an irrigation ditch," with artifacts including "over 5,000 pottery sherds, 14 restorable vessels, several thousand ground and chipped stone artifacts, over 400 bone, antler and shell artifacts and a few perishable artifacts." A radiocarbon date of 520 AD +/- 70 years was documented from a charred roof timber at one site, however, dating of the pottery traditions suggests an occupation period of 1050 - 1200 AD. The surface of the site was almost entirely destroyed by agricultural plowing and today there are no extant remains visible.[10]

See also

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References

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  1. ^abc"Lapoint".Geographic Names Information System.United States Geological Survey,United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^"Census of Population and Housing".United States Census Bureau.Archived fromthe originalon February 8, 2006.RetrievedNovember 4,2011.
  3. ^Rand McNally.The Road Atlas '08.Chicago:Rand McNally,2008, p. 103.
  4. ^ab"MyTopo Maps - Lapoint, UT, USA"(Map).mytopo.Trimble Navigation, Ltd.RetrievedFebruary 11,2018.
  5. ^"Find Locations: Lapoint".usps.United States Postal Service.RetrievedFebruary 11,2018.
  6. ^"Look Up a ZIP Code: Default City Name in ZIP Code 84039".usps.United States Postal Service.RetrievedFebruary 11,2018.
  7. ^Zip Code Lookup
  8. ^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. 222.ISBN978-0-87480-345-7.OCLC797284427.
  9. ^Climate Summary for Lapoint, Utah
  10. ^Ambler, John Richard (1966).Caldwell Village and Fremont Prehistory(Ph.D., Anthropology). University of Colorado, Boulder.RetrievedMay 3,2021.
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