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History · Lapoint

Lapoint’s post office opened in 1915, and 26% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: 4 old photos and papers, maps from 1917 on, and the census since 1930.

1915first post office
0on the National Register
26%homes built before 1940
4old photos & papers
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From Lapoint’s archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers

How Lapoint began

When was Lapoint founded?

1915

The Lapoint post office opened in 1915, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 579 in 19302020 census: 170111 years
Founding year: the first Lapoint post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Lapoint’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenOnly 4 old photos are in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19173 editions of the USGS map, 1917 to 1980. Watch Lapoint change.Old housesHalf of Lapoint’s homes were built before 1964.
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Start Lapoint’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Lapoint’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Date a photo4 archive items have no date. Guess the decade.+2Retake an old viewIrrigation Canals in the Uinta Basin, D…: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
On the map

Lapoint on the map, 1917 to 1980

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Lapoint. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Lapoint on the 1917 USGS mapLapoint on the 1964 USGS mapLapoint on the 1980 USGS map1917Vernal sheet · 1:125,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Lapoint.

The story so far

Lapoint, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Lapoint yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Its first post office opened in 1915.

By decade

Lapoint, decade by decade

Date unknown4 to date
Irrigation Canals in the Uinta Basin, Deep Creek Canal, Duchesne, Duchesne County, UTDate?Irrigation Canals in the Uinta Basin, Deep Creek Cana…Irrigation Canals in the Uinta Basin, Ouray Park Canal, Duchesne, Duchesne County, UTDate?Irrigation Canals in the Uinta Basin, Ouray Park Cana…Irrigation Canals in the Uinta Basin, Duchesne, Duchesne County, UTDate?Irrigation Canals in the Uinta Basin, Duchesne, Duche…Irrigation Canals in the Uinta Basin, Whiterocks & Ouray Valley Canal, Duchesne, Duchesne County, UTDate?Irrigation Canals in the Uinta Basin, Whiterocks & Ou…
Today1 recent
Uintahcounty ut2006Uintahcounty ut
Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

Irrigation Canals in the Uinta Basin, Deep Creek Canal, Duchesne, Duchesne County, UT
Retake this viewIrrigation Canals in the Uinta Basin, Deep Creek Canal, Duchesne, Duchesne County, UT

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Lapoint’s page.

Retake this view · +15
People over time

Lapoint, census by census

010020030040050060070019401960198020002020Peak: 646

Between 170 and 646 people in every census since 1930.

4 censuses, 1930–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Lapoint’s Wikipedia page.

Questions about Lapoint’s history

What year was Lapoint founded?

The Lapoint post office opened in 1915, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Sources

Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (1), the Library of Congress (4), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.