Fruitland, Utah
unincorporated community in Duchesne County, Utah, United States
Fruitland is an unincorporated community in western Duchesne County, Utah, United States, on the Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation.
Description
The community lies along U.S. Route 40, 25 miles west of the city of Duchesne, the county seat of Duchesne County. Its elevation is 6,624 feet (2,019 m). Although Fruitland is unincorporated, it had a post office until 2015. Mail sent to Fruitland's ZIP code of 84027 is delivered to the old post office location by a Post Office Highway Contract worker. There is a public mail box but no other Post Office services are available.
Fruitland has an active Special Services District, which brings high quality low priced water to local homes and farms. It has several large pump facilities treating and supplying water to the area. Many homes have private wells and others take their water tanks to the SSD fill location.
Fruitland has a busy local store with basic groceries, gas, diesel and a cafe.
“Fruitland, Utah” enters the record as unincorporated community in Duchesne County, Utah, United States. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Fruitland, Utah and unincorporated can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 11, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q5506444. Authority coordinates are 40.213, -110.840. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2015.
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