Ioka, Utah | |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Pushpin Map: | USA Utah |
Pushpin Label: | Ioka |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within the state of Utah |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Utah |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Established Title: | Settled |
Established Date: | 1907 |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population As Of: | 2000 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | Mountain (MST) |
Utc Offset: | -7 |
Timezone Dst: | MDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -6 |
Elevation Ft: | 5351 |
Coordinates: | 40.2586°N -110.1138°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP codes |
Postal Code: | 84066 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 1437594 |
Ioka is an unincorporated community in eastern Duchesne County, Utah, United States.
The small farming community is located in a "little valley surrounded by bluffs" within the Uintah Basin, approximately 5miles northwest of Myton and about 7miles southwest of Roosevelt[1] [2] It is located on the Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation and was named after a Ute chief. The name means "bravado".[2]
The main (and the only paved) road in the community is Utah State Route 87 (SR‑87/Ioka Lane/West 3000 South), which runs east‑west through the community. SR‑87 connects with U.S. Route 40/U.S. Route 191 at its eastern terminus at Ioka Junction, about the 2.8miles east of town.
The community was first settled in 1907 and named Mural (meaning a "walled in valley"), but the name was changed to Ioka by about 1915.[1] [2] In 1908 a post office for the community was established, and remained in operation until 1944.[3]