Promontory is a location in Box Elder County, Utah, centered approximately at 41°37'07"N, 112°32'51"W, with an elevation of 1494 meters (4902 feet) above sea level. [1] (http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnis/web_query.GetDetail?tab=Y&id=1437660)
Important note: This place is sometimes called Promontory Point, which is, however, a different location at the southern tip of a peninsula in the Great Salt Lake.
Promontory Point is a locale in southern Box Elder County, Utah, centered approximately at 41° 13′ 20″ N, 112° 24′ 38″ W, with an elevation of 1285 meters (4217 feet) above sea level.
Promontory Point is also the cape where this place is located, centered approximately at 41° 12′ 18″ N, 112° 25′ 43″ W, with an elevation of 1309 meters (4297 feet) above sea level.
Promontory Point is, however, on the later Lucin Cutoff, built to bypass the Summit.
Promontory is a location in Box Elder County, Utah, centered approximately at 41°37'07"N, 112°32'51"W, with an elevation of 1494 meters (4902 feet) above sea level.
Promontory was the site of a temporary city during and shortly after the construction of the railroad, but this was then dismantled, and since then Promontory has had no permanent population.