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Introduction ...

Although we found mention of Anderson Junction during our research, we have little information about it.<1> Given the context of how Anderson Junction was mentioned, we believe that it was a community rather than a locale or some type of landmark. We have done a cursory search and if it was a community, we haven't been able to find any evidence that it still exists..

We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:

  • That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
  • We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
  • On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.

By learning about Anderson Junction (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.

As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Anderson Junction. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.

Name Variations for Anderson Junction ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.

Over the years, Anderson Junction had several name changes:

  • Prior to its current name of Anderson Junction, it was known as Anderson's Ranch.
  • Before changing to Anderson's Ranch, it was named McPhersons Flat.
  • Anderson Junction was originally named McPhersons Flat

  • A typical abbreviation for Anderson Junction: Anderson Jct. (or less commonly used: Anderson Jctn.)

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

A Few Details for Anderson Junction ...

While it's still very early in our research, we found that:

Neighboring Counties ...

When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.

For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.

So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived:  their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.

Anderson Junction is located in Washington County.

To see how the shape of Utah's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Washington County: Mohave (AZ), Lincoln (NV), Iron & Kane.

Below are the counties that are near Anderson Junction. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Anderson Junction:

  • Washington County     (The home county of Anderson Junction)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Anderson Junction, with the one closest to Anderson Junction listed first.
    • Toquerville
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Browse
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browse
      • Browse is located in Washington County
    • Pintura
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pintura
      • Pintura is located in Washington County
      • Former names for Pintura:
      • Ashton
      • Bellvue
    • Leeds
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeds
      • Leeds is located in Washington County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 879 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leeds <2>
    • Silver Reef ‑ Historic
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Reef
      • Silver Reef is located in Washington County
    • La Verkin
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Hurricane
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Babylon ‑ Historic
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Babylon
      • Babylon is located in Washington County
      • Babylon has also been known as:
      • Stormont Mill
    • Harrisburg ‑ Historic
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg
      • Harrisburg is located in Washington County
      • Former names for Harrisburg:
      • Cottonwood
      • Harrisville
    • Virgin
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Dalton ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Dalton. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalton
      • Dalton is located in Washington County
    • Duncans Retreat ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncans Retreat
      • Duncans Retreat is located in Washington County
    • Fort Harmony ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Harmony
      • Fort Harmony is located in Washington County
  • Iron County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Anderson Junction, with the one closest to Anderson Junction listed first.
    • Fort Kanarra ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Fort Kanarra. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Kanarra
      • Fort Kanarra is located in Iron County
    • Kanarraville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kanarraville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kanarraville
      • Kanarraville is located in Iron County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 410 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kanarraville <2>
    • Little Pinto ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Little Pinto. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Pinto
      • Little Pinto is located in Iron County
      • Little Pinto has also been known as:
      • Page Ranch
    • Hamiltons Fort
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamiltons Fort
      • Hamiltons Fort is located in Iron County
      • Former names for Hamiltons Fort:
      • Fort Hamblin
      • Fort Sidon
      • Fort Walker
      • Hambleton
      • Hamblin
      • Shirts Creek
      • Sidon
      • Hamiltons Fort has also been known as:
      • Hamilton Fort
      • Hamilton
    • Old Irontown
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Irontown
      • Old Irontown is located in Iron County
      • Old Irontown has also been known as:
      • Iron City
      • Irontown
    • Cedar Highlands
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Highlands
      • Cedar Highlands is located in Iron County
    • Newcastle
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Cedar City
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar City
      • Cedar City is located in Iron County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 36,090 people
      • Former names for Cedar City:
      • Coal Creek
      • Little Muddy
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cedar City <2>
  • Mohave County (AZ)
    • Colorado City
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Anderson Junction, see our County-by-County Page for Anderson Junction.

Newspapers Published in Anderson Junction ...

An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).

To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.

Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 29 newspapers that have been published in the area around Anderson Junction.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Anderson Junction, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Anderson Junction.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Anderson Junction:

Cemeteries Near Anderson Junction ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Anderson Junction.

This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Anderson Junction covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Anderson Junction, with the one closest to Anderson Junction listed first.

Nearby Communities in 1895 ...

We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<7>

While we didn't find Anderson Junction in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Anderson Junction.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Anderson Junction, with the one closest to Anderson Junction listed first.

  • Silver Reef ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Reef
    • Silver Reef is located in Washington County
  • Virgin
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • New Harmony
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Pine Valley
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Washington
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Rockville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Kanarraville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kanarraville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kanarraville
    • Kanarraville is located in Iron County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 410 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kanarraville <2>
  • Saint George
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Pinto
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinto
    • Pinto is located in Washington County
  • Santa Clara
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Hamblin ‑ Historic
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Hamblin. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamblin
    • Hamblin is located in Washington County
  • Gunlock
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Anderson Junction. See our List of 1890's Communities around Anderson Junction.

The official website for Washington County: www.washco.state.ut.us/

The official website for State of Utah: https://www.utah.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer. For example, we might find a sentence like "He went south past Anderson Junction and then turned west". While Anderson Junction could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added Anderson Junction as a placeholder with the hope that we'll be able to add more information in the future.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Anderson Junction could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.

Since confusion between counties is common, we searched and weren't able to find another Utah community named Anderson Junction.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Anderson Junction) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Anderson Junction. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.2865, Longitude: -113.3004    
<6>The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com.
<7>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Anderson Junction, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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