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Introduction ...

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 Dugway (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 Dugway. 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.

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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.

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 south 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.

Dugway is located in Tooele 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 Tooele County: Elko (NV), White Pine (NV), Box Elder, Davis, Juab, Salt Lake, Utah & Weber.

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

  • Tooele County     (The home county of Dugway)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dugway, with the one closest to Dugway listed first.
    • Orr's Ranch
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Orr's Ranch. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orr's Ranch
      • Orr's Ranch is located in Tooele County
      • Orr's Ranch has also been known as:
      • Orr Ranch
      • Orr's
    • Terra
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terra
      • Terra is located in Tooele County
    • Clover
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover
      • Clover is located in Tooele County
      • Former names for Clover:
      • Johnson
      • Johnson's Settlement
      • Shambip
    • Ajax ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ajax
      • Ajax is located in Tooele County
      • Former name for Ajax:
      • Center
    • Faust ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Faust have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faust
      • Faust is located in Tooele County
    • Rush Valley
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rush Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rush Valley
      • Rush Valley is located in Tooele County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 490 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rush Valley <3>
    • Vernon
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Iosepa ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Iosepa have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iosepa
      • Iosepa is located in Tooele County
    • Death Canyon ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Death Canyon. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Death Canyon
      • Death Canyon is located in Tooele County
    • Benmore ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benmore
      • Benmore is located in Tooele County
    • Batesville ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batesville
      • Batesville is located in Tooele County
    • Slagtown ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Slagtown. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slagtown
      • Slagtown is located in Tooele County
      • Former name for Slagtown:
      • Martinville
      • Slagtown has also been known as:
      • Rush Lake
  • Juab County
    • Dugway Station ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Dugway Station. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dugway Station
      • Dugway Station is located in Juab County

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

Newspapers Published in Dugway ...

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 7 newspapers that have been published in the area around Dugway.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Dugway, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Dugway.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Dugway:

Cemeteries Near Dugway ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Dugway.

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 Dugway covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Clover Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Faust Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Faust Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
    • The Faust Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Old Faust Ranch Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Faust Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #109326 <5>
  • St. John Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Vernon Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Iosepa Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
  • Johnson Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
  • Chief Green Jacket Gravesite
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
  • Old Ophir Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
  • Ophir Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Ophir Cemetery is located 7 miles [11.3 km]<4> to the northwest of Stockton.
    • The Ophir Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Ophir New Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ophir Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #109329 <5>
  • Stockton Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Mercur Cemetery
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
  • Grantsville City Cemetery
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)

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.<6>

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

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

  • Saint John
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint John have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint John
    • Saint John is located in Tooele County
  • Vernon
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Ajax ‑ Historic
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ajax
    • Ajax is located in Tooele County
    • Former name for Ajax:
    • Center
  • Rush Valley
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rush Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rush Valley
    • Rush Valley is located in Tooele County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 490 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rush Valley <3>
  • Stockton
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Ophir
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ophir
    • Ophir is located in Tooele County
    • Estimated population in 2017: 57 people
  • Mercur ‑ Historic
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercur
    • Mercur is located in Tooele County
  • Grantsville
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grantsville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantsville
    • Grantsville is located in Tooele County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,409 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grantsville <3>

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

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Dugway. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Tooele County: www.co.tooele.ut.us/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Dugway) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Dugway. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.2250, Longitude: -112.7473    
<5>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.
<6>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 Dugway, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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