Our Genealogy Helper
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 Alta View Estates (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 Alta View Estates. 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 Alta View Estates ...
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 occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Alta View Estates: Alta View Ests.
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.
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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Alta View Estates is located in Salt Lake County.
To see how the shape of Utah's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Salt Lake County: Davis, Morgan, Summit, Tooele, Utah & Wasatch.
Below are the counties that are near Alta View Estates. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Alta View Estates:
- Salt Lake County (The home county of Alta View Estates)
- The following are listed by their distance from Alta View Estates, with the one closest to Alta View Estates listed first.
- White City
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- White City is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Jordan Village
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Jordan Village is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan Village
- Sandy City
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Sandy City is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy City
- Sandy Station Original Town
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Sandy Village
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Sandy Village is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Village
- Transwest Village
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Transwest Village is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Transwest Village
- Sandy
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Midvale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Midvale is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midvale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 34,434 people
- Midvale has also been known as:
- Midvale City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Midvale <1>
- Avalon Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Avalon Village is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avalon Village
- Landon Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Landon Village is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landon Village
- Marion Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Marion Village is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion Village
- Cobblestone Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cobblestone Village is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobblestone Village
- Davis County
- The following are listed by their distance from Alta View Estates, with the one closest to Alta View Estates listed first.
- Castle
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Castle is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle
- North Salt Lake
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Val Verda
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Val Verda is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Val Verda
- Oakhaven Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Oakhaven Village is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakhaven Village
- Woods Cross
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Bountiful Fort ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Bountiful Fort is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bountiful Fort
- Bountiful
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Bountiful is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bountiful
- Population from the 2020 Census: 43,921 people
- Former names for Bountiful:
- Calls Settlement
- North Canyon Settlement
- North Canyon Ward
- North Mill Creek Canyon Ward
- Sessions Settlement
- Stoker
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bountiful <1>
- Cottonwood Heights
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Cottonwood Heights is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood Heights
- West Bountiful
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Centerville Fort ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Centerville Fort is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville Fort
- Centerville
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Centerville is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17,530 people
- Former names for Centerville:
- Cherry Settlement
- Deuel Creek
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Centerville <1>
- Benchmark Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Benchmark Village is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benchmark Village
- Morgan County
- Porterville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Porterville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porterville
- Summit County
- The following are listed by their distance from Alta View Estates, with the one closest to Alta View Estates listed first.
- Altus ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Altus is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altus
- Summit Park
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Summit Park is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Park
- Snyderville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Park City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Gorgosa
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Gorgosa is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gorgosa
- South Snyderville Basin
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- North Snyderville Basin
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Silver Creek Junction
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Rockport ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rockport is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockport
- Former names for Rockport:
- Crandall
- Enoch City
- Rock Fort
- Fort Sage Bottom ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Fort Sage Bottom is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Sage Bottom
- Fort Sage Bottom has also been known as:
- Woodenshoe
- Peoa
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Wanship
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Tooele County
- The following are listed by their distance from Alta View Estates, with the one closest to Alta View Estates listed first.
- Lincoln
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Lincoln is located in Tooele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
- Former names for Lincoln:
- Lake View
- Pine Canyon
- Lake Point
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Lake Point is located in Tooele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Point
- Erda
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Mills Junction
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Mills Junction is located in Tooele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mills Junction
- Former names for Mills Junction:
- Milltown
- Millvale
- Milton
- Richville
- Stansbury park
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Tooele
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Gisborn ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Gisborn is located in Tooele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gisborn
- Jacob City ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Jacob City is located in Tooele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacob City
- Ophir
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Ophir is located in Tooele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ophir
- Estimated population in 2017: 57 people
- Mercur ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Mercur is located in Tooele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercur
- Sunshine ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Sunshine is located in Tooele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine
- Bauer
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Bauer is located in Tooele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bauer
- Utah County
- The following are listed by their distance from Alta View Estates, with the one closest to Alta View Estates listed first.
- Alpine
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Alpine is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,495 people
- Former names for Alpine:
- Dry Creek Settlement
- Fort Wordsworth
- Mountainville
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alpine <1>
- Lehi
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Highland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Hills
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Silver Lake
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Silver Lake is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake
- Silver Lake has also been known as:
- Silver Lake Summer Home Area
- American Fork
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- American Fork is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for American Fork
- Population from the 2020 Census: 33,896 people
- Former names for American Fork:
- Lake City
- McArthursville
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for American Fork <1>
- Deer Creek ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Deer Creek is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Creek
- Forest City ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Forest City is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City
- Mutual Dell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mutual Dell is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mutual Dell
- Saratoga Springs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Grove
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Eagle Mountain
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Wasatch County
- The following are listed by their distance from Alta View Estates, with the one closest to Alta View Estates listed first.
- Mound City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Mound City is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound City
- Interlaken
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Interlaken is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Interlaken
- Midway
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Charleston
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Charleston is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 496 people
- Cranmer
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Cranmer is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranmer
- Jordanelle
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Jordanelle is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordanelle
- Hailstone ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Hailstone is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hailstone
- Heber City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Heber City is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heber City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17,574 people
- Heber City has also been known as:
- Heber
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Heber City <1>
- Keetley ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Keetley is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keetley
- Daniel
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Daniel is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daniel
- Estimated population in 2015: 1,058 people
- Hideout
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Hideout is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hideout
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,254 people
- Independence
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Independence is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Alta View Estates, see our County-by-County Page for Alta View Estates.
Cemeteries Near Alta View Estates ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Alta View Estates.
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.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Alta View Estates - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Alta View Estates covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Alta View Estates, with the one closest to Alta View Estates listed first.
- Lake Hills Memorial Park Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Hills Memorial Park Cemetery
- The Lake Hills Memorial Park Cemetery has also been known as:
- Lake Hills Cemetery
- Lake Hills Memorial Estates
- Memorial Lake Hills Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #77296 <2>
- South Jordan Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Crescent Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Sandy City Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Midvale City Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Cutler Hill Pioneer Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Draper City Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Larkin Sunset Gardens Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Union Pioneer Memorial Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- West Jordan City Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Riverton City Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Granite City Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Continue List (81 more) ...
- Redwood Memorial Estates Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redwood Memorial Estates Cemetery
- The Redwood Memorial Estates Cemetery has also been known as:
- Memorial Redwood Cemetery
- Redwood Memorial Cemetery
- Redwood Memorial Estates
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #77405 <2>
- Wights Fort Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park South
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
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.<3>
While we didn't find Alta View Estates in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Alta View Estates.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Alta View Estates, with the one closest to Alta View Estates listed first.
- Sandy
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Draper
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Union
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Union is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- West Jordan
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jordan
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Jordan is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan
- Taylorsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cottonwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cottonwood is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood
- Murray
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Murray is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murray
- Population from the 2020 Census: 48,355 people
- Murray has also been known as:
- Murray City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Murray <1>
- Millcreek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Millcreek is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millcreek
- Herriman
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Granger
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Granger is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granger
- Sugar House ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Sugar House is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar House
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Alpine
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Alpine is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,495 people
- Former names for Alpine:
- Dry Creek Settlement
- Fort Wordsworth
- Mountainville
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alpine <1>
- Lehi
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Williams
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Williams is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Alta View Estates. See our List of 1890's Communities around Alta View Estates.
Newspapers Published in Alta View Estates ...
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 10 newspapers that have been published in the area around Alta View Estates.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Alta View Estates, there are papers which were published within 2 miles [3.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Alta View Estates.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Alta View Estates:
- Websites specific to Utah
- Pages specific to Salt Lake County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Davis County
- Morgan County
- Summit County
- Tooele County
- Utah County
- Wasatch County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Utah
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Alta View Estates, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Alta View Estates) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |