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 Altamont (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 Altamont. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.
Altamont is located in Duchesne 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 Duchesne County: Carbon, Daggett, Summit, Uintah, Utah & Wasatch.
Below are the counties that are near Altamont. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Altamont:
- Duchesne County (The home county of Altamont)
- The following are listed by their distance from Altamont, with the one closest to Altamont listed first.
- Mount Emmons
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Emmons have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Emmons
- Mount Emmons is located in Duchesne County
- Altonah
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altonah
- Altonah is located in Duchesne County
- Former name for Altonah:
- Queen City
- Boneta
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boneta
- Boneta is located in Duchesne County
- Bluebell
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Mountain Home
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mountain Home have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Home
- Mountain Home is located in Duchesne County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mountain Home <2>
- Upalco
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upalco
- Upalco is located in Duchesne County
- Talmage
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Talmage have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talmage
- Talmage is located in Duchesne County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Talmage <2>
- Arcadia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia
- Arcadia is located in Duchesne County
- Former name for Arcadia:
- Red Cap
- Utahn ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Utahn have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utahn
- Utahn is located in Duchesne County
- Ioka
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ioka have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ioka
- Ioka is located in Duchesne County
- Cedarview ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedarview have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarview
- Cedarview is located in Duchesne County
- Bridgeland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bridgeland have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeland
- Bridgeland is located in Duchesne County
- Uintah County
- The following are listed by their distance from Altamont, with the one closest to Altamont listed first.
- Hayden
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayden
- Hayden is located in Uintah County
- Ballard
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballard
- Ballard is located in Uintah County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,105 people
- Bennett
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennett
- Bennett is located in Uintah County
- Independence ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Independence have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
- Independence is located in Uintah County
- Whiterocks
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Fort Duchesne
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Tridell
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Gusher
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Lapoint
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lapoint have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lapoint
- Lapoint is located in Uintah County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lapoint <2>
- Randlett
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Altamont, see our County-by-County Page for Altamont.
Newspapers Published in Altamont ...
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 9 newspapers that have been published in the area around Altamont.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Altamont, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Altamont.
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 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 Altamont:
- Websites specific to Utah
- Pages specific to Duchesne County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Utah
Cemeteries Near Altamont ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Altamont.
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 Altamont covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Altamont, with the one closest to Altamont listed first.
- Altamont - Mt. Emmons Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Altonah Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Bluebell Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Boneta - Mountain Home Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Upalco Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Upalco Cemetery is located outside and to the northeast of Upalco.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Upalco Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #77477 <4>
- Talmage Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Utahn Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Old Ioka Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- The Old Ioka Cemetery has also been known as:
- Ioka West Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Ioka Cemetery
- Bridgeland Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Ioka Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Cedarview Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Theodore Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Neola Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Duchesne City Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Roosevelt Memorial Park
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
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.<5>
While we didn't find Altamont in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Altamont.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Altamont, with the one closest to Altamont listed first.
- Whiterocks
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Fort Duchesne
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Altamont. See our List of 1890's Communities around Altamont.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Altamont. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Duchesne County: www.duchesnegov.net/
The official website for State of Utah: https://www.utah.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> | 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. |
<2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
<3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Altamont) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Altamont. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.3593, Longitude: -110.2878 |
<4> | 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. |
<5> | 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 Altamont, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |