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 Aspen Heights (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 Aspen Heights. 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 Aspen Heights ...
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 Aspen Heights: Aspen Hts. (in Canada, 'Hgts.' is the more common abbreviation.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Aspen Heights. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Aspen Heights.
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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals 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.
Aspen Heights is located in Davis 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 Davis County: Box Elder, Morgan, Salt Lake, Tooele & Weber.
Below are the counties that are near Aspen Heights. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Aspen Heights:
- Davis County (The home county of Aspen Heights)
- The following are listed by their distance from Aspen Heights, with the one closest to Aspen Heights listed first.
- Layton
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Sahara Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sahara Village is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sahara Village
- Kaysville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Fruit Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- South Weber
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Clearfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Smith Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Smith Village is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Village
- Oakridge Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Oakridge Village is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakridge Village
- Anchorage
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Anchorage is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anchorage
- Kingston Fort ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Kingston Fort is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston Fort
- Arsenal
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Arsenal is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arsenal
- Lupine Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Lupine Village is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lupine Village
- Country Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Country Village is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Village
- Box Elder County
- The following are listed by their distance from Aspen Heights, with the one closest to Aspen Heights listed first.
- South Willard
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- South Willard is located in Box Elder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Willard
- Willard
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Willow Creek Fort ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Willow Creek Fort is located in Box Elder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Creek Fort
- Promontory Point ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Promontory Point is located in Box Elder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Promontory Point
- Perry
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Mantua
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Mantua is located in Box Elder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mantua
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,019 people
- Former names for Mantua:
- Copenhagen
- Flaxville
- Geneva
- Little Valley
- Saline
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Saline is located in Box Elder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saline
- Brigham City Fort ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Brigham City Fort is located in Box Elder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brigham City Fort
- Brigham City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Brigham City is located in Box Elder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brigham City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 19,717 people
- Former names for Brigham City:
- Box Elder
- Youngsville
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brigham City <1>
- Cache County
- La Plata ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- La Plata is located in Cache County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Plata
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Aspen Heights, with the one closest to Aspen Heights listed first.
- Peterson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Peterson is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peterson
- Mountain Green
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Mountain Green is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Green
- Enterprise
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Enterprise is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Milton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Milton is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton
- Littleton ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Littleton is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littleton
- Richville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Richville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richville
- Morgan
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Como Springs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Como Springs is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Como Springs
- Porterville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Porterville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porterville
- Devils Slide ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Devils Slide is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devils Slide
- Croydon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Croydon is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Croydon
- Salt Lake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Aspen Heights, with the one closest to Aspen Heights listed first.
- Denver City
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Denver City is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denver City
- San Domingo City ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- San Domingo City is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Domingo City
- Jackson Park Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Jackson Park Village is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Park Village
- Buena Vista
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Buena Vista is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Fort Douglas
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Fort Douglas is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Douglas
- Fort Douglas has also been known as:
- Camp Kent
- Fort Salt Lake City ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Fort Salt Lake City is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Salt Lake City
- Salt Lake City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Saltair ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Saltair is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saltair
- Granite
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Granite is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite
- University Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- University Village is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Village
- Foothill Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Foothill Village is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foothill Village
- Lincoln Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Lincoln Village is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Village
- Maple City
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Maple City is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple City
- Summit County
- The following are listed by their distance from Aspen Heights, with the one closest to Aspen Heights listed first.
- Henefer
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Echo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Echo City ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Echo City is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo City
- Altus ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Altus is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altus
- Summit Park
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Summit Park is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Park
- Gorgosa
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Gorgosa is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gorgosa
- Coalville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Weber County
- The following are listed by their distance from Aspen Heights, with the one closest to Aspen Heights listed first.
- Uintah Fort ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Uintah Fort is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uintah Fort
- Fort Kington ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Fort Kington is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Kington
- Uintah Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Uintah Village is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uintah Village
- Uintah
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Rigde Villa
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Rigde Villa is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rigde Villa
- Washington Terrace
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Washington Terrace is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Terrace
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,185 people
- Yorkshire Meadow
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Yorkshire Meadow is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkshire Meadow
- Adamdell
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Adamdell is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamdell
- Hidden Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Hidden Village is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Village
- Riverdale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Greenwood Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Greenwood Village is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Village
- South Ogden
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- South Ogden is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Ogden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17,133 people
- South Ogden has also been known as:
- South Ogden City
- Roy
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Aspen Heights, see our County-by-County Page for Aspen Heights.
Cemeteries Near Aspen Heights ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Aspen Heights.
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 Aspen Heights - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Aspen Heights covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Aspen Heights, with the one closest to Aspen Heights listed first.
- Lindquist Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindquist Cemetery
- The Lindquist Cemetery has also been known as:
- Layton Memorial Park
- Lindquist Memorial Park
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #77311 <2>
- Kaysville City Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaysville City Cemetery
- The Kaysville City Cemetery has also been known as:
- Kaysville - Layton Cemetery
- Kaysville & Layton Memorial Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #77290 <2>
- Layton Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layton Hill Cemetery
- The Layton Hill Cemetery has also been known as:
- Lakeview Cemetery
- Lakeview Memorial Gardens
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #109240 <2>
- Clearfield City Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- South Weber Historical Pioneer Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Uintah Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uintah Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Uintah Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Uintah.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #77474 <2>
- Syracuse Memorial Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Lindquist's Memorial Gardens of the Wasatch
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Clinton City Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Farmington City Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lindquist's Washington Heights Memorial Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Roy City Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (62 more) ...
- Aultorest Memorial Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aultorest Memorial Park
- The Aultorest Memorial Park has also been known as:
- Leavitt's Aultorest Memorial Park
- Mt. Ogden Memorial Park
- Mountain View Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #77140 <2>
- West Point Memorial Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Peterson Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 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.<3>
While we didn't find Aspen Heights in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Aspen Heights.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Aspen Heights, with the one closest to Aspen Heights listed first.
- Layton
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Kaysville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Uintah
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Farmington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Steed
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Steed is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steed
- Syracuse
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Riverdale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Peterson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Peterson is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peterson
- Centerville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- 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>
- Hooper
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ogden
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Ogden is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 87,387 people
- Former names for Ogden:
- Brownsville
- Fort Buenaventura
- Ogden has also been known as:
- Ogden City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ogden <1>
- Woods Cross
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Slaterville ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Slaterville is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slaterville
- Morgan
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Harrisville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Harrisville is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,845 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Aspen Heights. See our List of 1890's Communities around Aspen Heights.
Newspapers Published in Aspen Heights ...
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 4 newspapers that have been published in the area around Aspen Heights.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Aspen Heights, 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 Aspen Heights.
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 Aspen Heights:
- Websites specific to Utah
- Pages specific to Davis County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Box Elder County
- Cache County
- Morgan County
- Salt Lake County
- Summit County
- Weber 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 Aspen Heights, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Aspen Heights) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |