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Introduction ...

Although we found mention of Ballard Junction during our research, we have little information about it.<1> Given the context of how Ballard 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 Ballard 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 Ballard 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 Ballard 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.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Ballard Junction: Ballard Jct. (or less commonly used: Ballard 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.

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 northwest 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 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 west 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.

Ballard Junction is located in Cache 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 Cache County: Franklin (ID), Oneida (ID), Box Elder, Rich & Weber.

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

  • Cache County     (The home county of Ballard Junction)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ballard Junction, with the one closest to Ballard Junction listed first.
    • Benson
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benson
      • Benson is located in Cache County
    • Cache Junction ‑ Historic
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cache Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cache Junction
      • Cache Junction is located in Cache County
    • Cache
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cache
      • Cache is located in Cache County
    • Newton
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Newton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton
      • Newton is located in Cache County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 810 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Newton <3>
    • Mendon
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mendon have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mendon
      • Mendon is located in Cache County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,382 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mendon <3>
    • Amalga
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amalga
      • Amalga is located in Cache County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 577 people
    • Hyde Park
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Logan
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
      • Logan is located in Cache County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 51,680 people
      • Former name for Logan:
      • Fort Logan
      • Logan has also been known as:
      • Logan City
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Logan <3>
    • Smithfield
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • North Logan
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Clarkston
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clarkston have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarkston
      • Clarkston is located in Cache County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 746 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clarkston <3>
    • River Heights
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for River Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Heights
      • River Heights is located in Cache County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,141 people
  • Box Elder County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ballard Junction, with the one closest to Ballard Junction listed first.
    • Beaverdam
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaverdam
      • Beaverdam is located in Box Elder County
    • Wheelon
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wheelon have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheelon
      • Wheelon is located in Box Elder County
    • Collinston
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collinston
      • Collinston is located in Box Elder County
    • Fielding
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fielding have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fielding
      • Fielding is located in Box Elder County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 482 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fielding <3>
    • Deweyville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deweyville
      • Deweyville is located in Box Elder County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 383 people
      • Former names for Deweyville:
      • Dewey Spring
      • Dewey
      • Empey's Spring
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Deweyville <3>
    • Riverside
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Crossroads
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crossroads have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossroads
      • Crossroads is located in Box Elder County
    • Madsen
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madsen
      • Madsen is located in Box Elder County
    • Garland
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Plymouth
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Crystal Springs
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crystal Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Springs
      • Crystal Springs is located in Box Elder County
    • Elwood
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elwood
      • Elwood is located in Box Elder County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,105 people
  • Rich County
    • Meadowville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowville
      • Meadowville is located in Rich County
  • Weber County
    • Willow Creek
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Creek
      • Willow Creek is located in Weber County
  • Franklin County (ID)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ballard Junction, with the one closest to Ballard Junction listed first.
    • Utida
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Utida have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utida
      • Utida is located in Franklin County (ID)
    • Weston
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Weston have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weston
      • Weston is located in Franklin County (ID)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 482 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Weston <3>
    • Franklin
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Franklin have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
      • Franklin is located in Franklin County (ID)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 857 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Franklin <3>
    • Whitney
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitney
      • Whitney is located in Franklin County (ID)
    • Cherryville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherryville
      • Cherryville is located in Franklin County (ID)
    • Dayton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dayton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dayton
      • Dayton is located in Franklin County (ID)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 504 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dayton <3>
    • Preston
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Preston have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston
      • Preston is located in Franklin County (ID)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,678 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Preston <3>
    • Clifton
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
      • Clifton is located in Franklin County (ID)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 312 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clifton <3>
  • Oneida County (ID)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ballard Junction, with the one closest to Ballard Junction listed first.
    • Woodruff
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodruff
      • Woodruff is located in Oneida County (ID)
    • Cherry Creek
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Creek
      • Cherry Creek is located in Oneida County (ID)
    • Gwenford
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gwenford
      • Gwenford is located in Oneida County (ID)
    • Malad City
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Malad City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malad City
      • Malad City is located in Oneida County (ID)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,117 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Malad City <3>

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

Newspapers Published in Ballard 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 55 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ballard Junction.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ballard Junction, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Ballard Junction.

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 professional and volunteer 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 Ballard Junction:

Cemeteries Near Ballard Junction ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ballard 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 Ballard Junction covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Ballard Junction, with the one closest to Ballard 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.<6>

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

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

  • Benson
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benson
    • Benson is located in Cache County
  • Cache Junction ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cache Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cache Junction
    • Cache Junction is located in Cache County
  • Mendon
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mendon have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mendon
    • Mendon is located in Cache County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,382 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mendon <3>
  • Newton
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Newton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton
    • Newton is located in Cache County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 810 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Newton <3>
  • Collinston
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collinston
    • Collinston is located in Box Elder County
  • Deweyville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deweyville
    • Deweyville is located in Box Elder County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 383 people
    • Former names for Deweyville:
    • Dewey Spring
    • Dewey
    • Empey's Spring
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Deweyville <3>
  • Logan
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
    • Logan is located in Cache County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 51,680 people
    • Former name for Logan:
    • Fort Logan
    • Logan has also been known as:
    • Logan City
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Logan <3>
  • Hyde Park
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Smithfield
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Clarkston
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clarkston have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarkston
    • Clarkston is located in Cache County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 746 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clarkston <3>
  • Trenton
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Providence
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Providence have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
    • Providence is located in Cache County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,051 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Providence <3>
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Plymouth
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Honeyville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Wellsville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wellsville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellsville
      • Wellsville is located in Cache County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,069 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wellsville <3>

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

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 Ballard Junction and then turned west". While Ballard Junction could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added Ballard 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Ballard 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 Ballard Junction.
<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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Ballard Junction) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Ballard Junction. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.7863, Longitude: -111.9871    
<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 Ballard Junction, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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