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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 Beaver Dams (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 Beaver Dams. 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 Beaver Dams ...

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.

Beaver Dams has also been known as: Beaver Dams Summer Homes Area.

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 doctors and hospitals 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.

Beaver Dams is located in Sanpete 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 Sanpete County: Carbon, Emery, Juab, Millard, Sevier & Utah.

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

  • Sanpete County     (The home county of Beaver Dams)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Beaver Dams, with the one closest to Beaver Dams listed first.
    • Fairview
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fairview have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
      • Fairview is located in Sanpete County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,381 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fairview <2>
    • Mount Pleasant
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Spring City Fort ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Spring City
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Moroni Fort ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Moroni
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Chester
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chester have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester
      • Chester is located in Sanpete County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chester <2>
    • Fountain Green
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fountain Green have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Green
      • Fountain Green is located in Sanpete County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,182 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fountain Green <2>
    • Freedom
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Freedom. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom
      • Freedom is located in Sanpete County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Freedom
      • From Beaver Dams to Freedom
    • Wales
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Ephraim
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Manasseh ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Manasseh. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manasseh
      • Manasseh is located in Sanpete County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Manasseh
      • From Beaver Dams to Manasseh
  • Carbon County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Beaver Dams, with the one closest to Beaver Dams listed first.
    • Clear Creek
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Winter Quarters ‑ Historic
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Winter Quarters have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winter Quarters
      • Winter Quarters is located in Carbon County
    • Scofield
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Consumers ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Consumers. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Consumers
      • Consumers is located in Carbon County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Consumers
      • From Beaver Dams to Consumers
    • National ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for National. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for National
      • National is located in Carbon County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to National
      • From Beaver Dams to National
    • Coal City
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Sweet ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sweet. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet
      • Sweet is located in Carbon County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Sweet
      • From Beaver Dams to Sweet
    • Wattis ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Wattis. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wattis
      • Wattis is located in Carbon County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Wattis
      • From Beaver Dams to Wattis
    • Mutual ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Mutual. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mutual
      • Mutual is located in Carbon County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Mutual
      • From Beaver Dams to Mutual
    • Latuda ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Latuda. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latuda
      • Latuda is located in Carbon County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Latuda
      • From Beaver Dams to Latuda
    • Rains ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Rains. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rains
      • Rains is located in Carbon County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Rains
      • From Beaver Dams to Rains
    • Hiawatha
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Standardville ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Emery County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Beaver Dams, with the one closest to Beaver Dams listed first.
    • Connellsville ‑ Historic
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Hale ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Hale. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hale
      • Hale is located in Emery County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Hale
      • From Beaver Dams to Hale
    • Mohrland ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Huntington
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Juab County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Beaver Dams, with the one closest to Beaver Dams listed first.
    • Fort Nephi ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Nephi
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Levan
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Levan have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Levan
      • Levan is located in Juab County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 956 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Levan <2>
  • Utah County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Beaver Dams, with the one closest to Beaver Dams listed first.
    • Tucker ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Tucker. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucker
      • Tucker is located in Utah County
      • Former name for Tucker:
      • Clear Creek
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Tucker
      • From Beaver Dams to Tucker
    • Colton ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Colton. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colton
      • Colton is located in Utah County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Colton
      • From Beaver Dams to Colton
    • Mill Fork ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Mill Fork. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Fork
      • Mill Fork is located in Utah County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Mill Fork
      • From Beaver Dams to Mill Fork
    • Birdseye
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Thistle ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Covered Bridge Canyon
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Wasatch County

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

Cemeteries Near Beaver Dams ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Beaver Dams.

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

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Beaver Dams, with the one closest to Beaver Dams 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.<5>

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

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

  • Fairview
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fairview have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
    • Fairview is located in Sanpete County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,381 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fairview <2>
  • Scofield
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Hill Top
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hill Top have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Top
    • Hill Top is located in Sanpete County
  • Mount Pleasant
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Hale ‑ Historic
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Hale. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hale
    • Hale is located in Emery County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Hale
    • From Beaver Dams to Hale
  • Spring City
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Indianola
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Indianola have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indianola
    • Indianola is located in Sanpete County
  • Moroni
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Chester
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chester have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester
    • Chester is located in Sanpete County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chester <2>
  • Fountain Green
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fountain Green have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Green
    • Fountain Green is located in Sanpete County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,182 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fountain Green <2>
  • Colton ‑ Historic
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Colton. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colton
    • Colton is located in Utah County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Colton
    • From Beaver Dams to Colton
  • Tucker ‑ Historic
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Tucker. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucker
    • Tucker is located in Utah County
    • Former name for Tucker:
    • Clear Creek
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Tucker
    • From Beaver Dams to Tucker
  • Continue List   (10 more) ...
    • Tucker ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Tucker. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucker
      • Tucker is located in Utah County
      • Former name for Tucker:
      • Clear Creek
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Tucker
      • From Beaver Dams to Tucker
    • Wales
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Mill Fork ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Mill Fork. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Fork
      • Mill Fork is located in Utah County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Mill Fork
      • From Beaver Dams to Mill Fork

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

Newspapers Published in Beaver Dams ...

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 22 newspapers that have been published in the area around Beaver Dams.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Beaver Dams, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Beaver Dams.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Beaver Dams:

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

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>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.
<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 Beaver Dams, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Beaver Dams) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Beaver Dams. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.6470, Longitude: -111.2908    









 

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