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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 Beryl 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 Beryl 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 Beryl 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 Beryl Junction: Beryl Jct. (or less commonly used: Beryl 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Beryl Junction is located in Iron 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 Iron County: Lincoln (NV), Beaver, Garfield, Kane & Washington.

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

  • Iron County     (The home county of Beryl Junction)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Beryl Junction, with the one closest to Beryl Junction listed first.
    • Newcastle
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Yale Crossing ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yale Crossing
      • Yale Crossing is located in Iron County
    • Beryl
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beryl
      • Beryl is located in Iron County
    • Old Irontown
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Irontown
      • Old Irontown is located in Iron County
      • Old Irontown has also been known as:
      • Iron City
      • Irontown
    • Zane ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Zane have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zane
      • Zane is located in Iron County
      • Zane has also been known as:
      • Sahara
    • Modena
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Little Pinto ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Little Pinto. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Pinto
      • Little Pinto is located in Iron County
      • Little Pinto has also been known as:
      • Page Ranch
    • Desert Springs ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Desert Springs. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Desert Springs
      • Desert Springs is located in Iron County
    • Avon
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
      • Avon is located in Iron County
    • Uvada ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Uvada have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uvada
      • Uvada is located in Iron County
    • Lund ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lund
      • Lund is located in Iron County
    • Hamiltons Fort
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamiltons Fort
      • Hamiltons Fort is located in Iron County
      • Former names for Hamiltons Fort:
      • Fort Hamblin
      • Fort Sidon
      • Fort Walker
      • Hambleton
      • Hamblin
      • Shirts Creek
      • Sidon
      • Hamiltons Fort has also been known as:
      • Hamilton Fort
      • Hamilton
  • Washington County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Beryl Junction, with the one closest to Beryl Junction listed first.
    • Holt ‑ Historic
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holt
      • Holt is located in Washington County
    • Enterprise
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Hamblin ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Hamblin. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamblin
      • Hamblin is located in Washington County
    • Hebron ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
      • Hebron is located in Washington County
    • Pinto
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinto
      • Pinto is located in Washington County
    • Mountain Meadows ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Meadows
      • Mountain Meadows is located in Washington County
    • Central
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
      • Central is located in Washington County
    • Bull Valley ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bull Valley
      • Bull Valley is located in Washington County
    • Brookside
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookside
      • Brookside is located in Washington County
    • Pine Valley
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • New Harmony
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Veyo
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
  • Lincoln County (NV)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Beryl Junction, with the one closest to Beryl Junction listed first.
    • Crestline ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crestline
      • Crestline is located in Lincoln County (NV)
    • Fay ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fay have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fay
      • Fay is located in Lincoln County (NV)
    • Deer Lodge ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Lodge
      • Deer Lodge is located in Lincoln County (NV)
    • Acoma ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Acoma have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acoma
      • Acoma is located in Lincoln County (NV)

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

Newspapers Published in Beryl 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 1 newspapers that have been published in the area around Beryl Junction.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Beryl Junction, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Beryl Junction.

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 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 Beryl Junction:

Cemeteries Near Beryl Junction ...

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

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Beryl Junction, with the one closest to Beryl 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 Beryl Junction in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Beryl Junction.

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

  • Hamblin ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Hamblin. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamblin
    • Hamblin is located in Washington County
  • Pinto
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinto
    • Pinto is located in Washington County
  • Pine Valley
    (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
  • New Harmony
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Kanarraville
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kanarraville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kanarraville
    • Kanarraville is located in Iron County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 410 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kanarraville <1>
  • Gunlock
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)

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

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

The official website for Iron County: www.ironnet.org/

The official website for State of Utah: https://www.utah.gov/

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 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>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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Beryl Junction) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Beryl Junction. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.7095, Longitude: -113.6562    
<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 Beryl Junction, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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