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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 Birdseye (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 Birdseye. 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 Birdseye ...

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.

Over the years, Birdseye had several name changes:

  • Prior to its current name of Birdseye, it was known as Clinton.
  • Before changing to Clinton, it was named Summit Basin.
  • Birdseye was originally named Summit Basin

Another variation: Birds Eye.

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.

A Few Details for Birdseye ...

While it's still very early in our research, we found that:

  • The naming (or the toponymy) of Birdseye: Named after the nearby Birdseye Marble quarry.
  • Birdseye was established in 1885.

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 hospitals 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.

Birdseye is located in Utah 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 Utah County: Carbon, Duchesne, Juab, Salt Lake, Sanpete, Tooele & Wasatch.

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

  • Utah County     (The home county of Birdseye)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Birdseye, with the one closest to Birdseye listed first.
    • Thistle ‑ Historic
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thistle
      • Thistle is located in Utah County
    • Covered Bridge Canyon
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Elk Ridge
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elk Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Ridge
      • Elk Ridge is located in Utah County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,427 people
    • Woodland Hills
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodland Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Hills
      • Woodland Hills is located in Utah County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,614 people
    • Salem
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Spring Lake
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lake
      • Spring Lake is located in Utah County
    • Mill Fork ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mill Fork have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Fork
      • Mill Fork is located in Utah County
    • Payson
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Payson
      • Payson is located in Utah County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 21,033 people
      • Former names for Payson:
      • Fort Peteetneet
      • Pacen
      • Peteetneet
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Payson <2>
    • Mapleton
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mapleton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapleton
      • Mapleton is located in Utah County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,139 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mapleton <2>
    • Spanish Fork
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spanish Fork
      • Spanish Fork is located in Utah County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 41,268 people
      • Spanish Fork has also been known as:
      • Spanish Fork City
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Spanish Fork <2>
    • Santaquin
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Benjamin Station
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benjamin Station
      • Benjamin Station is located in Utah County
    • Benjamin
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benjamin
      • Benjamin is located in Utah County
  • Carbon County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Birdseye, with the one closest to Birdseye listed first.
    • Winter Quarters ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • 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
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scofield
      • Scofield is located in Carbon County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 23 people
    • Clear Creek
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Creek
      • Clear Creek is located in Carbon County
    • Consumers ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Consumers have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Consumers
      • Consumers is located in Carbon County
    • National ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • 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
  • Emery County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Birdseye, with the one closest to Birdseye listed first.
    • Hale ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • 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
    • Connellsville ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Connellsville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Connellsville
      • Connellsville is located in Emery County
  • Juab County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Birdseye, with the one closest to Birdseye listed first.
    • Rocky Ridge
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ridge
      • Rocky Ridge is located in Juab County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 851 people
    • Mona
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Nephi
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nephi
      • Nephi is located in Juab County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,479 people
      • Former name for Nephi:
      • Little Chicago
      • Nephi has also been known as:
      • Nephi City
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nephi <2>
    • Fort Nephi ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Fort Nephi. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Nephi
      • Fort Nephi is located in Juab County
    • Diamond ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Diamond have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond
      • Diamond is located in Juab County
    • Knightville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Knightville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knightville
      • Knightville is located in Juab County
    • Levan
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • 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>
    • Eureka
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
    • Mammoth
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mammoth
      • Mammoth is located in Juab County
      • Mammoth has also been known as:
      • Robinson
  • Sanpete County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Birdseye, with the one closest to Birdseye listed first.
    • Fairview
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • 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>
    • Fountain Green
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • 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>
    • Beaver Dams
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Dams
      • Beaver Dams is located in Sanpete County
      • Beaver Dams has also been known as:
      • Beaver Dams Summer Homes Area
    • Freedom
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Freedom have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom
      • Freedom is located in Sanpete County
    • Mount Pleasant
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
      • Mount Pleasant is located in Sanpete County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,580 people
      • Former names for Mount Pleasant:
      • Fort Hambleton
      • Hambleton
      • Hambletowns Settlement
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mount Pleasant <2>
    • Moroni Fort ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Moroni Fort. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moroni Fort
      • Moroni Fort is located in Sanpete County
    • Moroni
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Chester
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • 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>
    • Spring City Fort ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Spring City Fort. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring City Fort
      • Spring City Fort is located in Sanpete County
    • Spring City
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
    • Wales
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Wasatch County
    • Soldier Summit ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soldier Summit
      • Soldier Summit is located in Wasatch County

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

Newspapers Published in Birdseye ...

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 49 newspapers that have been published in the area around Birdseye.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Birdseye, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Birdseye.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Birdseye:

Cemeteries Near Birdseye ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Birdseye.

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

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

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

  • Thistle ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thistle
    • Thistle is located in Utah County
  • Indianola
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • 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
  • Salem
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Mill Fork ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mill Fork have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Fork
    • Mill Fork is located in Utah County
  • Payson
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Payson
    • Payson is located in Utah County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 21,033 people
    • Former names for Payson:
    • Fort Peteetneet
    • Pacen
    • Peteetneet
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Payson <2>
  • Spanish Fork
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spanish Fork
    • Spanish Fork is located in Utah County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 41,268 people
    • Spanish Fork has also been known as:
    • Spanish Fork City
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Spanish Fork <2>
  • Santaquin
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Hill Top
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • 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
  • Benjamin
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benjamin
    • Benjamin is located in Utah County
  • Lake Shore
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Shore have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Shore
    • Lake Shore is located in Utah County
  • Mona
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Springville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Tucker ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tucker have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucker
      • Tucker is located in Utah County
      • Former name for Tucker:
      • Clear Creek
    • Tucker ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tucker have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucker
      • Tucker is located in Utah County
      • Former name for Tucker:
      • Clear Creek
    • Goshen
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)

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

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

The official website for Utah County: www.co.utah.ut.us/

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>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Birdseye) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Birdseye. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.9244, Longitude: -111.5486    
<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 Birdseye, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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