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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Black Rock. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Black Rock to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Black Rock, please Contact Us.

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 Black Rock (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 Black Rock. 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 Black Rock ...

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.

Another variation: Blackrock.

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 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Black Rock is historic, it would have been located within present day Millard 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 Millard County: Lincoln (NV), White Pine (NV), Beaver, Juab, Sanpete & Sevier.

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

  • Millard County     (The home county of Black Rock)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Black Rock, with the one closest to Black Rock listed first.
    • Bloom
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bloom. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloom
      • Bloom is located in Millard County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Bloom
      • From Black Rock to Bloom
    • Borden
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Borden. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borden
      • Borden is located in Millard County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Borden
      • From Black Rock to Borden
    • Cove Fort ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Hatton ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Hatton. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatton
      • Hatton is located in Millard County
      • Former names for Hatton:
      • Corn Creek
      • Lower Corn Creek
      • Petersburg
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Hatton
      • From Black Rock to Hatton
    • Kanosh
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Ibex ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Kanosh Indian Village
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kanosh Indian Village have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kanosh Indian Village
      • Kanosh Indian Village is located in Millard County
    • Clear Lake ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Clear Lake. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Lake
      • Clear Lake is located in Millard County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Clear Lake
      • From Black Rock to Clear Lake
  • Beaver County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Black Rock, with the one closest to Black Rock listed first.
    • Smyths ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Smyths. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyths
      • Smyths is located in Beaver County
      • Smyths has also been known as:
      • Read
      • Reed
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Smyths
      • From Black Rock to Smyths
    • Blueacre
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Blueacre. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blueacre
      • Blueacre is located in Beaver County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Blueacre
      • From Black Rock to Blueacre
    • Yellow Banks
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Milford
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Sulphurdale ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Frisco ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Shenandoah City ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Shenandoah City. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shenandoah City
      • Shenandoah City is located in Beaver County
      • Shenandoah City has also been known as:
      • North Camp
      • North Star
      • Star City
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Shenandoah City
      • From Black Rock to Shenandoah City
    • Newhouse ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Beaver City ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Upton
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Upton. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upton
      • Upton is located in Beaver County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Upton
      • From Black Rock to Upton
    • Arago City ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Bradshaw ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bradshaw. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradshaw
      • Bradshaw is located in Beaver County
      • Bradshaw has also been known as:
      • Bradshaw City
      • Cave Mine Camp
      • Cave Mine
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Bradshaw
      • From Black Rock to Bradshaw
    • Shauntie ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Shauntie. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shauntie
      • Shauntie is located in Beaver County
      • Shauntie has also been known as:
      • Moscow
      • Shaunty Springs
      • Shaunty
      • Shawnee
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Shauntie
      • From Black Rock to Shauntie

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

Cemeteries Near Black Rock ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Black Rock.

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

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Black Rock, with the one closest to Black Rock 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.

Black Rock itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a post office and railroad service. In 1950, Black Rock had a population of 19 people.

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

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

Newspapers Published in Black Rock ...

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 5 newspapers that have been published in the area around Black Rock.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Black Rock, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Black Rock.

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 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 Black Rock:

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Black Rock, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<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>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- Black Rock) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Black Rock. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.7129, Longitude: -112.9570    









 

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