Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
Although we found mention of Blueacre during our research, we have little information about it.<1> Given the context of how Blueacre 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 Blueacre (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 Blueacre. 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 Blueacre ...
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: Blue Acre.
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 and hospitals 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.
Blueacre is located in Beaver 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 Beaver County: Lincoln (NV), Iron, Millard, Piute & Sevier.
Below are the counties that are near Blueacre. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Blueacre:
- Beaver County (The home county of Blueacre)
- The following are listed by their distance from Blueacre, with the one closest to Blueacre listed first.
- Frisco ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frisco
- Frisco is located in Beaver County
- Milford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford
- Milford is located in Beaver County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,405 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Milford <2>
- Arago City ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arago City
- Arago City is located in Beaver County
- Arago City has also been known as:
- South Camp
- Beaver City ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Beaver City. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver City
- Beaver City is located in Beaver County
- Shenandoah City ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shenandoah City have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- 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
- Smyths ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast) - Shauntie ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south) - Newhouse ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newhouse
- Newhouse is located in Beaver County
- Cook Corner
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cook Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook Corner
- Cook Corner is located in Beaver County
- Bradshaw ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast) - Thermo ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the south) - Minersville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Minersville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minersville
- Minersville is located in Beaver County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 930 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Minersville <2>
- Millard County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blueacre, with the one closest to Blueacre listed first.
- Black Rock ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Rock
- Black Rock is located in Millard County
- Cove Fort ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove Fort
- Cove Fort is located in Millard County
- Cove Fort has also been known as:
- Charles Willden's Fort
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Blueacre, see our County-by-County Page for Blueacre.
Newspapers Published in Blueacre ...
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 16 newspapers that have been published in the area around Blueacre.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Blueacre, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Blueacre.
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 Blueacre:
- Websites specific to Utah
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Website for the //archives.utah.gov/
- Pages specific to Beaver County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Millard County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Millard County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Utah
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Utah
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Utah
- Cemeteries of Beaver County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Utah
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Utah
- Cemeteries of Beaver County
Cemeteries Near Blueacre ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Blueacre.
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 Blueacre covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Blueacre, with the one closest to Blueacre listed first.
- Frisco Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Frisco Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Frisco Cemetery is located 14 miles [22.5 km]<5> to the east of Milford.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Frisco Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #109209 <6>
- Milford City Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Milford City Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #77333 <6>
- Squire Family Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)- To give a relative sense of its location, the Squire Family Cemetery is located 26 miles [41.8 km]<5> to the east of Milford.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Squire Family Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #109210 <6>
- Minersville Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Minersville Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #77337 <6>
- Adamsville Cemetery
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)- To give a relative sense of its location, the Adamsville Cemetery is located outside and to the east of Adamsville.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Adamsville Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #109208 <6>
- Greenville Cemetery
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Greenville Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #77248 <6>
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.<7>
While we didn't find Blueacre in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Blueacre.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Blueacre, with the one closest to Blueacre listed first.
- Frisco ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frisco
- Frisco is located in Beaver County
- Milford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford
- Milford is located in Beaver County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,405 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Milford <2>
- Black Rock ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Rock
- Black Rock is located in Millard County
- Minersville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Minersville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minersville
- Minersville is located in Beaver County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 930 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Minersville <2>
- Adamsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsville
- Adamsville is located in Beaver County
- Former names for Adamsville:
- Beaver Iron Works
- Wales
- Greenville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
- Greenville is located in Beaver County
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Blueacre. See our List of 1890's Communities around Blueacre.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Beaver County: www.beaver.state.ut.us/
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 north past Blueacre and then turned west". While Blueacre could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added Blueacre 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 Blueacre 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 Blueacre. |
| <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 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> | 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- Blueacre) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Blueacre. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.4837, Longitude: -113.1297 In this case, the coordinates for Blueacre have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Blueacre, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |