Our Genealogy Helper
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 Bona Vista (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 Bona Vista. 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 Bona Vista ...
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 occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Bona Vista: Bona Vis.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Bona Vista. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Bona Vista.
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.
Bona Vista is located in Davis County.
To see how the shape of Utah's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Davis County: Box Elder, Morgan, Salt Lake, Tooele & Weber.
Below are the counties that are near Bona Vista. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bona Vista:
- Davis County (The home county of Bona Vista)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bona Vista, with the one closest to Bona Vista listed first.
- Val Verda
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Val Verda is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Val Verda
- Oakhaven Village
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Oakhaven Village is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakhaven Village
- Castle
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Castle is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle
- Bountiful Fort ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Bountiful Fort is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bountiful Fort
- Bountiful
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Bountiful is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bountiful
- Population from the 2020 Census: 43,921 people
- Former names for Bountiful:
- Calls Settlement
- North Canyon Settlement
- North Canyon Ward
- North Mill Creek Canyon Ward
- Sessions Settlement
- Stoker
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bountiful <1>
- Cottonwood Heights
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Cottonwood Heights is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood Heights
- Woods Cross
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- North Salt Lake
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- West Bountiful
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Center Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Center Village is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Village
- Centerville Fort ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Centerville Fort is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville Fort
- Centerville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Centerville is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17,530 people
- Former names for Centerville:
- Cherry Settlement
- Deuel Creek
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Centerville <1>
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bona Vista, with the one closest to Bona Vista listed first.
- Porterville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Porterville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porterville
- Richville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Richville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richville
- Littleton ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Littleton is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littleton
- Milton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Milton is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton
- Morgan
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Como Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Como Springs is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Como Springs
- Peterson
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Peterson is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peterson
- Enterprise
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Enterprise is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Mountain Green
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Mountain Green is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Green
- Devils Slide ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Devils Slide is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devils Slide
- Croydon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Croydon is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Croydon
- Salt Lake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bona Vista, with the one closest to Bona Vista listed first.
- San Domingo City ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- San Domingo City is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Domingo City
- Jackson Park Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jackson Park Village is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Park Village
- Fort Douglas
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Fort Douglas is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Douglas
- Fort Douglas has also been known as:
- Camp Kent
- Fort Salt Lake City ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Fort Salt Lake City is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Salt Lake City
- Salt Lake City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Denver City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Denver City is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denver City
- Foothill Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Foothill Village is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foothill Village
- Granite
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Granite is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite
- University Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- University Village is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Village
- Buena Vista
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Buena Vista is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Lincoln Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Lincoln Village is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Village
- Victory Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Victory Village is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory Village
- Summit County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bona Vista, with the one closest to Bona Vista listed first.
- Altus ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Altus is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altus
- Summit Park
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Summit Park is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Park
- Gorgosa
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Gorgosa is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gorgosa
- North Snyderville Basin
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Snyderville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Silver Creek Junction
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- South Snyderville Basin
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Henefer
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Echo City ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Echo City is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo City
- Echo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Wanship
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Park City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Tooele County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bona Vista, with the one closest to Bona Vista listed first.
- Lake Point
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Point is located in Tooele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Point
- Mills Junction
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mills Junction is located in Tooele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mills Junction
- Former names for Mills Junction:
- Milltown
- Millvale
- Milton
- Richville
- Stansbury park
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Erda
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lincoln
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lincoln is located in Tooele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
- Former names for Lincoln:
- Lake View
- Pine Canyon
- Tooele
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Utah County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bona Vista, with the one closest to Bona Vista listed first.
- Forest City ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Forest City is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City
- Alpine
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Alpine is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,495 people
- Former names for Alpine:
- Dry Creek Settlement
- Fort Wordsworth
- Mountainville
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alpine <1>
- Silver Lake
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Silver Lake is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake
- Silver Lake has also been known as:
- Silver Lake Summer Home Area
- Lincoln
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lincoln is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
- Deer Creek ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Deer Creek is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Creek
- Highland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Cedar Hills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Lehi
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Mutual Dell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mutual Dell is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mutual Dell
- Wasatch County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bona Vista, with the one closest to Bona Vista listed first.
- Cranmer
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cranmer is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranmer
- Hideout
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hideout is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hideout
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,254 people
- Keetley ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Keetley is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keetley
- Hailstone ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hailstone is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hailstone
- Jordanelle
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jordanelle is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordanelle
- Mound City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mound City is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound City
- Interlaken
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Interlaken is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Interlaken
- Weber County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bona Vista, with the one closest to Bona Vista listed first.
- Fort Kington ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Fort Kington is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Kington
- Uintah Fort ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Uintah Fort is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uintah Fort
- Uintah
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Uintah Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Uintah Village is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uintah Village
- Yorkshire Meadow
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Yorkshire Meadow is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkshire Meadow
- Adamdell
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Adamdell is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamdell
- Rigde Villa
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Rigde Villa is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rigde Villa
- Washington Terrace
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Washington Terrace is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Terrace
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,185 people
- Greenwood Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Greenwood Village is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Village
- Hidden Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Hidden Village is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Village
- Riverdale
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Roy
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Bona Vista, see our County-by-County Page for Bona Vista.
Cemeteries Near Bona Vista ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bona Vista.
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.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Bona Vista - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Bona Vista covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bona Vista, with the one closest to Bona Vista listed first.
- Bountiful Memorial Park
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Sessions Settlement Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Daniel Wood Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daniel Wood Cemetery
- The Daniel Wood Cemetery has also been known as:
- David Wood Cemetery
- Nathan's Burial Ground
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #109238 <2>
- Lakeview Memorial Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Shaarey Tzedek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Shrine of Memorial Mausoleum
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Centerville City Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Kimball - Whitney Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Brigham Young Family Memorial Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Memory Grove Memorial
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- B'nai Israel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Montefiore Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (87 more) ...
- Salt Lake City Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Mt. Calvary Catholic Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- St. Paul's Episcopal Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
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.<3>
While we didn't find Bona Vista in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Bona Vista.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Bona Vista, with the one closest to Bona Vista listed first.
- Woods Cross
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hot Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hot Springs is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hot Springs
- Centerville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Centerville is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17,530 people
- Former names for Centerville:
- Cherry Settlement
- Deuel Creek
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Centerville <1>
- Salt Lake City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Fort Douglas
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Fort Douglas is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Douglas
- Fort Douglas has also been known as:
- Camp Kent
- Buena Vista
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Buena Vista is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Franklin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Franklin is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
- Williams
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Williams is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams
- Sugar House ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Sugar House is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar House
- Farmington
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- El Dorado
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- El Dorado is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Dorado
- Granger
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Granger is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granger
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Millcreek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Millcreek is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millcreek
- Riter
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Riter is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riter
- Kaysville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bona Vista. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bona Vista.
Newspapers Published in Bona Vista ...
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 4 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bona Vista.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bona Vista, there are papers which were published within 2 miles [3.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bona Vista.
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 Bona Vista:
- Websites specific to Utah
- Pages specific to Davis County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Morgan County
- Salt Lake County
- Summit County
- Tooele County
- Utah County
- Wasatch County
- Weber County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Utah
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 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. |
| <3> | 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 Bona Vista, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Bona Vista) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |