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 Briarwood Estates (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 Briarwood Estates. 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 Briarwood Estates ...
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 Briarwood Estates: Briarwood Ests.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Briarwood Estates. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Briarwood Estates.
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.
Briarwood Estates is located in Salt Lake 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 Salt Lake County: Davis, Morgan, Summit, Tooele, Utah & Wasatch.
Below are the counties that are near Briarwood Estates. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Briarwood Estates:
- Salt Lake County (The home county of Briarwood Estates)
- The following are listed by their distance from Briarwood Estates, with the one closest to Briarwood Estates listed first.
- Holladay
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- East Millcreek
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- East Millcreek is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Millcreek
- Cottonwood
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Cottonwood is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood
- Wander Village
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Wander Village is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wander Village
- Mount Olympus
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Mount Olympus is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olympus
- Canyon Rim
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Canyon Rim is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canyon Rim
- Willard
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Willard is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willard
- Sugar House ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sugar House is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar House
- Cottonwood Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Cottonwood Village is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood Village
- Hamilton Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Hamilton Village is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton Village
- Millcreek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Millcreek is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millcreek
- Vista Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Vista Village is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vista Village
- Davis County
- The following are listed by their distance from Briarwood Estates, with the one closest to Briarwood Estates listed first.
- Castle
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Castle is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle
- Val Verda
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Val Verda is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Val Verda
- North Salt Lake
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Oakhaven Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Oakhaven Village is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakhaven Village
- Bountiful Fort ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Bountiful Fort is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bountiful Fort
- Bountiful
(14 miles [22.5 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
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Cottonwood Heights is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood Heights
- Woods Cross
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- West Bountiful
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Centerville Fort ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Centerville Fort is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville Fort
- Centerville
(16 miles [25.7 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>
- Center Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Center Village is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Village
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Briarwood Estates, with the one closest to Briarwood Estates listed first.
- Porterville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Porterville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porterville
- Richville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Richville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richville
- Littleton ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Littleton is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littleton
- Como Springs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Como Springs is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Como Springs
- Milton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Milton is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton
- Morgan
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Enterprise
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Enterprise is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Peterson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Peterson is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peterson
- Devils Slide ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Devils Slide is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devils Slide
- Summit County
- The following are listed by their distance from Briarwood Estates, with the one closest to Briarwood Estates listed first.
- Altus ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Altus is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altus
- Summit Park
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Summit Park is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Park
- Gorgosa
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Gorgosa is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gorgosa
- Snyderville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- South Snyderville Basin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- North Snyderville Basin
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Park City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Silver Creek Junction
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Rockport ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Rockport is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockport
- Former names for Rockport:
- Crandall
- Enoch City
- Rock Fort
- Wanship
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Fort Sage Bottom ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Fort Sage Bottom is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Sage Bottom
- Fort Sage Bottom has also been known as:
- Woodenshoe
- Peoa
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Tooele County
- The following are listed by their distance from Briarwood Estates, with the one closest to Briarwood Estates listed first.
- Lake Point
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Lake Point is located in Tooele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Point
- Lincoln
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Lincoln is located in Tooele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
- Former names for Lincoln:
- Lake View
- Pine Canyon
- Mills Junction
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- 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
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Erda
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Tooele
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Gisborn ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Gisborn is located in Tooele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gisborn
- Jacob City ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jacob City is located in Tooele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacob City
- Ophir
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ophir is located in Tooele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ophir
- Estimated population in 2017: 57 people
- Utah County
- The following are listed by their distance from Briarwood Estates, with the one closest to Briarwood Estates listed first.
- Alpine
(15 miles [24.1 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>
- Forest City ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Forest City is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City
- Silver Lake
(15 miles [24.1 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
- Deer Creek ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Deer Creek is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Creek
- Cedar Hills
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Highland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Lehi
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Mutual Dell
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Mutual Dell is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mutual Dell
- American Fork
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- American Fork is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for American Fork
- Population from the 2020 Census: 33,896 people
- Former names for American Fork:
- Lake City
- McArthursville
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for American Fork <1>
- Pleasant Grove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Aspen Grove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Aspen Grove is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aspen Grove
- Lincoln
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Lincoln is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
- Wasatch County
- The following are listed by their distance from Briarwood Estates, with the one closest to Briarwood Estates listed first.
- Mound City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Mound City is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound City
- Cranmer
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Cranmer is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranmer
- Interlaken
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Interlaken is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Interlaken
- Jordanelle
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Jordanelle is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordanelle
- Keetley ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Keetley is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keetley
- Midway
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hailstone ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Hailstone is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hailstone
- Hideout
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Hideout is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hideout
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,254 people
- Charleston
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Charleston is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 496 people
- Heber City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Heber City is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heber City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17,574 people
- Heber City has also been known as:
- Heber
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Heber City <1>
- Daniel
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Daniel is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daniel
- Estimated population in 2015: 1,058 people
- Independence
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Independence is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Briarwood Estates, see our County-by-County Page for Briarwood Estates.
Cemeteries Near Briarwood Estates ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Briarwood Estates.
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 Briarwood Estates - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Briarwood Estates covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Briarwood Estates, with the one closest to Briarwood Estates listed first.
- Holladay Memorial Park
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Elysian Burial Gardens
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Murray City Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murray City Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Murray City Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Murray.
- The Murray City Cemetery has also been known as:
- South Cottonwood Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #77356 <2>
- Union Pioneer Memorial Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Memorial Mtn. View Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memorial Mtn. View Cemetery
- The Memorial Mtn. View Cemetery has also been known as:
- Mountain View Memorial Estates Cemetery
- Mountain View Memorial Estates
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #729904 <2>
- Larkin Sunset Lawn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Mt. Olivet Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Midvale City Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Old Deseret Village Pioneer Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Ft. Douglas Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Taylorsville Memorial Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (93 more) ...
- Redwood Memorial Estates Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redwood Memorial Estates Cemetery
- The Redwood Memorial Estates Cemetery has also been known as:
- Memorial Redwood Cemetery
- Redwood Memorial Cemetery
- Redwood Memorial Estates
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #77405 <2>
- Mt. Calvary Catholic Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Cutler Hill Pioneer Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
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 Briarwood Estates in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Briarwood Estates.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Briarwood Estates, with the one closest to Briarwood Estates listed first.
- Cottonwood
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Cottonwood is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood
- Sugar House ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sugar House is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar House
- Millcreek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Millcreek is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millcreek
- Murray
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Murray is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murray
- Population from the 2020 Census: 48,355 people
- Murray has also been known as:
- Murray City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Murray <1>
- Union
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Union is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Williams
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Williams is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams
- Taylorsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Salt Lake City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Franklin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Franklin is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
- Fort Douglas
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- 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
- West Jordan
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sandy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Granger
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Granger is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granger
- Buena Vista
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Buena Vista is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Draper
(10 miles [16.1 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 Briarwood Estates. See our List of 1890's Communities around Briarwood Estates.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Briarwood Estates:
- Websites specific to Utah
- Pages specific to Salt Lake County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Davis County
- Morgan County
- Summit County
- Tooele County
- Utah County
- Wasatch 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 Briarwood Estates, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |