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 Buena 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 Buena 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.
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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
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 south 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.
Buena Vista 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 Buena Vista. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Buena Vista:
- Salt Lake County (The home county of Buena Vista)
- The following are listed by their distance from Buena Vista, with the one closest to Buena Vista listed first.
- Garden City Addition
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Garden City Addition is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City Addition
- Fort Salt Lake City ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Fort Salt Lake City is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Salt Lake City
- Granite
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Granite is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite
- Salt Lake City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Denver City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Denver City is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denver City
- Jackson Park Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jackson Park Village is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Park Village
- Redwood Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Redwood Village is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redwood Village
- Westlake Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Westlake Village is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westlake Village
- Lincoln Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lincoln Village is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Village
- West Valley City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- South Salt Lake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- South Salt Lake is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Salt Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 25,248 people
- South Salt Lake has also been known as:
- South Salt Lake City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for South Salt Lake <1>
- Victory Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Victory Village is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory Village
- Briargate
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Briargate is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briargate
- Davis County
- The following are listed by their distance from Buena Vista, with the one closest to Buena Vista listed first.
- North Salt Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Castle
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Castle is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle
- Val Verda
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Val Verda is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Val Verda
- Woods Cross
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Bountiful
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- 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>
- Oakhaven Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Oakhaven Village is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakhaven Village
- West Bountiful
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Bountiful Fort ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bountiful Fort is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bountiful Fort
- Cottonwood Heights
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cottonwood Heights is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood Heights
- Centerville
(11 miles [17.7 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
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Center Village is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Village
- Chase Lane Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Chase Lane Village is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chase Lane Village
- Centerville Fort ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Centerville Fort is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville Fort
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Buena Vista, with the one closest to Buena Vista listed first.
- Porterville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Porterville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porterville
- Richville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Richville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richville
- Littleton ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Littleton is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littleton
- Milton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Milton is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton
- Morgan
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Como Springs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Como Springs is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Como Springs
- Peterson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Peterson is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peterson
- Enterprise
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Enterprise is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Mountain Green
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Mountain Green is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Green
- 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 Buena Vista, with the one closest to Buena Vista listed first.
- Altus ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Altus is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altus
- Summit Park
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Summit Park is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Park
- Gorgosa
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Gorgosa is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gorgosa
- Snyderville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- South Snyderville Basin
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- North Snyderville Basin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Silver Creek Junction
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Park City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Wanship
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Rockport ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 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
- Henefer
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Tooele County
- The following are listed by their distance from Buena Vista, with the one closest to Buena Vista listed first.
- Lake Point
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Lake Point is located in Tooele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Point
- Mills Junction
(18 miles [29 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
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Erda
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lincoln
(20 miles [32.2 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
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Burmester
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Burmester is located in Tooele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burmester
- Bauer
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bauer is located in Tooele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bauer
- Grantsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Stockton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- 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 Buena Vista, with the one closest to Buena Vista listed first.
- Lincoln
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lincoln is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
- Alpine
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- 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>
- Highland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Lehi
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Forest City ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Forest City is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City
- Silver Lake
(24 miles [38.6 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
- Cedar Hills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Deer Creek ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Deer Creek is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Creek
- American Fork
(27 miles [43.5 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>
- Mutual Dell
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Mutual Dell is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mutual Dell
- Saratoga Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Fort
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Cedar Fort is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Fort
- Population from the 2020 Census: 395 people
- Wasatch County
- The following are listed by their distance from Buena Vista, with the one closest to Buena Vista listed first.
- Cranmer
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Cranmer is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranmer
- Interlaken
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Interlaken is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Interlaken
- 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
- Hailstone ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Hailstone is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hailstone
- Hideout
(30 miles [48.3 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
- Jordanelle
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Jordanelle is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordanelle
- Keetley ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Keetley is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keetley
- Midway
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Weber County
- The following are listed by their distance from Buena Vista, with the one closest to Buena Vista listed first.
- Fort Kington ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Fort Kington is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Kington
- Uintah Fort ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Uintah Fort is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uintah Fort
- Uintah
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Uintah Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Uintah Village is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uintah Village
- Yorkshire Meadow
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Yorkshire Meadow is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkshire Meadow
- Adamdell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Adamdell is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamdell
- Rigde Villa
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Rigde Villa is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rigde Villa
- Washington Terrace
(28 miles [45.1 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
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Greenwood Village is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Village
- Hidden Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Hidden Village is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Village
- Hooper
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Riverdale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Roy
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Buena Vista, see our County-by-County Page for Buena Vista.
Cemeteries Near Buena Vista ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Buena 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 Buena Vista - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Buena Vista covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Buena Vista, with the one closest to Buena Vista listed first.
- Brigham Young Family Memorial Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Kimball - Whitney Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Memory Grove Memorial
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Valley View Memorial Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- St. Paul's Episcopal Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- B'nai Israel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Montefiore Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Mt. Calvary Catholic Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Salt Lake City Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Shrine of Memorial Mausoleum
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Shaarey Tzedek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Taylorsville Memorial Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (87 more) ...
- Mt. Olivet Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Larkin Sunset Lawn Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Buena Vista had railroad service and no post office.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Buena Vista, with the one closest to Buena Vista listed first.
- El Dorado
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- El Dorado is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Dorado
- Franklin
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Franklin is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
- Salt Lake City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Granger
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Granger is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granger
- Hot Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hot Springs is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hot Springs
- Riter
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Riter is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riter
- Taylorsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Millcreek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Millcreek is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millcreek
- Sugar House ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sugar House is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar House
- Williams
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Williams is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams
- Fort Douglas
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- 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
- Murray
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- 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>
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Woods Cross
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Cottonwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cottonwood is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood
- West Jordan
(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 Buena Vista. See our List of 1890's Communities around Buena Vista.
Newspapers Published in Buena 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 157 newspapers that have been published in the area around Buena Vista.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Buena Vista, there are papers which were published within 3 miles [4.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Buena Vista.
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 either 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 Buena Vista:
- 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
- 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 Buena Vista, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Buena Vista) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |