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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 Callao (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 Callao. 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 Callao ...

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.

Callao was originally named Willow Springs

Callao has also been known as: Willow Springs Station.

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.

A Few Details for Callao ...

While it's still very early in our research, we found that:

  • Callao was established in 1870.

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.

Callao is located in Juab 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 Juab County: White Pine (NV), Millard, Sanpete, Tooele & Utah.

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

  • Juab County     (The home county of Callao)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Callao, with the one closest to Callao listed first.
    • Boyd Station ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Boyd Station. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyd Station
      • Boyd Station is located in Juab County
    • Trout Creek
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Trout Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trout Creek
      • Trout Creek is located in Juab County
    • Goshute
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshute
      • Goshute is located in Juab County
    • Fish Springs ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Fish Springs. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fish Springs
      • Fish Springs is located in Juab County
    • Partoun
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Partoun
      • Partoun is located in Juab County
    • Black Rock Station ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Black Rock Station. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Rock Station
      • Black Rock Station is located in Juab County
      • Black Rock Station has also been known as:
      • Rock House Station
  • Tooele County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Callao, with the one closest to Callao listed first.
    • Canyon Station ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Canyon Station. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canyon Station
      • Canyon Station is located in Tooele County
    • Clifton ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
      • Clifton is located in Tooele County
    • Ibapah
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Gold Hill
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Hill
      • Gold Hill is located in Tooele County
  • Elko County (NV)
    • Ferber Mining District ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Ferber Mining District. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferber Mining District
      • Ferber Mining District is located in Elko County (NV)
  • White Pine County (NV)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Callao, with the one closest to Callao listed first.
    • Parker ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parker
      • Parker is located in White Pine County (NV)
    • Tungstonia ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tungstonia have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tungstonia
      • Tungstonia is located in White Pine County (NV)

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

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start 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 Callao:

Cemeteries Near Callao ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Callao.

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

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Callao, with the one closest to Callao 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.<5>

While we didn't find Callao in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Callao.

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

  • Trout Creek
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Trout Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trout Creek
    • Trout Creek is located in Juab County
  • Ibapah
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)

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

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Callao. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Juab County: www.co.juab.ut.us/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>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.
<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 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.
<5>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 Callao, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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