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 Candlestick Park (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 Candlestick Park. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Candlestick Park 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 Candlestick Park. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Candlestick Park:
- Salt Lake County (The home county of Candlestick Park)
- The following are listed by their distance from Candlestick Park, with the one closest to Candlestick Park listed first.
- Westlake Village
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Westlake Village is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westlake Village
- Briargate
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Briargate is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briargate
- Redwood Village
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Redwood Village is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redwood Village
- West Valley City
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Westwood Village
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Westwood Village is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westwood Village
- Garden City Addition
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Garden City Addition is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City Addition
- Indian Village South
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Indian Village South is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village South
- Taylorsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Woodhaven Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Woodhaven Village is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodhaven Village
- Hector Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hector Village is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hector Village
- Kearns
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cherrywood Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Cherrywood Village is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherrywood Village
- Davis County
- The following are listed by their distance from Candlestick Park, with the one closest to Candlestick Park listed first.
- North Salt Lake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Castle
(11 miles [17.7 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
- Bountiful
(13 miles [20.9 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>
- 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
- Woods Cross
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- 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
- 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
- West Bountiful
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Center Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Center Village is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Village
- 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>
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Candlestick Park, with the one closest to Candlestick Park listed first.
- Porterville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Porterville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porterville
- Richville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Richville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richville
- Littleton ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Littleton is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littleton
- Como Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Como Springs is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Como Springs
- Milton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Milton is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton
- Morgan
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Enterprise
(30 miles [48.3 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
- Summit County
- The following are listed by their distance from Candlestick Park, with the one closest to Candlestick Park 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
(21 miles [33.8 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)
- Park City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Silver Creek Junction
(24 miles [38.6 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
- Wanship
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Tooele County
- The following are listed by their distance from Candlestick Park, with the one closest to Candlestick Park listed first.
- Lake Point
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Lake Point is located in Tooele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Point
- Lincoln
(17 miles [27.4 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
- Mills Junction
(17 miles [27.4 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
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Erda
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Tooele
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bauer
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bauer is located in Tooele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bauer
- Burmester
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Burmester is located in Tooele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burmester
- Gisborn ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Gisborn is located in Tooele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gisborn
- Jacob City ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jacob City is located in Tooele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacob City
- Ophir
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ophir is located in Tooele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ophir
- Estimated population in 2017: 57 people
- Stockton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Utah County
- The following are listed by their distance from Candlestick Park, with the one closest to Candlestick Park listed first.
- Lincoln
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lincoln is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
- Lehi
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Alpine
(19 miles [30.6 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
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Hills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Silver Lake
(21 miles [33.8 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
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Deer Creek is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Creek
- Forest City ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Forest City is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City
- American Fork
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- 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
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Mutual Dell is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mutual Dell
- Saratoga Springs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Grove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Wasatch County
- The following are listed by their distance from Candlestick Park, with the one closest to Candlestick Park listed first.
- Mound City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mound City is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound City
- Interlaken
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Interlaken is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Interlaken
- Cranmer
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Cranmer is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranmer
- Jordanelle
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Jordanelle is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordanelle
- Midway
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hailstone ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Hailstone is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hailstone
- Hideout
(29 miles [46.7 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
- Keetley ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Keetley is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keetley
- Charleston
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Charleston is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 496 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Candlestick Park, see our County-by-County Page for Candlestick Park.
Cemeteries Near Candlestick Park ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Candlestick Park.
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 Candlestick Park - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Candlestick Park covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Candlestick Park, with the one closest to Candlestick Park listed first.
- Valley View Memorial Park
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Taylorsville Memorial Park
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Redwood Memorial Estates Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- 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>
- West Jordan City Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Murray City Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- 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>
- Elysian Burial Gardens
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Cutler Hill Pioneer Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Midvale City Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Brigham Young Family Memorial Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Kimball - Whitney Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wights Fort Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Continue List (86 more) ...
- Holladay Memorial Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Mt. Olivet Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- St. Paul's Episcopal Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
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 Candlestick Park in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Candlestick Park.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Candlestick Park, with the one closest to Candlestick Park listed first.
- Granger
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Granger is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granger
- Taylorsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- El Dorado
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- El Dorado is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Dorado
- Buena Vista
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Buena Vista is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Murray
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- 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>
- Millcreek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Millcreek is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millcreek
- West Jordan
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Franklin
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Franklin is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
- Salt Lake City
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Union
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Union is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Sugar House ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Sugar House is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar House
- Williams
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Williams is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Cottonwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Cottonwood is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood
- Riter
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Riter is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riter
- Fort Douglas
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- 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
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Candlestick Park. See our List of 1890's Communities around Candlestick Park.
Newspapers Published in Candlestick Park ...
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 3 newspapers that have been published in the area around Candlestick Park.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Candlestick Park, 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 Candlestick Park.
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 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 Candlestick Park:
- 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 Candlestick Park, 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' (or 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- Candlestick Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |