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 Charleston (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 Charleston. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Charleston is located in Wasatch 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 Wasatch County: Duchesne, Salt Lake, Summit & Utah.
Below are the counties that are near Charleston. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Charleston:
- Wasatch County (The home county of Charleston)
- The following are listed by their distance from Charleston, with the one closest to Charleston listed first.
- Daniel
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Daniel is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daniel
- Estimated population in 2015: 1,058 people
- Midway
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Heber City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- 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>
- Independence
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Independence is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
- Mound City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Mound City is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound City
- Interlaken
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Interlaken is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Interlaken
- Wallsburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Wallsburg is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 397 people
- Former names for Wallsburg:
- Little Warm Valley
- Round Valley
- Wallsburg Fort
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wallsburg <1>
- Jordanelle
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Jordanelle is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordanelle
- Hailstone ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Hailstone is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hailstone
- Timber Lakes
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Cranmer
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Cranmer is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranmer
- Keetley ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Keetley is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keetley
- Salt Lake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Charleston, with the one closest to Charleston listed first.
- Albion Basin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Albion Basin is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion Basin
- Albion Basin has also been known as:
- Albion Alps
- Brighton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Alta
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Alta is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 377 people
- Former name for Alta:
- Central City
- Alta has also been known as:
- Alta City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alta <1>
- Snowbird
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Solitude
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Silver Fork
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Silver Fork is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Fork
- Garden City ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Garden City is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
- Baker Mine ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Baker Mine is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker Mine
- Emmaville ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Emmaville is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmaville
- Canyon Oak Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Canyon Oak Village is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canyon Oak Village
- Dimple Dell Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Dimple Dell Village is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dimple Dell Village
- Summerhill Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Summerhill Village is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerhill Village
- Summit County
- The following are listed by their distance from Charleston, with the one closest to Charleston listed first.
- Park City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Francis
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Francis is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Francis
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,611 people
- Woodland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Kamas Fort ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Kamas Fort is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kamas Fort
- Kamas Fort has also been known as:
- Rhoades Valley Fort
- Kamas
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Snyderville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- South Snyderville Basin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Samak
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Marion
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Marion is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
- Former names for Marion:
- Boulderville
- Morell
- Peoa
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Silver Creek Junction
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Fort Sage Bottom ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- 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
- Utah County
- The following are listed by their distance from Charleston, with the one closest to Charleston listed first.
- Sundance
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Forest City ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Forest City is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City
- Aspen Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Aspen Grove is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aspen Grove
- Vivian Park
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Vivian Park is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vivian Park
- Deer Creek ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Deer Creek is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Creek
- Mutual Dell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Mutual Dell is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mutual Dell
- Silver Lake
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- 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
- Christmas City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Christmas City is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christmas City
- Olmstead
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Olmstead is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olmstead
- Lindon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Hills
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Alpine
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- 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>
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Charleston, see our County-by-County Page for Charleston.
Cemeteries Near Charleston ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Charleston.
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 Charleston - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Charleston covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Charleston, with the one closest to Charleston listed first.
- Charleston Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Midway City Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mound City Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Heber City Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- William Walter Wilson Burial Site
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Wallsburg Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallsburg Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Wallsburg Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of Wallsburg.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #77491 <2>
- Center Creek Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Pioneer Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Alta City Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Glenwood Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Park City Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Orem City Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (69 more) ...
- Francis Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Francis Cemetery
- The Francis Cemetery has also been known as:
- Lower Francis Cemetery
- Upper Francis Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #77233 <2>
- Kamas Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Grove City Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 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.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Charleston had a population of 101 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, Charleston had a population of 496 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Charleston, with the one closest to Charleston listed first.
- Heber City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- 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>
- Midway
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Wallsburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Wallsburg is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 397 people
- Former names for Wallsburg:
- Little Warm Valley
- Round Valley
- Wallsburg Fort
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wallsburg <1>
- Brighton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Alta
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Alta is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 377 people
- Former name for Alta:
- Central City
- Alta has also been known as:
- Alta City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alta <1>
- Park City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Woodland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Garden City ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Garden City is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
- Kamas
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Grove
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Snyderville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Alpine
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- 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>
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- American Fork
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- 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>
- Lakeview
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Lakeview is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Atkinson
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Atkinson is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinson
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Charleston. See our List of 1890's Communities around Charleston.
Newspapers Published in Charleston ...
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 48 newspapers that have been published in the area around Charleston.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Charleston, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Charleston.
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 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 Charleston:
- Websites specific to Utah
- Pages specific to Wasatch County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Salt Lake County
- Summit County
- Utah 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> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Charleston) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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 Charleston, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |