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 The Cliff Lodge (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 The Cliff Lodge. 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 The Cliff Lodge ...
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 The Cliff Lodge: Cliff Ldg. (or less commonly used: Cliff Ldge.)
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 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.
The Cliff Lodge 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 The Cliff Lodge. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to The Cliff Lodge:
- Salt Lake County (The home county of The Cliff Lodge)
- The following are listed by their distance from The Cliff Lodge, with the one closest to The Cliff Lodge listed first.
- Snowbird
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Alta
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- 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>
- Albion Basin
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- 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
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Garden City ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Garden City is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
- Silver Fork
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Silver Fork is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Fork
- Solitude
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Baker Mine ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Baker Mine is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker Mine
- Emmaville ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Emmaville is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmaville
- Scandia Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Scandia Village is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scandia Village
- Cottonwood Heights
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Dimple Dell Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Dimple Dell Village is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dimple Dell Village
- Davis County
- The following are listed by their distance from The Cliff Lodge, with the one closest to The Cliff Lodge listed first.
- Castle
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Castle is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle
- North Salt Lake
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Val Verda
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Val Verda is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Val Verda
- Cottonwood Heights
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Cottonwood Heights is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood Heights
- Oakhaven Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Oakhaven Village is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakhaven Village
- Woods Cross
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Bountiful Fort ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Bountiful Fort is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bountiful Fort
- Bountiful
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- 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>
- Centerville Fort ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Centerville Fort is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville Fort
- Centerville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- 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>
- West Bountiful
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Center Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- 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 The Cliff Lodge, with the one closest to The Cliff Lodge listed first.
- Porterville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Porterville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porterville
- Richville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Richville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richville
- Summit County
- The following are listed by their distance from The Cliff Lodge, with the one closest to The Cliff Lodge listed first.
- Park City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Snyderville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- South Snyderville Basin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Altus ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Altus is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altus
- Summit Park
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Summit Park is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Park
- Gorgosa
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Gorgosa is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gorgosa
- Silver Creek Junction
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- North Snyderville Basin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Rockport ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Rockport is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockport
- Former names for Rockport:
- Crandall
- Enoch City
- Rock Fort
- Fort Sage Bottom ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- 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
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Francis
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Francis is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Francis
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,611 people
- Utah County
- The following are listed by their distance from The Cliff Lodge, with the one closest to The Cliff Lodge listed first.
- Forest City ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Forest City is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City
- Silver Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- 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
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Deer Creek is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Creek
- Mutual Dell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Mutual Dell is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mutual Dell
- Alpine
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- 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>
- Aspen Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Aspen Grove is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aspen Grove
- Cedar Hills
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Highland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sundance
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Grove
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- American Fork
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- 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>
- Lehi
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wasatch County
- The following are listed by their distance from The Cliff Lodge, with the one closest to The Cliff Lodge listed first.
- Interlaken
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Interlaken is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Interlaken
- Mound City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Mound City is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound City
- Midway
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cranmer
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Cranmer is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranmer
- Hailstone ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Hailstone is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hailstone
- Jordanelle
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Jordanelle is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordanelle
- Charleston
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Charleston is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 496 people
- Heber City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- 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>
- Keetley ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Keetley is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keetley
- Hideout
(14 miles [22.5 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
- Daniel
(14 miles [22.5 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
(16 miles [25.7 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 The Cliff Lodge, see our County-by-County Page for The Cliff Lodge.
Cemeteries Near The Cliff Lodge ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of The Cliff Lodge.
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 The Cliff Lodge - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for The Cliff Lodge covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from The Cliff Lodge, with the one closest to The Cliff Lodge listed first.
- Alta City Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Memorial Mtn. View Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- 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>
- Granite City Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- William Walter Wilson Burial Site
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Larkin Sunset Gardens Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Mound City Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Glenwood Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Park City Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Snyderville Pioneer Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Alpine City Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine City Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Alpine City Cemetery is located in Alpine.
- The Alpine City Cemetery has also been known as:
- Alpine Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #77132 <2>
- Midway City Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Holladay Memorial Park
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (85 more) ...
- Union Pioneer Memorial Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Draper City Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Sandy City Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
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 The Cliff Lodge in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of The Cliff Lodge.
These communities are listed based on their distance from The Cliff Lodge, with the one closest to The Cliff Lodge listed first.
- Alta
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- 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>
- Brighton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Garden City ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Garden City is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
- Park City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Snyderville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Alpine
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- 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>
- Midway
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cottonwood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cottonwood is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood
- Sandy
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Draper
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Union
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Union is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Charleston
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Charleston is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 496 people
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Heber City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- 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>
- Sugar House ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Sugar House is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar House
- Millcreek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Millcreek is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millcreek
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around The Cliff Lodge. See our List of 1890's Communities around The Cliff Lodge.
Newspapers Published in The Cliff Lodge ...
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 4 newspapers that have been published in the area around The Cliff Lodge.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of The Cliff Lodge, there are papers which were published within 4 miles [6.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for The Cliff Lodge.
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 The Cliff Lodge:
- Websites specific to Utah
- Pages specific to Salt Lake County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Davis County
- Morgan County
- Summit 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 The Cliff Lodge, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- The Cliff Lodge) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |