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 Crosby (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 Crosby. 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 hospitals and 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.
Crosby is located in Davis 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 Davis County: Box Elder, Morgan, Salt Lake, Tooele & Weber.
Below are the counties that are near Crosby. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Crosby:
- Davis County (The home county of Crosby)
- The following are listed by their distance from Crosby, with the one closest to Crosby listed first.
- Val Verda
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Val Verda is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Val Verda
- Castle
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Castle is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle
- North Salt Lake
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Oakhaven Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Oakhaven Village is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakhaven Village
- Woods Cross
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bountiful Fort ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Bountiful Fort is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bountiful Fort
- Bountiful
(3 miles [4.8 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>
- Cottonwood Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Cottonwood Heights is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood Heights
- West Bountiful
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Center Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Center Village is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Village
- Centerville Fort ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Centerville Fort is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville Fort
- Centerville
(5 miles [8 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 Crosby, with the one closest to Crosby listed first.
- Porterville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Porterville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porterville
- Richville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Richville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richville
- Littleton ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Littleton is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littleton
- Como Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Como Springs is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Como Springs
- Milton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Milton is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton
- Morgan
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Enterprise
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Enterprise is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Peterson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Peterson is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peterson
- Mountain Green
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Mountain Green is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Green
- Devils Slide ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Devils Slide is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devils Slide
- Croydon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Croydon is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Croydon
- Salt Lake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Crosby, with the one closest to Crosby listed first.
- Jackson Park Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Jackson Park Village is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Park Village
- San Domingo City ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- San Domingo City is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Domingo City
- Fort Salt Lake City ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Fort Salt Lake City is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Salt Lake City
- Salt Lake City
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Fort Douglas
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- 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
- Denver City
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Denver City is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denver City
- Granite
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Granite is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite
- University Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- University Village is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Village
- Lincoln Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Lincoln Village is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Village
- Victory Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Victory Village is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory Village
- Foothill Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Foothill Village is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foothill Village
- Buena Vista
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Buena Vista is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Summit County
- The following are listed by their distance from Crosby, with the one closest to Crosby listed first.
- Altus ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Altus is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altus
- Summit Park
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Summit Park is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Park
- Gorgosa
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Gorgosa is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gorgosa
- North Snyderville Basin
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Snyderville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- South Snyderville Basin
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Silver Creek Junction
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Henefer
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Park City
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Wanship
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Echo City ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Echo City is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo City
- Echo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Tooele County
- The following are listed by their distance from Crosby, with the one closest to Crosby listed first.
- Lake Point
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Point is located in Tooele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Point
- Mills Junction
(24 miles [38.6 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
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Erda
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lincoln
(27 miles [43.5 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
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Utah County
- The following are listed by their distance from Crosby, with the one closest to Crosby listed first.
- Forest City ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Forest City is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City
- Silver Lake
(26 miles [41.8 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
- Alpine
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- 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>
- Deer Creek ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Deer Creek is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Creek
- Lincoln
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lincoln is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
- Highland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Cedar Hills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Lehi
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Mutual Dell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mutual Dell is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mutual Dell
- Wasatch County
- The following are listed by their distance from Crosby, with the one closest to Crosby listed first.
- Cranmer
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cranmer is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranmer
- Hideout
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hideout is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hideout
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,254 people
- Keetley ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Keetley is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keetley
- Hailstone ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hailstone is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hailstone
- Interlaken
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Interlaken is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Interlaken
- Jordanelle
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jordanelle is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordanelle
- 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
- Midway
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Weber County
- The following are listed by their distance from Crosby, with the one closest to Crosby listed first.
- Uintah Fort ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Uintah Fort is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uintah Fort
- Fort Kington ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Fort Kington is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Kington
- Uintah
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Rigde Villa
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Rigde Villa is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rigde Villa
- Uintah Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Uintah Village is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uintah Village
- Yorkshire Meadow
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Yorkshire Meadow is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkshire Meadow
- Adamdell
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Adamdell is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamdell
- Washington Terrace
(23 miles [37 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
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Greenwood Village is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Village
- Hidden Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Hidden Village is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Village
- Riverdale
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Roy
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Crosby, see our County-by-County Page for Crosby.
Cemeteries Near Crosby ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Crosby.
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 Crosby - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Crosby covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Crosby, with the one closest to Crosby listed first.
- Bountiful Memorial Park
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Sessions Settlement Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Lakeview Memorial Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Daniel Wood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daniel Wood Cemetery
- The Daniel Wood Cemetery has also been known as:
- David Wood Cemetery
- Nathan's Burial Ground
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #109238 <2>
- Kimball - Whitney Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Brigham Young Family Memorial Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Memory Grove Memorial
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- B'nai Israel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Shaarey Tzedek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Montefiore Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Salt Lake City Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Shrine of Memorial Mausoleum
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Continue List (88 more) ...
- Mt. Calvary Catholic Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- St. Paul's Episcopal Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Centerville City Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
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 Crosby in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Crosby.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Crosby, with the one closest to Crosby listed first.
- Hot Springs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hot Springs is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hot Springs
- Woods Cross
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Salt Lake City
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Fort Douglas
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- 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
- Centerville
(5 miles [8 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>
- Franklin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Franklin is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
- Buena Vista
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Buena Vista is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Williams
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Williams is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams
- Sugar House ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Sugar House is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar House
- El Dorado
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- El Dorado is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Dorado
- Granger
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Granger is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granger
- Millcreek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Millcreek is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millcreek
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Farmington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Riter
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Riter is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riter
- Murray
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- 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>
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Crosby. See our List of 1890's Communities around Crosby.
Newspapers Published in Crosby ...
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 Crosby.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Crosby, 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 Crosby.
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 Crosby:
- Websites specific to Utah
- Pages specific to Davis County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Morgan County
- Salt Lake 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 Crosby, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Crosby) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |