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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 Dennis (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 Dennis. 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 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.

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

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

  • Juab County     (The home county of Dennis)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dennis, with the one closest to Dennis listed first.
    • Diamond ‑ Historic
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Diamond is located in Juab County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond
    • Tintic ‑ Historic
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Tintic is located in Juab County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tintic
      • Tintic has also been known as:
      • Ely Mills
      • McIntyre
    • Mammoth
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Mammoth is located in Juab County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mammoth
      • Mammoth has also been known as:
      • Robinson
    • Silver City ‑ Historic
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Silver City is located in Juab County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
    • Ironton ‑ Historic
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Ironton is located in Juab County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironton
    • Eureka
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Knightville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Knightville is located in Juab County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knightville
    • Jericho ‑ Historic
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Jericho is located in Juab County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
    • Jericho Junction ‑ Historic
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Jericho Junction is located in Juab County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho Junction
    • Mona
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Boulter
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Boulter is located in Juab County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boulter
    • Fort Nephi ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Fort Nephi is located in Juab County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Nephi
  • Millard County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dennis, with the one closest to Dennis listed first.
    • Leamington
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Lynndyl
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Lynndyl is located in Millard County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynndyl
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 117 people
      • Former name for Lynndyl:
      • Leamington Hill Junction
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lynndyl <1>
  • Sanpete County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dennis, with the one closest to Dennis listed first.
    • Fountain Green
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Freedom
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Freedom is located in Sanpete County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom
  • Tooele County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dennis, with the one closest to Dennis listed first.
    • Scranton ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Scranton is located in Tooele County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scranton
    • Lofgreen ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Lofgreen is located in Tooele County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lofgreen
      • Lofgreen has also been known as:
      • Lofgreen Siding
    • Benmore ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Benmore is located in Tooele County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benmore
    • Topliff ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Topliff is located in Tooele County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Topliff
    • Vernon
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Faust ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Faust is located in Tooele County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faust
  • Utah County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dennis, with the one closest to Dennis listed first.
    • Dividend ‑ Historic
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Dividend is located in Utah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dividend
    • Homansville ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Homansville is located in Utah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homansville
    • Elberta
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Goshen
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Goshen ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Goshen is located in Utah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
      • Former names for Goshen:
      • Lower Goshen
      • Mechanicsville
      • Sandtown
      • Sodom
      • Goshen has also been known as:
      • Old Goshen
    • Genola
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Genola is located in Utah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genola
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,597 people
    • Santaquin
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Mosida ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Mosida is located in Utah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mosida
    • Spring Lake
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Spring Lake is located in Utah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lake
    • West Mountain
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • West Mountain is located in Utah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Mountain
    • Payson
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Payson is located in Utah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Payson
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 21,033 people
      • Former names for Payson:
      • Fort Peteetneet
      • Pacen
      • Peteetneet
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Payson <1>
    • Elk Ridge
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Elk Ridge is located in Utah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Ridge
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,427 people

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

Cemeteries Near Dennis ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Dennis.

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 Dennis - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Dennis covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Dennis, with the one closest to Dennis 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.<3>

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

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

  • Mammoth
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Mammoth is located in Juab County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mammoth
    • Mammoth has also been known as:
    • Robinson
  • Silver City ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Silver City is located in Juab County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
  • Mammoth Junction
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Mammoth Junction is located in Juab County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mammoth Junction
  • Ironton ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Ironton is located in Juab County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironton
  • Eureka
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Mona
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Goshen
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Nephi
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Nephi is located in Juab County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nephi
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,479 people
    • Former name for Nephi:
    • Little Chicago
    • Nephi has also been known as:
    • Nephi City
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nephi <1>
  • Santaquin
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Levan
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Leamington
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
  • Payson
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Payson is located in Utah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Payson
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 21,033 people
    • Former names for Payson:
    • Fort Peteetneet
    • Pacen
    • Peteetneet
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Payson <1>
  • Continue List   (7 more) ...
    • Mills ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Mills is located in Juab County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mills
      • Former names for Mills:
      • Suckertown
      • Wellingtno
    • Vernon
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Salem
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)

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

Newspapers Published in Dennis ...

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 16 newspapers that have been published in the area around Dennis.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Dennis, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Dennis.

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 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 Dennis:

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 Dennis, 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 from Point A (ie- Dennis) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.