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 Denver City (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 Denver City. 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 northwest 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 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 west 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.
Denver City 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 Denver City. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Denver City:
- Salt Lake County (The home county of Denver City)
- The following are listed by their distance from Denver City, with the one closest to Denver City listed first.
- Jackson Park Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Jackson Park Village is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Park Village
- Buena Vista
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Buena Vista is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Garden City Addition
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Garden City Addition is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City Addition
- Fort Salt Lake City ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Fort Salt Lake City is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Salt Lake City
- Granite
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Granite is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite
- Lincoln Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Lincoln Village is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Village
- Salt Lake City
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Riter
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Riter is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riter
- Redwood Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Redwood Village is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redwood Village
- Westlake Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Westlake Village is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westlake Village
- Victory Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Victory Village is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory Village
- Saltair ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Saltair is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saltair
- Clark Village Gardens
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Clark Village Gardens is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark Village Gardens
- Davis County
- The following are listed by their distance from Denver City, with the one closest to Denver City listed first.
- North Salt Lake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Castle
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Castle is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle
- Val Verda
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Val Verda is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Val Verda
- Woods Cross
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bountiful
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- 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
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Oakhaven Village is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakhaven Village
- West Bountiful
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bountiful Fort ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Bountiful Fort is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bountiful Fort
- Cottonwood Heights
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Cottonwood Heights is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood Heights
- Center Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Center Village is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Village
- Centerville Fort ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Centerville Fort is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville Fort
- Centerville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- 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>
- Benchmark Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Benchmark Village is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benchmark Village
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Denver City, with the one closest to Denver City listed first.
- Porterville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Porterville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porterville
- Littleton ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Littleton is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littleton
- Richville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Richville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richville
- Milton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Milton is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton
- Morgan
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Como Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Como Springs is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Como Springs
- Enterprise
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Enterprise is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Peterson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Peterson is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peterson
- Mountain Green
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Mountain Green is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Green
- Devils Slide ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Devils Slide is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devils Slide
- Croydon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Croydon is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Croydon
- Summit County
- The following are listed by their distance from Denver City, with the one closest to Denver City listed first.
- Altus ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Altus is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altus
- Summit Park
(19 miles [30.6 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
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- South Snyderville Basin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- North Snyderville Basin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Silver Creek Junction
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Park City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Henefer
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wanship
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Echo City ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Echo City is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo City
- Echo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Tooele County
- The following are listed by their distance from Denver City, with the one closest to Denver City listed first.
- Lake Point
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Point is located in Tooele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Point
- Mills Junction
(18 miles [29 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
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Erda
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lincoln
(21 miles [33.8 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
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Burmester
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Burmester is located in Tooele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burmester
- Grantsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bauer
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bauer is located in Tooele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bauer
- Utah County
- The following are listed by their distance from Denver City, with the one closest to Denver City listed first.
- Lincoln
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lincoln is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
- Alpine
(26 miles [41.8 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
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Lehi
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Forest City ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Forest City is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City
- Silver Lake
(27 miles [43.5 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
- Cedar Hills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Deer Creek ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Deer Creek is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Creek
- American Fork
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- 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
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mutual Dell is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mutual Dell
- Weber County
- The following are listed by their distance from Denver City, with the one closest to Denver City listed first.
- Uintah Fort ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Uintah Fort is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uintah Fort
- Fort Kington ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Fort Kington is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Kington
- Uintah Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Uintah Village is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uintah Village
- Uintah
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Yorkshire Meadow
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Yorkshire Meadow is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkshire Meadow
- Adamdell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Adamdell is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamdell
- Rigde Villa
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Rigde Villa is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rigde Villa
- Roy
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Washington Terrace
(25 miles [40.2 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
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Greenwood Village is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Village
- Hidden Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Hidden Village is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Village
- Hooper
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Riverdale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Denver City, see our County-by-County Page for Denver City.
Cemeteries Near Denver City ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Denver City.
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 Denver City - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Denver City covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Denver City, with the one closest to Denver City listed first.
- Brigham Young Family Memorial Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Kimball - Whitney Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Memory Grove Memorial
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- St. Paul's Episcopal Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- B'nai Israel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Montefiore Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Mt. Calvary Catholic Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Salt Lake City Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Shaarey Tzedek Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Shrine of Memorial Mausoleum
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Bountiful Memorial Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sessions Settlement Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (82 more) ...
- Mt. Olivet Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Daniel Wood Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- 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>
- Valley View Memorial Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
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 Denver City in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Denver City.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Denver City, with the one closest to Denver City listed first.
- Buena Vista
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Buena Vista is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Hot Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Hot Springs is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hot Springs
- Riter
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Riter is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riter
- El Dorado
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- El Dorado is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Dorado
- Franklin
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Franklin is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
- Salt Lake City
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Woods Cross
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Granger
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Granger is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granger
- Williams
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Williams is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams
- Fort Douglas
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- 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
- Taylorsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Millcreek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Millcreek is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millcreek
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Sugar House ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Sugar House is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar House
- Centerville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- 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>
- Murray
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- 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 Denver City. See our List of 1890's Communities around Denver City.
Newspapers Published in Denver City ...
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 157 newspapers that have been published in the area around Denver City.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Denver City, there are papers which were published within 5 miles [8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Denver City.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Denver City:
- 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
- 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 Denver City, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Denver City) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |