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 Dolomite (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 Dolomite. 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 doctors and 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.
Dolomite is located in Tooele 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 Tooele County: Elko (NV), White Pine (NV), Box Elder, Davis, Juab, Salt Lake, Utah & Weber.
Below are the counties that are near Dolomite. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Dolomite:
- Tooele County (The home county of Dolomite)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dolomite, with the one closest to Dolomite listed first.
- Rowley Junction ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Rowley Junction is located in Tooele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowley Junction
- Former names for Rowley Junction:
- Rowley
- Spring Valley
- Timpie
- Burmester
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Burmester is located in Tooele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burmester
- Grantsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Delle
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Delle is located in Tooele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delle
- Iosepa ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Iosepa is located in Tooele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iosepa
- Mills Junction
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- 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
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Erda
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Point
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Lake Point is located in Tooele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Point
- Tooele
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Bauer
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Bauer is located in Tooele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bauer
- Lincoln
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Lincoln is located in Tooele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
- Former names for Lincoln:
- Lake View
- Pine Canyon
- Low ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Low is located in Tooele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Low
- Salt Lake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dolomite, with the one closest to Dolomite listed first.
- Garfield ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Garfield is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
- Arthur ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Arthur is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthur
- Browns Townsite
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Browns Townsite is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browns Townsite
- Chambers Townsite
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Chambers Townsite is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambers Townsite
- Copperfield ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Copperfield is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copperfield
- Former name for Copperfield:
- Upper Bingham
- Magna
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Highland Boy ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Highland Boy is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Boy
- Bacchus ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Bacchus is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bacchus
- Bingham ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Bingham is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bingham
- Bingham has also been known as:
- Bingham Canyon
- Bingham Herd House
- Binghams Gulch
- Jinxtown
- Saltair ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Saltair is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saltair
- Centennial Village Two
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Centennial Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Centennial Village is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centennial Village
- Copperton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Copperton is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copperton
- Utah County
- Lincoln
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Lincoln is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Dolomite, see our County-by-County Page for Dolomite.
Cemeteries Near Dolomite ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Dolomite.
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 Dolomite - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Dolomite covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Dolomite, with the one closest to Dolomite listed first.
- Grantsville City Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Iosepa Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iosepa Cemetery
- The Iosepa Cemetery has also been known as:
- Iosepa Settlement Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #109327 <2>
- Lake Point Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Tooele's First Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Tooele City Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Stockton Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- St. John Cemetery
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Green Cemetery
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Clover Cemetery
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Chandler Cemetery
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bingham City Cemetery
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Frary Gravesite
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Johnson Cemetery
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Old Ophir Cemetery
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ophir Cemetery
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ophir Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Ophir Cemetery is located 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> to the southeast of Stockton.
- The Ophir Cemetery has also been known as:
- Ophir New Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #109329 <2>
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>
While we didn't find Dolomite in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Dolomite.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Dolomite, with the one closest to Dolomite listed first.
- Grantsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Erda
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mills Junction
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Mills Junction is located in Tooele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mills Junction
- Former names for Mills Junction:
- Milltown
- Millvale
- Milton
- Richville
- Lake Point
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Lake Point is located in Tooele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Point
- Tooele
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Stockton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Rush Valley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Saint John
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Saint John is located in Tooele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint John
- Bingham ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Bingham is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bingham
- Bingham has also been known as:
- Bingham Canyon
- Bingham Herd House
- Binghams Gulch
- Jinxtown
- Riter
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Riter is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riter
- Ophir
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ophir is located in Tooele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ophir
- Estimated population in 2017: 57 people
- El Dorado
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- El Dorado is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Dorado
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Dolomite. See our List of 1890's Communities around Dolomite.
Newspapers Published in Dolomite ...
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 25 newspapers that have been published in the area around Dolomite.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Dolomite, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Dolomite.
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 Dolomite:
- Websites specific to Utah
- Pages specific to Tooele County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Salt Lake 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Dolomite) 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 Dolomite, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |