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 Durfee Creek Estates (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 Durfee Creek Estates. 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 Durfee Creek Estates ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Durfee Creek Estates: Durfee Crk. Ests. (or less commonly used: Durfee Ck. Ests. or Durfee Cr. Ests.)
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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.
Durfee Creek Estates is located in Weber 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 Weber County: Box Elder, Cache, Davis, Morgan, Rich & Tooele.
Below are the counties that are near Durfee Creek Estates. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Durfee Creek Estates:
- Weber County (The home county of Durfee Creek Estates)
- The following are listed by their distance from Durfee Creek Estates, with the one closest to Durfee Creek Estates listed first.
- Willow Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Willow Creek is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Creek
- Liberty
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Liberty is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Wolf Creek Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Wolf Creek Village is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Creek Village
- North Ogden
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- North Ogden Fort ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- North Ogden Fort is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Ogden Fort
- Pleasant View
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant View is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,808 people
- Eden Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Eden Village is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden Village
- Eden
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ron Clare Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Ron Clare Village is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ron Clare Village
- Farr West
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Harrisville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Harrisville is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,845 people
- Idlewild Townsite
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Idlewild Townsite is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idlewild Townsite
- Bingham's Fort ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bingham's Fort is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bingham's Fort
- Box Elder County
- The following are listed by their distance from Durfee Creek Estates, with the one closest to Durfee Creek Estates listed first.
- South Willard
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- South Willard is located in Box Elder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Willard
- Willard
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Willow Creek Fort ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Willow Creek Fort is located in Box Elder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Creek Fort
- Mantua
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Mantua is located in Box Elder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mantua
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,019 people
- Former names for Mantua:
- Copenhagen
- Flaxville
- Geneva
- Little Valley
- Perry
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Box Elder Fort ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Box Elder Fort is located in Box Elder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Box Elder Fort
- Brigham City Fort ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Brigham City Fort is located in Box Elder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brigham City Fort
- Brigham City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Brigham City is located in Box Elder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brigham City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 19,717 people
- Former names for Brigham City:
- Box Elder
- Youngsville
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brigham City <1>
- Fort Davis ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fort Davis is located in Box Elder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Davis
- Fort Davis has also been known as:
- Davis Fort
- Corinne
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Call's Fort
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Call's Fort is located in Box Elder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Call's Fort
- Bear River City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Bear River City is located in Box Elder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear River City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 896 people
- Bear River City has also been known as:
- Bear River
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bear River City <1>
- Bear River Fort ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Bear River Fort is located in Box Elder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear River Fort
- Cache County
- The following are listed by their distance from Durfee Creek Estates, with the one closest to Durfee Creek Estates listed first.
- Avon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Avon is located in Cache County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
- La Plata ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- La Plata is located in Cache County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Plata
- Paradise
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Wellsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Hyrum
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Nibley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Nibley is located in Cache County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nibley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,168 people
- Monte Christo ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Monte Christo is located in Cache County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monte Christo
- Millville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Mendon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Providence
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- River Heights
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- River Heights is located in Cache County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,141 people
- Logan
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Logan is located in Cache County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 51,680 people
- Former name for Logan:
- Fort Logan
- Logan has also been known as:
- Logan City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Logan <1>
- Greenville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Greenville is located in Cache County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
- Davis County
- The following are listed by their distance from Durfee Creek Estates, with the one closest to Durfee Creek Estates listed first.
- Kingston Fort ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Kingston Fort is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston Fort
- South Weber
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Clint Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Clint Village is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clint Village
- Arsenal
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Arsenal is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arsenal
- Sunset
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Al Vi Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Al Vi Village is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Al Vi Village
- Clinton
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Country Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Country Village is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Village
- Sahara Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Sahara Village is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sahara Village
- Smith Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Smith Village is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Village
- Clearfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- West Point
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Anchorage
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Anchorage is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anchorage
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Durfee Creek Estates, with the one closest to Durfee Creek Estates listed first.
- Mountain Green
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Mountain Green is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Green
- Peterson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Peterson is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peterson
- Enterprise
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Enterprise is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Milton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Milton is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton
- Littleton ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Littleton is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littleton
- Morgan
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Como Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Como Springs is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Como Springs
- Devils Slide ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Devils Slide is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devils Slide
- Richville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Richville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richville
- Croydon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Croydon is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Croydon
- Porterville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Porterville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porterville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Durfee Creek Estates, see our County-by-County Page for Durfee Creek Estates.
Cemeteries Near Durfee Creek Estates ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Durfee Creek Estates.
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 Durfee Creek Estates - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Durfee Creek Estates covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Durfee Creek Estates, with the one closest to Durfee Creek Estates listed first.
- Liberty Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ben Lomond Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Mountain View Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Meadow View Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Willard Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willard Cemetery
- The Willard Cemetery has also been known as:
- Willard City Cemetery
- Willard Precinct Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #565416 <2>
- Willard Pioneer Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Evergreen Memorial Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Mantua Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Perry Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Huntsville Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Brigham City Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Plain City Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (57 more) ...
- Ogden City Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Avon Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Avon Cemetery is located outside and to the northwest of Avon.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #109219 <2>
- West Weber Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
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 Durfee Creek Estates in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Durfee Creek Estates.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Durfee Creek Estates, with the one closest to Durfee Creek Estates listed first.
- North Ogden
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Eden
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Willard
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Harrisville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Harrisville is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,845 people
- Slaterville ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Slaterville is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slaterville
- Brigham City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Brigham City is located in Box Elder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brigham City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 19,717 people
- Former names for Brigham City:
- Box Elder
- Youngsville
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brigham City <1>
- Plain City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Plain City is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plain City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,862 people
- Ogden
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Ogden is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 87,387 people
- Former names for Ogden:
- Brownsville
- Fort Buenaventura
- Ogden has also been known as:
- Ogden City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ogden <1>
- Huntsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Huntsville is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 639 people
- Former names for Huntsville:
- Hawkins Grove
- Huntsville Fort
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Huntsville <1>
- Paradise
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Riverdale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Corinne
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Uintah
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Wellsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Hyrum
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Durfee Creek Estates. See our List of 1890's Communities around Durfee Creek Estates.
Newspapers Published in Durfee Creek Estates ...
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 1 newspapers that have been published in the area around Durfee Creek Estates.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Durfee Creek Estates, 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 Durfee Creek Estates.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Durfee Creek Estates:
- Websites specific to Utah
- Pages specific to Weber County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Box Elder County
- Cache County
- Davis County
- Morgan 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 Durfee Creek Estates, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Durfee Creek Estates) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |