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 Erda (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 Erda. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Erda 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 Erda. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Erda:
- Tooele County (The home county of Erda)
- The following are listed by their distance from Erda, with the one closest to Erda listed first.
- Stansbury park
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Mills Junction
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Mills Junction is located in Tooele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mills Junction
- Former names for Mills Junction:
- Milltown
- Millvale
- Milton
- Richville
- Lincoln
(4 miles [6.4 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
- Lake Point
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Point is located in Tooele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Point
- Tooele
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Grantsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Burmester
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Burmester is located in Tooele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burmester
- Bauer
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Bauer is located in Tooele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bauer
- Stockton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Slagtown ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Slagtown is located in Tooele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slagtown
- Former name for Slagtown:
- Martinville
- Slagtown has also been known as:
- Rush Lake
- Gisborn ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Gisborn is located in Tooele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gisborn
- Jacob City ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Jacob City is located in Tooele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacob City
- Davis County
- The following are listed by their distance from Erda, with the one closest to Erda listed first.
- North Salt Lake
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Castle
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Castle is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle
- Val Verda
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Val Verda is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Val Verda
- Woods Cross
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bountiful
(28 miles [45.1 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
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Oakhaven Village is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakhaven Village
- West Bountiful
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bountiful Fort ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bountiful Fort is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bountiful Fort
- Cottonwood Heights
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cottonwood Heights is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood Heights
- Center Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Center Village is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Village
- Centerville Fort ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Centerville Fort is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville Fort
- Centerville
(30 miles [48.3 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>
- Salt Lake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Erda, with the one closest to Erda listed first.
- Bingham ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 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
- Copperfield ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Copperfield is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copperfield
- Former name for Copperfield:
- Upper Bingham
- Highland Boy ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Highland Boy is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Boy
- Garfield ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Garfield is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
- Bacchus ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Bacchus is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bacchus
- Copperton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Copperton is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copperton
- Arthur ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Arthur is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthur
- Browns Townsite
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Browns Townsite is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browns Townsite
- Chambers Townsite
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Chambers Townsite is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambers Townsite
- Magna
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lark ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lark is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lark
- Centennial Village Two
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Utah County
- The following are listed by their distance from Erda, with the one closest to Erda listed first.
- Lincoln
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lincoln is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
- Manning ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Manning is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manning
- Cedar Fort
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Fort is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Fort
- Population from the 2020 Census: 395 people
- Camp Floyd ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Camp Floyd is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Floyd
- Eagle Mountain
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Fairfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Fairfield is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 151 people
- Former name for Fairfield:
- Dobietown
- Lehi
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Saratoga Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Alpine
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- 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
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Erda, see our County-by-County Page for Erda.
Cemeteries Near Erda ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Erda.
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 Erda - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Erda covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Erda, with the one closest to Erda listed first.
- Lake Point Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Tooele's First Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Tooele City Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Chandler Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Grantsville City Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Stockton Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Green Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bingham City Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Herriman Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Valley View Memorial Park
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Old Ophir Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Ophir Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- 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>
- Continue List (58 more) ...
- Wights Fort Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park South
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- St. John Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 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.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Erda had a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Erda, with the one closest to Erda listed first.
- Mills Junction
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Mills Junction is located in Tooele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mills Junction
- Former names for Mills Junction:
- Milltown
- Millvale
- Milton
- Richville
- Tooele
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Lake Point
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Point is located in Tooele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Point
- Grantsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Bingham ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 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
- Stockton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Riter
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Riter is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riter
- Ophir
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Ophir is located in Tooele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ophir
- Estimated population in 2017: 57 people
- Herriman
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- El Dorado
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- El Dorado is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Dorado
- Rush Valley
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Taylorsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Granger
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Granger is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granger
- Saint John
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Saint John is located in Tooele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint John
- West Jordan
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Erda. See our List of 1890's Communities around Erda.
Newspapers Published in Erda ...
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 Erda.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Erda, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Erda.
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 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 Erda:
- Websites specific to Utah
- Pages specific to Tooele County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Davis County
- 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 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Erda) 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 Erda, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |