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 Fairmount (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 Fairmount. 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 Fairmount ...
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.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
Another variation: Fair Mount.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Fairmount. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Fairmount.
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 and hospitals 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.
Fairmount 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 Fairmount. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Fairmount:
- Weber County (The home county of Fairmount)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fairmount, with the one closest to Fairmount listed first.
- Idlewild Townsite
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Idlewild Townsite is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idlewild Townsite
- Robinson
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Robinson is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson
- Farr's Fort ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Farr's Fort is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farr's Fort
- Ron Clare Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ron Clare Village is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ron Clare Village
- Lynn
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Lynn is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn
- Former names for Lynn:
- Bingham Fort
- Five Points
- Fort Bingham
- Lynne
- Mound Fort ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Mound Fort is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound Fort
- Ogden Fort ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Ogden Fort is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogden Fort
- Ogden
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- 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>
- Browns Fort ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Browns Fort is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browns Fort
- Bingham's Fort ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Bingham's Fort is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bingham's Fort
- Century Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Century Village is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Century Village
- Evona
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Evona is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evona
- Box Elder County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fairmount, with the one closest to Fairmount listed first.
- South Willard
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- South Willard is located in Box Elder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Willard
- Willard
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Willow Creek Fort ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Willow Creek Fort is located in Box Elder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Creek Fort
- Perry
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mantua
(17 miles [27.4 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
- Box Elder Fort ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Box Elder Fort is located in Box Elder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Box Elder Fort
- Brigham City Fort ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Brigham City Fort is located in Box Elder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brigham City Fort
- Brigham City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- 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
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- 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
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Call's Fort
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Call's Fort is located in Box Elder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Call's Fort
- Promontory Point ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Promontory Point is located in Box Elder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Promontory Point
- Cache County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fairmount, with the one closest to Fairmount listed first.
- La Plata ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- La Plata is located in Cache County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Plata
- Avon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Avon is located in Cache County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
- Paradise
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Monte Christo ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Monte Christo is located in Cache County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monte Christo
- Wellsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Hyrum
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Nibley
(29 miles [46.7 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
- Millville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Davis County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fairmount, with the one closest to Fairmount listed first.
- South Weber
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Kingston Fort ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Kingston Fort is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston Fort
- Arsenal
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Arsenal is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arsenal
- Clint Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Clint Village is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clint Village
- Sunset
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sahara Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Sahara Village is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sahara Village
- Al Vi Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Al Vi Village is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Al Vi Village
- Clinton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Smith Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Smith Village is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Village
- Clearfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Country Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Country Village is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Village
- Anchorage
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Anchorage is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anchorage
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fairmount, with the one closest to Fairmount listed first.
- Mountain Green
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Mountain Green is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Green
- Peterson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Peterson is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peterson
- Enterprise
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Enterprise is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Milton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Milton is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton
- Littleton ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Littleton is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littleton
- Como Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Como Springs is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Como Springs
- Morgan
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Richville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Richville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richville
- Porterville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Porterville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porterville
- Devils Slide ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Devils Slide is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devils Slide
- Croydon
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Croydon is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Croydon
- Salt Lake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fairmount, with the one closest to Fairmount listed first.
- San Domingo City ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- San Domingo City is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Domingo City
- Denver City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Denver City is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denver City
- Summit County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fairmount, with the one closest to Fairmount listed first.
- Henefer
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Echo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Echo City ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Echo City is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo City
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Fairmount, see our County-by-County Page for Fairmount.
Cemeteries Near Fairmount ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fairmount.
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 Fairmount - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Fairmount covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Fairmount, with the one closest to Fairmount listed first.
- Ogden City Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Evergreen Memorial Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Aultorest Memorial Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aultorest Memorial Park
- The Aultorest Memorial Park has also been known as:
- Leavitt's Aultorest Memorial Park
- Mt. Ogden Memorial Park
- Mountain View Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #77140 <2>
- Lindquist's Washington Heights Memorial Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Lindquist's Memorial Gardens of the Wasatch
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Huntsville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Meadow View Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Ben Lomond Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Uintah Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uintah Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Uintah Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Uintah.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #77474 <2>
- Mountain View Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Liberty Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- South Weber Historical Pioneer Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (49 more) ...
- West Haven Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Roy City Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mountain Green Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
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 Fairmount in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Fairmount.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Fairmount, with the one closest to Fairmount listed first.
- Ogden
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- 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>
- North Ogden
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Harrisville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Harrisville is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,845 people
- Uintah
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Huntsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- 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>
- Eden
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Riverdale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Slaterville ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Slaterville is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slaterville
- Plain City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Plain City is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plain City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,862 people
- Steed
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Steed is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steed
- Peterson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Peterson is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peterson
- Hooper
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Syracuse
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Layton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Willard
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Fairmount. See our List of 1890's Communities around Fairmount.
Newspapers Published in Fairmount ...
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 35 newspapers that have been published in the area around Fairmount.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Fairmount, there are papers which were published within 3 miles [4.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Fairmount.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Fairmount:
- Websites specific to Utah
- Pages specific to Weber County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Box Elder County
- Cache County
- Davis County
- Morgan County
- Salt Lake County
- Summit 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 Fairmount, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Fairmount) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |