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So far, we found very little information about Farmington Fort. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Farmington Fort to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Farmington Fort, please Contact Us.

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 Farmington Fort (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 Farmington Fort. 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Farmington Fort is historic, it would have been located within present day Davis County.

To see how the shape of Utah's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Davis County: Box Elder, Morgan, Salt Lake, Tooele & Weber.

Below are the counties that are near Farmington Fort. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Farmington Fort:

  • Davis County     (The home county of Farmington Fort)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Farmington Fort, with the one closest to Farmington Fort listed first.
    • Lupine Village
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lupine Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lupine Village
      • Lupine Village is located in Davis County
    • Aegean Village
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Aegean Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aegean Village
      • Aegean Village is located in Davis County
    • Farmington
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Farmington have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington
      • Farmington is located in Davis County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 25,387 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Farmington <3>
    • Oakridge Village
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oakridge Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakridge Village
      • Oakridge Village is located in Davis County
    • Fruit Heights
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fruit Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruit Heights
      • Fruit Heights is located in Davis County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,216 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fruit Heights <3>
    • Benchmark Village
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Benchmark Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benchmark Village
      • Benchmark Village is located in Davis County
    • Chase Lane Village
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chase Lane Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chase Lane Village
      • Chase Lane Village is located in Davis County
    • Kaysville
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kaysville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaysville
      • Kaysville is located in Davis County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 32,603 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kaysville <3>
    • Center Village
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Center Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Village
      • Center Village is located in Davis County
    • Centerville Fort ‑ Historic
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Centerville
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • West Bountiful
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Bountiful have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bountiful
      • West Bountiful is located in Davis County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,920 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for West Bountiful <3>
    • Bountiful Fort ‑ Historic
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Box Elder County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Farmington Fort, with the one closest to Farmington Fort listed first.
    • South Willard
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Willard have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Willard
      • South Willard is located in Box Elder County
    • Willard
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
    • Willow Creek Fort ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Morgan County
  • Salt Lake County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Farmington Fort, with the one closest to Farmington Fort listed first.
    • San Domingo City ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Denver City
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Denver City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denver City
      • Denver City is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jackson Park Village
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jackson Park Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Park Village
      • Jackson Park Village is located in Salt Lake County
    • Fort Douglas
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Fort Salt Lake City ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Salt Lake City
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • University Village
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for University Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Village
      • University Village is located in Salt Lake County
    • Foothill Village
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Foothill Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foothill Village
      • Foothill Village is located in Salt Lake County
    • Granite
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Granite have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite
      • Granite is located in Salt Lake County
    • Maple City
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maple City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple City
      • Maple City is located in Salt Lake County
    • Lincoln Village
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lincoln Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Village
      • Lincoln Village is located in Salt Lake County
    • Victory Village
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Victory Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory Village
      • Victory Village is located in Salt Lake County
    • Garden City Addition
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Garden City Addition have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City Addition
      • Garden City Addition is located in Salt Lake County
  • Summit County
  • Tooele County
  • Weber County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Farmington Fort, with the one closest to Farmington Fort listed first.
    • Uintah Fort ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Uintah
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Fort Kington ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Uintah Village
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Uintah Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uintah Village
      • Uintah Village is located in Weber County
    • Yorkshire Meadow
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Rigde Villa
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Washington Terrace
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Washington Terrace have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Terrace
      • Washington Terrace is located in Weber County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,185 people
    • Adamdell
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Hidden Village
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hidden Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Village
      • Hidden Village is located in Weber County
    • Riverdale
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Greenwood Village
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenwood Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Village
      • Greenwood Village is located in Weber County
    • South Ogden
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Roy
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Roy have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roy
      • Roy is located in Weber County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 39,559 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Roy <3>

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Farmington Fort, see our County-by-County Page for Farmington Fort.

Cemeteries Near Farmington Fort ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Farmington Fort.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Farmington Fort covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Farmington Fort, with the one closest to Farmington Fort listed first.

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.

While we didn't find Farmington Fort in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Farmington Fort.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Farmington Fort, with the one closest to Farmington Fort listed first.

  • Farmington
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Farmington have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington
    • Farmington is located in Davis County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 25,387 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Farmington <3>
  • Centerville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Kaysville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kaysville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaysville
    • Kaysville is located in Davis County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 32,603 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kaysville <3>
  • Woods Cross
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Layton
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Layton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layton
    • Layton is located in Davis County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 79,012 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Layton <3>
  • Peterson
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Hot Springs
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hot Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hot Springs
    • Hot Springs is located in Salt Lake County
  • Morgan
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Uintah
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Steed
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Steed have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steed
    • Steed is located in Davis County
  • Syracuse
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Syracuse have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Syracuse
    • Syracuse is located in Davis County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 32,420 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Syracuse <3>
  • Riverdale
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Farmington Fort. See our List of 1890's Communities around Farmington Fort.

Newspapers Published in Farmington Fort ...

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 3 newspapers that have been published in the area around Farmington Fort.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Farmington Fort, there are papers which were published within 4 miles [6.4 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Farmington Fort.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start 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 Farmington Fort:

The official website for Davis County: www.daviscountyutah.gov/

The official website for State of Utah: https://www.utah.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Farmington Fort, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<5>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.
<6>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Farmington Fort) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Farmington Fort. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.9805, Longitude: -111.8876    









 

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