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 Fountain Green (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 Fountain Green. 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 Fountain Green ...
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 Fountain Green: Fountain Grn.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Fountain Green. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Fountain Green.
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 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.
Fountain Green is located in Sanpete 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 Sanpete County: Carbon, Emery, Juab, Millard, Sevier & Utah.
Below are the counties that are near Fountain Green. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Fountain Green:
- Sanpete County (The home county of Fountain Green)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fountain Green, with the one closest to Fountain Green listed first.
- Freedom
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Freedom is located in Sanpete County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom
- Moroni Fort ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Moroni Fort is located in Sanpete County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moroni Fort
- Moroni
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wales
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Fairview
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Chester
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Mount Pleasant
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Sanpete County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,580 people
- Former names for Mount Pleasant:
- Fort Hambleton
- Hambleton
- Hambletowns Settlement
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mount Pleasant <1>
- Spring City Fort ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Spring City Fort is located in Sanpete County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring City Fort
- Spring City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Beaver Dams
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Beaver Dams is located in Sanpete County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Dams
- Beaver Dams has also been known as:
- Beaver Dams Summer Homes Area
- Ephraim
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Ephraim is located in Sanpete County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ephraim
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,385 people
- Former names for Ephraim:
- Cottonwood
- Fort Ephraim
- Pine Creek
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ephraim <1>
- Manasseh ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Manasseh is located in Sanpete County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manasseh
- Fort Manti ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Fort Manti is located in Sanpete County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Manti
- Former names for Fort Manti:
- Little Stone Fort
- Manti Log Fort
- Carbon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fountain Green, with the one closest to Fountain Green listed first.
- Winter Quarters ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Winter Quarters is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winter Quarters
- Clear Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Clear Creek is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Creek
- Scofield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Scofield is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scofield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 23 people
- Emery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fountain Green, with the one closest to Fountain Green listed first.
- Connellsville ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Connellsville is located in Emery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Connellsville
- Hale ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Hale is located in Emery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hale
- Juab County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fountain Green, with the one closest to Fountain Green listed first.
- Fort Nephi ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fort Nephi is located in Juab County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Nephi
- Nephi
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Nephi is located in Juab County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nephi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,479 people
- Former name for Nephi:
- Little Chicago
- Nephi has also been known as:
- Nephi City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nephi <1>
- Levan
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mona
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Juab ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Juab is located in Juab County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juab
- Mills ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mills is located in Juab County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mills
- Former names for Mills:
- Suckertown
- Wellingtno
- Rocky Ridge
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Rocky Ridge is located in Juab County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 851 people
- Diamond ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Diamond is located in Juab County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond
- Jericho Junction ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Jericho Junction is located in Juab County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho Junction
- Utah County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fountain Green, with the one closest to Fountain Green listed first.
- Birdseye
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Birdseye is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdseye
- Former names for Birdseye:
- Clinton
- Summit Basin
- Santaquin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Elk Ridge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Elk Ridge is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Ridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,427 people
- Spring Lake
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Spring Lake is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lake
- Thistle ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Thistle is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thistle
- Woodland Hills
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Woodland Hills is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,614 people
- Goshen
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Covered Bridge Canyon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Payson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Payson is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Payson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 21,033 people
- Former names for Payson:
- Fort Peteetneet
- Pacen
- Peteetneet
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Payson <1>
- Elberta
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Genola
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Genola is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,597 people
- Goshen ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Goshen is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
- Former names for Goshen:
- Lower Goshen
- Mechanicsville
- Sandtown
- Sodom
- Goshen has also been known as:
- Old Goshen
- Mill Fork ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mill Fork is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Fork
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Fountain Green, see our County-by-County Page for Fountain Green.
Cemeteries Near Fountain Green ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fountain Green.
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 Fountain Green - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Fountain Green covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Fountain Green, with the one closest to Fountain Green listed first.
- Fountain Green Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- James Yorgason Pioneer Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Freedom Pioneer Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Moroni City Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fairview City Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview City Cemetery
- The Fairview City Cemetery has also been known as:
- Fairview Cemetery
- Fairview City Upper Cemetery
- Fairview Upper Cemetery
- Wales Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wales Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Wales Cemetery is located outside and to the southwest of Wales.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #77490 <2>
- Fairview Pioneer Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Pioneer Cemetery
- The Fairview Pioneer Cemetery has also been known as:
- Fairview Cemetery
- Fairview City Lower Cemetery
- Fairview City Cemetery
- Fairview Lower Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2288502 <2>
- Chester Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Pleasant City Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Vine Bluff Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vine Bluff Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Vine Bluff Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Nephi.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #77488 <2>
- Nephi City Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Levan Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (27 more) ...
- Spring City Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Spring City Pioneer Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Spencer Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Fountain Green had a population of 677 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Fountain Green had a population of 1,182 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Fountain Green, with the one closest to Fountain Green listed first.
- Moroni
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wales
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Fairview
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Hill Top
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hill Top is located in Sanpete County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Top
- Chester
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Mount Pleasant
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Sanpete County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,580 people
- Former names for Mount Pleasant:
- Fort Hambleton
- Hambleton
- Hambletowns Settlement
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mount Pleasant <1>
- Nephi
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Nephi is located in Juab County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nephi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,479 people
- Former name for Nephi:
- Little Chicago
- Nephi has also been known as:
- Nephi City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nephi <1>
- Levan
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Spring City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Indianola
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Indianola is located in Sanpete County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indianola
- Mona
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Ephraim
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Ephraim is located in Sanpete County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ephraim
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,385 people
- Former names for Ephraim:
- Cottonwood
- Fort Ephraim
- Pine Creek
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ephraim <1>
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Mills ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mills is located in Juab County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mills
- Former names for Mills:
- Suckertown
- Wellingtno
- Santaquin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Manti
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Manti is located in Sanpete County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manti
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,790 people
- Former name for Manti:
- Copenhagen
- Manti has also been known as:
- Manti City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Manti <1>
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Fountain Green. See our List of 1890's Communities around Fountain Green.
Newspapers Published in Fountain Green ...
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 29 newspapers that have been published in the area around Fountain Green.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Fountain Green, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Fountain Green.
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 Fountain Green:
- Websites specific to Utah
- Pages specific to Sanpete County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carbon County
- Emery County
- Juab 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> | 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 Fountain Green, 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 from Point A (ie- Fountain Green) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |