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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 Grantsville (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 Grantsville. 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 southwest 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 south.

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 south 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.

Grantsville is located in Tooele 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 Tooele County: Elko (NV), White Pine (NV), Box Elder, Davis, Juab, Salt Lake, Utah & Weber.

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

  • Tooele County     (The home county of Grantsville)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Grantsville, with the one closest to Grantsville listed first.
    • Burmester
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burmester
      • Burmester is located in Tooele County
    • Erda
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Erda have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erda
      • Erda is located in Tooele County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Erda <2>
    • Stansbury park
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stansbury park have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stansbury park
      • Stansbury park is located in Tooele County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stansbury park <2>
    • Tooele
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Mills Junction
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mills Junction
      • Mills Junction is located in Tooele County
      • Former names for Mills Junction:
      • Milltown
      • Millvale
      • Milton
      • Richville
    • Bauer
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bauer
      • Bauer is located in Tooele County
    • Lincoln
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
      • Lincoln is located in Tooele County
      • Former names for Lincoln:
      • Lake View
      • Pine Canyon
    • Stockton
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Lake Point
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Point
      • Lake Point is located in Tooele County
    • Slagtown ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Slagtown. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slagtown
      • Slagtown is located in Tooele County
      • Former name for Slagtown:
      • Martinville
      • Slagtown has also been known as:
      • Rush Lake
    • Rowley Junction ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rowley Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowley Junction
      • Rowley Junction is located in Tooele County
      • Former names for Rowley Junction:
      • Rowley
      • Spring Valley
      • Timpie
    • Iosepa ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Iosepa have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iosepa
      • Iosepa is located in Tooele County
    • Rush Valley
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rush Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rush Valley
      • Rush Valley is located in Tooele County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 490 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rush Valley <2>
  • Salt Lake County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Grantsville, with the one closest to Grantsville listed first.
    • Highland Boy ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Highland Boy. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Boy
      • Highland Boy is located in Salt Lake County
    • Bingham ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bingham. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bingham
      • Bingham is located in Salt Lake County
      • Bingham has also been known as:
      • Bingham Canyon
      • Bingham Herd House
      • Binghams Gulch
      • Jinxtown
    • Copperfield ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Copperfield. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copperfield
      • Copperfield is located in Salt Lake County
      • Former name for Copperfield:
      • Upper Bingham
    • Garfield ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Garfield have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
      • Garfield is located in Salt Lake County
    • Copperton
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copperton
      • Copperton is located in Salt Lake County
    • Arthur ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthur
      • Arthur is located in Salt Lake County
    • Bacchus ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bacchus
      • Bacchus is located in Salt Lake County
    • Lark ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lark have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lark
      • Lark is located in Salt Lake County
    • Browns Townsite
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Browns Townsite have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browns Townsite
      • Browns Townsite is located in Salt Lake County
    • Chambers Townsite
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chambers Townsite have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambers Townsite
      • Chambers Townsite is located in Salt Lake County
    • Magna
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Centennial Village Two
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Centennial Village Two have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centennial Village Two
      • Centennial Village Two is located in Salt Lake County
    • Centennial Village
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Centennial Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centennial Village
      • Centennial Village is located in Salt Lake County
  • Utah County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Grantsville, with the one closest to Grantsville listed first.
    • Lincoln
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
      • Lincoln is located in Utah County
    • Manning ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Manning. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manning
      • Manning is located in Utah County
    • Cedar Fort
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Fort
      • Cedar Fort is located in Utah County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 395 people
    • Camp Floyd ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Floyd
      • Camp Floyd is located in Utah County
    • Fairfield
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
      • Fairfield is located in Utah County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 151 people
      • Former name for Fairfield:
      • Dobietown

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Grantsville ...

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 26 newspapers that have been published in the area around Grantsville.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Grantsville. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Grantsville and those printed in the larger area surrounding Grantsville.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 23 miles [37 km]<4> of Grantsville.

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 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 Grantsville:

Cemeteries Near Grantsville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Grantsville.

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 Grantsville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Grantsville, with the one closest to Grantsville 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.<6>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Grantsville had a population of 523 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Grantsville had a population of 12,409 people.

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

  • Erda
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Erda have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erda
    • Erda is located in Tooele County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Erda <2>
  • Tooele
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Mills Junction
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mills Junction
    • Mills Junction is located in Tooele County
    • Former names for Mills Junction:
    • Milltown
    • Millvale
    • Milton
    • Richville
  • Stockton
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Lake Point
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Point
    • Lake Point is located in Tooele County
  • Saint John
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint John have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint John
    • Saint John is located in Tooele County
  • Rush Valley
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rush Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rush Valley
    • Rush Valley is located in Tooele County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 490 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rush Valley <2>
  • Bingham ‑ Historic
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bingham. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bingham
    • Bingham is located in Salt Lake County
    • Bingham has also been known as:
    • Bingham Canyon
    • Bingham Herd House
    • Binghams Gulch
    • Jinxtown
  • Ophir
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ophir
    • Ophir is located in Tooele County
    • Estimated population in 2017: 57 people
  • Mercur ‑ Historic
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercur
    • Mercur is located in Tooele County
  • Riter
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Riter have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riter
    • Riter is located in Salt Lake County
  • Ajax ‑ Historic
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ajax
    • Ajax is located in Tooele County
    • Former name for Ajax:
    • Center
  • Continue List   (9 more) ...
    • Herriman
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • El Dorado
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for El Dorado have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Dorado
      • El Dorado is located in Salt Lake County
    • Cedar Fort
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Fort
      • Cedar Fort is located in Utah County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 395 people

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

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Grantsville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Tooele County: www.co.tooele.ut.us/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Grantsville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Grantsville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.5963, Longitude: -112.4692       In this case, the coordinates for Grantsville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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>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 Grantsville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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