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 Green River (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 Green River. 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 Green River ...

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 have occurred.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Green River: Green Riv.

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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors 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.

Green River is primarily located in Emery County. A portion of Green River extends into Grand 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 Emery County: Carbon, Grand, San Juan, Sanpete, Sevier, Uintah & Wayne.

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

• Emery County     (The home county of Green River)
  • The following are listed by their distance from Green River, with the one closest to Green River listed first.
  • Sphinx ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sphinx. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sphinx
    • Sphinx is located in Emery County
  • Woodside ‑ Historic
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodside
    • Woodside is located in Emery County
  • Grassy ‑ Historic
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Grassy. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassy
    • Grassy is located in Emery County
• Grand County
  • The following are listed by their distance from Green River, with the one closest to Green River listed first.
  • Elgin
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
    • Elgin is located in Grand County
  • Brendel
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brendel
    • Brendel is located in Grand County
  • Crescent Junction
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent Junction
    • Crescent Junction is located in Grand County
  • Valley City ‑ Historic
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Valley City. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley City
    • Valley City is located in Grand County
  • Thompson Springs
    (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson Springs
    • Thompson Springs is located in Grand County
    • Thompson Springs has also been known as:
    • Thompson
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Thompson Springs <2>
  • Sego ‑ Historic
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sego have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sego
    • Sego is located in Grand County
    • Former names for Sego:
    • Ballard
    • Neslin

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

Newspapers Published in Green River ...

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 1 newspapers that have been published in the area around Green River.

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 helpful 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 Green River:

• Websites specific to Utah
  • Jump to Cyndi's List
  • Jump to Family Search
  • Jump to Genealogy Trails
  • Website for the //archives.utah.gov/

• Pages specific to Emery County
  • Jump to Cyndi's List
  • Jump to Family Search
  • Jump to Genealogy Trails

• Genealogy information for nearby counties
  • Grand County
    • Jump to Cyndi's List
    • Jump to Family Search
    • Jump to Genealogy Trails

• Cemetery Information and Directories for Utah
  • Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Utah
  • Cyndi's List
  • Cemeteries of Utah
  • Cemeteries of Emery County
  • FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Utah
  • Find-A-Grave: Home Page
  • Interment.net
  • Cemeteries of Utah

Cemeteries Near Green River ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Green River.

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

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

• Old Greenriver Cemetery
  (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • The Old Greenriver Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Green River Cemetery
  • Greenriver Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Greenriver Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #109247 <4>
• Elgin Cemetery
  (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Elgin Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2173576 <4>
• Woodside Cemetery
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Woodside Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #77513 <4>
• Thompson Springs Cemetery
  (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Thompson Springs Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
  • The Thompson Springs Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Thompson Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Thompson Springs Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #77466 <4>
• Sego Cemetery
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sego Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #109257 <4>

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.<5>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Green River had railroad service and no post office. In 2020, Green River had a population of 957 people.

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

• Sphinx ‑ Historic
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sphinx. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sphinx
  • Sphinx is located in Emery County
• Solitude
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Solitude have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solitude
  • Solitude is located in Grand County
• Desert
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Desert have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Desert
  • Desert is located in Emery County
• Woodside ‑ Historic
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodside
  • Woodside is located in Emery County
• Thompson Springs
  (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson Springs
  • Thompson Springs is located in Grand County
  • Thompson Springs has also been known as:
  • Thompson
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Thompson Springs <2>
• Grassy ‑ Historic
  (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Grassy. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassy
  • Grassy is located in Emery County

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

The official website for Emery County: www.co.emery.ut.us/

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