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 Hector Park (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 Hector Park. 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.
Hector Park is located in Salt Lake 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 Salt Lake County: Davis, Morgan, Summit, Tooele, Utah & Wasatch.
Below are the counties that are near Hector Park. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hector Park:
- Salt Lake County (The home county of Hector Park)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hector Park, with the one closest to Hector Park listed first.
- Redwood Village
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Redwood Village is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redwood Village
- Briargate
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Briargate is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briargate
- Westlake Village
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Westlake Village is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westlake Village
- Clark Village Gardens
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Clark Village Gardens is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark Village Gardens
- Lincoln Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lincoln Village is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Village
- Garden City Addition
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Garden City Addition is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City Addition
- Woodhaven Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Woodhaven Village is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodhaven Village
- Westwood Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Westwood Village is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westwood Village
- Millcreek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Millcreek is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millcreek
- Buena Vista
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Buena Vista is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Majestic Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Majestic Village is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Majestic Village
- Murray
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Murray is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murray
- Population from the 2020 Census: 48,355 people
- Murray has also been known as:
- Murray City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Murray <1>
- Indian Village South
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Indian Village South is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village South
- Davis County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hector Park, with the one closest to Hector Park listed first.
- North Salt Lake
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Castle
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Castle is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle
- Val Verda
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Val Verda is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Val Verda
- Bountiful
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Bountiful is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bountiful
- Population from the 2020 Census: 43,921 people
- Former names for Bountiful:
- Calls Settlement
- North Canyon Settlement
- North Canyon Ward
- North Mill Creek Canyon Ward
- Sessions Settlement
- Stoker
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bountiful <1>
- Oakhaven Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Oakhaven Village is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakhaven Village
- Woods Cross
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Bountiful Fort ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Bountiful Fort is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bountiful Fort
- Cottonwood Heights
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Cottonwood Heights is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood Heights
- West Bountiful
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Centerville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Centerville is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17,530 people
- Former names for Centerville:
- Cherry Settlement
- Deuel Creek
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Centerville <1>
- Center Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Center Village is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Village
- Centerville Fort ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Centerville Fort is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville Fort
- Benchmark Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Benchmark Village is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benchmark Village
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hector Park, with the one closest to Hector Park listed first.
- Porterville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Porterville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porterville
- Richville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Richville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richville
- Littleton ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Littleton is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littleton
- Morgan
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Como Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Como Springs is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Como Springs
- Milton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Milton is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton
- Enterprise
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Enterprise is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Peterson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Peterson is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peterson
- Summit County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hector Park, with the one closest to Hector Park listed first.
- Altus ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Altus is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altus
- Summit Park
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Summit Park is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Park
- Gorgosa
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Gorgosa is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gorgosa
- Snyderville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- South Snyderville Basin
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- North Snyderville Basin
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Park City
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Silver Creek Junction
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Rockport ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Rockport is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockport
- Former names for Rockport:
- Crandall
- Enoch City
- Rock Fort
- Wanship
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Tooele County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hector Park, with the one closest to Hector Park listed first.
- Lake Point
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Lake Point is located in Tooele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Point
- Lincoln
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Lincoln is located in Tooele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
- Former names for Lincoln:
- Lake View
- Pine Canyon
- Mills Junction
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Mills Junction is located in Tooele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mills Junction
- Former names for Mills Junction:
- Milltown
- Millvale
- Milton
- Richville
- Stansbury park
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Erda
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Tooele
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Burmester
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Burmester is located in Tooele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burmester
- Bauer
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bauer is located in Tooele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bauer
- Gisborn ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Gisborn is located in Tooele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gisborn
- Jacob City ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Jacob City is located in Tooele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacob City
- Stockton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ophir
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Ophir is located in Tooele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ophir
- Estimated population in 2017: 57 people
- Grantsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Utah County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hector Park, with the one closest to Hector Park listed first.
- Lincoln
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Lincoln is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
- Alpine
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Alpine is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,495 people
- Former names for Alpine:
- Dry Creek Settlement
- Fort Wordsworth
- Mountainville
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alpine <1>
- Lehi
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Highland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Silver Lake
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Silver Lake is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake
- Silver Lake has also been known as:
- Silver Lake Summer Home Area
- Cedar Hills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Deer Creek ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Deer Creek is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Creek
- Forest City ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Forest City is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City
- American Fork
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- American Fork is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for American Fork
- Population from the 2020 Census: 33,896 people
- Former names for American Fork:
- Lake City
- McArthursville
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for American Fork <1>
- Mutual Dell
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Mutual Dell is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mutual Dell
- Saratoga Springs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Grove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Aspen Grove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Aspen Grove is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aspen Grove
- Wasatch County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hector Park, with the one closest to Hector Park listed first.
- Interlaken
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Interlaken is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Interlaken
- Mound City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mound City is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound City
- Cranmer
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Cranmer is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranmer
- Midway
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hailstone ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Hailstone is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hailstone
- Hideout
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Hideout is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hideout
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,254 people
- Jordanelle
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Jordanelle is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordanelle
- Keetley ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Keetley is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keetley
- Charleston
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Charleston is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 496 people
- Heber City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Heber City is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heber City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17,574 people
- Heber City has also been known as:
- Heber
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Heber City <1>
- Weber County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hector Park, with the one closest to Hector Park listed first.
- Fort Kington ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Fort Kington is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Kington
- Uintah Fort ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Uintah Fort is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uintah Fort
- Uintah
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hector Park, see our County-by-County Page for Hector Park.
Cemeteries Near Hector Park ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hector Park.
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 Hector Park - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hector Park covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hector Park, with the one closest to Hector Park listed first.
- Taylorsville Memorial Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Valley View Memorial Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Redwood Memorial Estates Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redwood Memorial Estates Cemetery
- The Redwood Memorial Estates Cemetery has also been known as:
- Memorial Redwood Cemetery
- Redwood Memorial Cemetery
- Redwood Memorial Estates
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #77405 <2>
- Elysian Burial Gardens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Murray City Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murray City Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Murray City Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Murray.
- The Murray City Cemetery has also been known as:
- South Cottonwood Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #77356 <2>
- Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- St. Paul's Episcopal Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Brigham Young Family Memorial Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Kimball - Whitney Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- West Jordan City Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Cutler Hill Pioneer Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Midvale City Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (87 more) ...
- Holladay Memorial Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Larkin Sunset Lawn Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Olivet Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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>
While we didn't find Hector Park in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hector Park.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hector Park, with the one closest to Hector Park listed first.
- Granger
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Granger is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granger
- Taylorsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Buena Vista
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Buena Vista is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Murray
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Murray is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murray
- Population from the 2020 Census: 48,355 people
- Murray has also been known as:
- Murray City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Murray <1>
- Millcreek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Millcreek is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millcreek
- Franklin
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Franklin is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
- Sugar House ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Sugar House is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar House
- Salt Lake City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- El Dorado
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- El Dorado is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Dorado
- Williams
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Williams is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams
- West Jordan
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Union
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Union is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Cottonwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cottonwood is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood
- Fort Douglas
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Fort Douglas is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Douglas
- Fort Douglas has also been known as:
- Camp Kent
- Hot Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Hot Springs is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hot Springs
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hector Park. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hector Park.
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 Hector Park:
- Websites specific to Utah
- Pages specific to Salt Lake County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Davis County
- Morgan County
- Summit County
- Tooele County
- Utah County
- Wasatch County
- Weber 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 Hector Park, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |