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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 Hillsdale (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 Hillsdale. 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 hospitals 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.

Hillsdale is located in Garfield 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 Garfield County: Beaver, Iron, Kane, Piute, San Juan & Wayne.

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

  • Garfield County     (The home county of Hillsdale)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hillsdale, with the one closest to Hillsdale listed first.
    • Hatch
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hatch have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatch
      • Hatch is located in Garfield County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 141 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hatch <2>
    • Panguitch Fort ‑ Historic
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Panguitch Fort. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panguitch Fort
      • Panguitch Fort is located in Garfield County
    • Panguitch
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Asay ‑ Historic
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asay
      • Asay is located in Garfield County
      • Asay has also been known as:
      • Asay Town
      • Asays
    • Bryce Canyon City
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Bryce Canyon
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Panguitch Lake Resort
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Tropic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Bear Valley Junction
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Valley Junction
      • Bear Valley Junction is located in Garfield County
    • Loseeville ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Loseeville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loseeville
      • Loseeville is located in Garfield County
      • Loseeville has also been known as:
      • Losee
      • New Clifton
    • Cannonville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Clifton ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Clifton. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
      • Clifton is located in Garfield County
  • Iron County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hillsdale, with the one closest to Hillsdale listed first.
    • Paragonah Fort ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Paragonah Fort. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paragonah Fort
      • Paragonah Fort is located in Iron County
    • Paragonah
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paragonah
      • Paragonah is located in Iron County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 556 people
      • Former names for Paragonah:
      • Paragoonah
      • Red Creek
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Paragonah <2>
    • Brian Head
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Parowan Adobe Fort ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Parowan Adobe Fort. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parowan Adobe Fort
      • Parowan Adobe Fort is located in Iron County
    • Parowan
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Buckhorn Springs ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckhorn Springs
      • Buckhorn Springs is located in Iron County
    • Summit
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Kane County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hillsdale, with the one closest to Hillsdale listed first.
    • Long Valley Junction
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Alton
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alton
      • Alton is located in Kane County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 119 people
      • Former names for Alton:
      • Graham
      • Roundy's Station
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alton <2>
    • Duck Creek Village
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Georgetown ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Georgetown have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
      • Georgetown is located in Kane County
    • Clarkdale ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Clarkdale. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarkdale
      • Clarkdale is located in Kane County
      • Clarkdale has also been known as:
      • Clarkston
      • Skoompa
      • Skoots Pah
      • Skootspah
      • Skumpah
      • Skutumpah
    • Glendale
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)

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

Newspapers Published in Hillsdale ...

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 2 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hillsdale.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hillsdale, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hillsdale.

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 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 Hillsdale:

Cemeteries Near Hillsdale ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hillsdale.

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

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

  • Hillsdale Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Hatch City Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Panguitch City Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Bryce Woodlands Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Spry Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Tropic Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Tropic Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of Tropic.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tropic Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #77473 <5>
  • Roundy Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Roundy Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Roundy Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<4> to the southwest of Alton.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Roundy Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #109266 <5>
  • Roundy / Johnson Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Loseeville Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Alton Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
  • Cannonville Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Georgetown Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (9 more) ...
    • Widtsoe Cemetery
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Spry Cemetery
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Elijah Averett Gravesite
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Elijah Averett Gravesite. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Elijah Averett Gravesite
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2319807 <5>

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>

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

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

  • Panguitch
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Loseeville ‑ Historic
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Loseeville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loseeville
    • Loseeville is located in Garfield County
    • Loseeville has also been known as:
    • Losee
    • New Clifton
  • Cannonville
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Henrieville
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
  • Paragonah
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paragonah
    • Paragonah is located in Iron County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 556 people
    • Former names for Paragonah:
    • Paragoonah
    • Red Creek
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Paragonah <2>
  • Parowan
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)

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

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

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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Hillsdale) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Hillsdale. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.7187, Longitude: -112.3808       In this case, the coordinates for Hillsdale 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 Hillsdale, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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