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 Hilltop (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 Hilltop. 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.
Hilltop is located in Davis 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 Davis County: Box Elder, Morgan, Salt Lake, Tooele & Weber.
Below are the counties that are near Hilltop. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hilltop:
- Davis County (The home county of Hilltop)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hilltop, with the one closest to Hilltop listed first.
- Bountiful Fort ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Bountiful Fort is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bountiful Fort
- Cottonwood Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Cottonwood Heights is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood Heights
- Oakhaven Village
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Oakhaven Village is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakhaven Village
- Bountiful
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- 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>
- Woods Cross
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Center Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Center Village is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Village
- Centerville Fort ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Centerville Fort is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville Fort
- Centerville
(2 miles [3.2 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>
- West Bountiful
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Val Verda
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Val Verda is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Val Verda
- Benchmark Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Benchmark Village is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benchmark Village
- Castle
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Castle is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hilltop, with the one closest to Hilltop listed first.
- Porterville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Porterville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porterville
- Richville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Richville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richville
- Littleton ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Littleton is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littleton
- Milton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Milton is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton
- Morgan
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Como Springs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Como Springs is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Como Springs
- Peterson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Peterson is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peterson
- Enterprise
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Enterprise is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Mountain Green
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Mountain Green is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Green
- Devils Slide ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Devils Slide is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devils Slide
- Croydon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Croydon is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Croydon
- Salt Lake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hilltop, with the one closest to Hilltop listed first.
- San Domingo City ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- San Domingo City is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Domingo City
- Jackson Park Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Jackson Park Village is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Park Village
- Fort Douglas
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- 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
- Fort Salt Lake City ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Fort Salt Lake City is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Salt Lake City
- Salt Lake City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Denver City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Denver City is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denver City
- Foothill Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Foothill Village is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foothill Village
- Granite
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Granite is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite
- University Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- University Village is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Village
- Lincoln Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Lincoln Village is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Village
- Maple City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Maple City is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple City
- Buena Vista
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Buena Vista is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Summit County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hilltop, with the one closest to Hilltop listed first.
- Altus ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Altus is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altus
- Summit Park
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Summit Park is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Park
- Gorgosa
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Gorgosa is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gorgosa
- North Snyderville Basin
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Henefer
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Silver Creek Junction
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Snyderville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- South Snyderville Basin
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Echo
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Echo City ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Echo City is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo City
- Coalville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Wanship
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Tooele County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hilltop, with the one closest to Hilltop listed first.
- Lake Point
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Point is located in Tooele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Point
- Mills Junction
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- 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
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Erda
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lincoln
(30 miles [48.3 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
- Utah County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hilltop, with the one closest to Hilltop listed first.
- Forest City ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Forest City is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City
- Silver Lake
(28 miles [45.1 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
- Alpine
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- 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>
- Deer Creek ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Deer Creek is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Creek
- Lincoln
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lincoln is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
- Wasatch County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hilltop, with the one closest to Hilltop listed first.
- Cranmer
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cranmer is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranmer
- Hideout
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hideout is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hideout
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,254 people
- Keetley ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Keetley is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keetley
- Hailstone ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hailstone is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hailstone
- Jordanelle
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jordanelle is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordanelle
- Weber County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hilltop, with the one closest to Hilltop listed first.
- Fort Kington ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Fort Kington is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Kington
- Uintah Fort ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Uintah Fort is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uintah Fort
- Uintah
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Uintah Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Uintah Village is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uintah Village
- Yorkshire Meadow
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Yorkshire Meadow is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkshire Meadow
- Adamdell
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Adamdell is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamdell
- Rigde Villa
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Rigde Villa is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rigde Villa
- Washington Terrace
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Washington Terrace is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Terrace
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,185 people
- Greenwood Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Greenwood Village is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Village
- Hidden Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Hidden Village is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Village
- Riverdale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- South Ogden
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- South Ogden is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Ogden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17,133 people
- South Ogden has also been known as:
- South Ogden City
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hilltop, see our County-by-County Page for Hilltop.
Cemeteries Near Hilltop ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hilltop.
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 Hilltop - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hilltop covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hilltop, with the one closest to Hilltop listed first.
- Sessions Settlement Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Bountiful Memorial Park
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Lakeview Memorial Park
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Centerville City Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Daniel Wood Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daniel Wood Cemetery
- The Daniel Wood Cemetery has also been known as:
- David Wood Cemetery
- Nathan's Burial Ground
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #109238 <2>
- Farmington City Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Kimball - Whitney Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Brigham Young Family Memorial Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Memory Grove Memorial
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Shaarey Tzedek Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- B'nai Israel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Shrine of Memorial Mausoleum
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Continue List (90 more) ...
- Montefiore Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Salt Lake City Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Mt. Calvary Catholic Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
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 Hilltop in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hilltop.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hilltop, with the one closest to Hilltop listed first.
- Woods Cross
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Centerville
(2 miles [3.2 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>
- Hot Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Hot Springs is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hot Springs
- Farmington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Salt Lake City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Fort Douglas
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- 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
- Franklin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Franklin is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
- Buena Vista
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Buena Vista is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Williams
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Williams is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams
- Kaysville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Sugar House ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Sugar House is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar House
- El Dorado
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- El Dorado is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Dorado
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Granger
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Granger is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granger
- Millcreek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Millcreek is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millcreek
- Layton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hilltop. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hilltop.
Newspapers Published in Hilltop ...
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 4 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hilltop.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hilltop, there are papers which were published within Less than 2 miles<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hilltop.
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 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 Hilltop:
- Websites specific to Utah
- Pages specific to Davis County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Morgan County
- Salt Lake 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 Hilltop, 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- Hilltop) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |