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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 Joseph (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 Joseph. 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 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.

Joseph is located in Sevier 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 Sevier County: Beaver, Emery, Millard, Piute, Sanpete & Wayne.

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

  • Sevier County     (The home county of Joseph)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Joseph, with the one closest to Joseph listed first.
    • Sevier
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Sevier is located in Sevier County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sevier
    • Monroe
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Monroe is located in Sevier County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,383 people
      • Former names for Monroe:
      • Alma
      • Monkey Town
      • South Bend
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Monroe <1>
    • Elsinore
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Austin
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Austin is located in Sevier County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
      • Austin has also been known as:
      • Frog Town
    • Central Valley
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Central Valley is located in Sevier County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Valley
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 579 people
      • Former names for Central Valley:
      • Central
      • Inverury
    • Annabella
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Richfield
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Glenwood
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Venice
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Venice is located in Sevier County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venice
    • Burrville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Burrville is located in Sevier County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burrville
    • Koosharem
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Sigurd
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Vermillion
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Vermillion is located in Sevier County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vermillion
  • Beaver County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Joseph, with the one closest to Joseph listed first.
    • Sulphurdale ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Sulphurdale is located in Beaver County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphurdale
    • North Creek
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • North Creek is located in Beaver County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Creek
    • Manderfield
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Manderfield is located in Beaver County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manderfield
  • Millard County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Joseph, with the one closest to Joseph listed first.
    • Kanosh Indian Village
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Kanosh
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Hatton ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Hatton is located in Millard County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatton
      • Former names for Hatton:
      • Corn Creek
      • Lower Corn Creek
      • Petersburg
    • Cove Fort ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Cove Fort is located in Millard County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove Fort
      • Cove Fort has also been known as:
      • Charles Willden's Fort
    • Meadow
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Meadow is located in Millard County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 331 people
    • Fillmore
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
  • Piute County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Joseph, with the one closest to Joseph listed first.
    • Hoovers
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Hoovers is located in Piute County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoovers
    • Pittsburg ‑ Historic
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Pittsburg is located in Piute County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsburg
    • Marysvale
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Kimberly ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Kimberly is located in Piute County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimberly
    • Lower Kimberly ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Lower Kimberly is located in Piute County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Kimberly
    • Thompsonville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Thompsonville is located in Piute County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompsonville
    • Alunite ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Alunite is located in Piute County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alunite
    • Greenwich
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Greenwich is located in Piute County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwich
    • Junction
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Kingston
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Angle
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Angle is located in Piute County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angle
      • Former names for Angle:
      • Lower Grass Valley
      • Spring Creek

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

Cemeteries Near Joseph ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Joseph.

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 Joseph - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Joseph covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Joseph, with the one closest to Joseph 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.<3>

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

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

  • Monroe
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Monroe is located in Sevier County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,383 people
    • Former names for Monroe:
    • Alma
    • Monkey Town
    • South Bend
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Monroe <1>
  • Elsinore
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Annabella
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Marysvale
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Richfield
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Glenwood
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Kanosh
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Burrville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Burrville is located in Sevier County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burrville
  • Greenwich
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Greenwich is located in Piute County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwich
  • Meadow
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Meadow is located in Millard County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 331 people
  • Sigurd
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Fillmore
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
  • Junction
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
  • Kingston
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)

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

Newspapers Published in Joseph ...

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 14 newspapers that have been published in the area around Joseph.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Joseph, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Joseph.

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 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 Joseph:

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 Joseph, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 drawn from Point A (ie- Joseph) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.