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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Juab. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Juab to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Juab, please Contact Us.

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 Juab (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 Juab. 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 Juab ...

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.

Juab was originally named Chicken Creek

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

Although our information shows that the community of Juab is historic, it would have been located within present day Juab 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 Juab County: White Pine (NV), Millard, Sanpete, Tooele & Utah.

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

  • Juab County     (The home county of Juab)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Juab, with the one closest to Juab listed first.
    • Levan
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Levan have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Levan
      • Levan is located in Juab County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 956 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Levan <3>
    • Mills ‑ Historic
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Mills. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mills
      • Mills is located in Juab County
      • Former names for Mills:
      • Suckertown
      • Wellingtno
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Mills
      • From Juab to Mills
    • Fort Nephi ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Fort Nephi. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Nephi
      • Fort Nephi is located in Juab County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Fort Nephi
      • From Juab to Fort Nephi
    • Nephi
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Jericho Junction ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Mona
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Jericho ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Tintic ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Tintic. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tintic
      • Tintic is located in Juab County
      • Tintic has also been known as:
      • Ely Mills
      • McIntyre
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Tintic
      • From Juab to Tintic
    • Diamond ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Diamond. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond
      • Diamond is located in Juab County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Diamond
      • From Juab to Diamond
    • Mammoth
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Rocky Ridge
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Silver City ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Silver City. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
      • Silver City is located in Juab County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Silver City
      • From Juab to Silver City
  • Millard County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Juab, with the one closest to Juab listed first.
    • Leamington
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leamington have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leamington
      • Leamington is located in Millard County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 243 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leamington <3>
    • Scipio
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Oak City
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oak City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak City
      • Oak City is located in Millard County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 654 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oak City <3>
    • Lynndyl
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
  • Sanpete County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Juab, with the one closest to Juab listed first.
    • Freedom
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Freedom. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom
      • Freedom is located in Sanpete County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Freedom
      • From Juab to Freedom
    • Wales
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Fountain Green
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fountain Green have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Green
      • Fountain Green is located in Sanpete County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,182 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fountain Green <3>
    • Moroni Fort ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Moroni Fort. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moroni Fort
      • Moroni Fort is located in Sanpete County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Moroni Fort
      • From Juab to Moroni Fort
    • Manasseh ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Manasseh. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manasseh
      • Manasseh is located in Sanpete County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Manasseh
      • From Juab to Manasseh
    • Moroni
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Chester
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chester have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester
      • Chester is located in Sanpete County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chester <3>
    • Fayette
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Dover ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Dover. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
      • Dover is located in Sanpete County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Dover
      • From Juab to Dover
    • Ephraim
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Fort Manti ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Fort Manti. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Manti
      • Fort Manti is located in Sanpete County
      • Former names for Fort Manti:
      • Little Stone Fort
      • Manti Log Fort
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Fort Manti
      • From Juab to Fort Manti
    • Manti
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
  • Utah County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Juab, with the one closest to Juab listed first.
    • Dividend ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Dividend. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dividend
      • Dividend is located in Utah County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Dividend
      • From Juab to Dividend
    • Elberta
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
    • Goshen
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)

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

Cemeteries Near Juab ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Juab.

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

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

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

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

  • Levan
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Levan have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Levan
    • Levan is located in Juab County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 956 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Levan <3>
  • Mills ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Mills. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mills
    • Mills is located in Juab County
    • Former names for Mills:
    • Suckertown
    • Wellingtno
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Mills
    • From Juab to Mills
  • Nephi
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Wales
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Fountain Green
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fountain Green have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Green
    • Fountain Green is located in Sanpete County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,182 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fountain Green <3>
  • Leamington
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leamington have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leamington
    • Leamington is located in Millard County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 243 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leamington <3>
  • Moroni
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Scipio
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Fayette
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
  • Chester
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chester have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester
    • Chester is located in Sanpete County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chester <3>
  • Dover ‑ Historic
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Dover. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
    • Dover is located in Sanpete County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Dover
    • From Juab to Dover
  • Mona
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (11 more) ...
    • Ephraim
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Oak City
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oak City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak City
      • Oak City is located in Millard County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 654 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oak City <3>
    • Manti
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)

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

Newspapers Published in Juab ...

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 26 newspapers that have been published in the area around Juab.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Juab, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Juab.

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 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 Juab:

The official website for Juab County: www.co.juab.ut.us/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Juab, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Juab) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Juab. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.5191, Longitude: -111.9409       In this case, the coordinates for Juab have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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