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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 Junction (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 Junction. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Junction is located in Piute County and is the County Seat.

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 Piute County: Beaver, Garfield, Iron, Millard, Sevier & Wayne.

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

  • Piute County     (The home county of Junction)
  • Beaver County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Junction, with the one closest to Junction listed first.
    • Lees Spring ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Fort Cameron ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • North Creek
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Beaver
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Manderfield
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Greenville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Sulphurdale ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Garfield County
  • Sevier County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Junction, with the one closest to Junction listed first.
    • Sevier
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sevier. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sevier
      • Sevier is located in Sevier County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Sevier
      • From Junction to Sevier
    • Joseph
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Joseph have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joseph
      • Joseph is located in Sevier County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 360 people
    • Koosharem
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Koosharem have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koosharem
      • Koosharem is located in Sevier County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 342 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Koosharem <1>
    • Monroe
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Burrville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Austin
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
    • Elsinore
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)

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

Cemeteries Near Junction ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Junction.

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

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Junction, with the one closest to Junction 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.<6>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Junction had a population of 57 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, Junction had a population of 169 people.

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

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Junction ...

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 17 newspapers that have been published in the area around Junction.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Junction. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Junction and those printed in the larger area surrounding Junction.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<5> of Junction.

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 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 Junction:

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

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

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>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.
<3>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.
<4>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.
<5>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 from Point A (ie- Junction) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Junction. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.2398, Longitude: -112.2220    
<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 Junction, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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