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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 Kimball 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 Kimball 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.
Name Variations for Kimball Junction ...
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 occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Kimball Junction: Kimball Jct. (or less commonly used: Kimball Jctn.)
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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Kimball Junction is located in Summit 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 Summit County: Daggett, Duchesne, Morgan, Rich, Salt Lake, Wasatch, Sweetwater (WY) & Uinta (WY).
Below are the counties that are near Kimball Junction. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Kimball Junction:
- Summit County (The home county of Kimball Junction)
- The following are listed by their distance from Kimball Junction, with the one closest to Kimball Junction listed first.
- South Snyderville Basin
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Silver Creek Junction
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Gorgosa
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Gorgosa is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gorgosa
- Snyderville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- North Snyderville Basin
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Summit Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Summit Park is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Park
- Altus ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Altus is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altus
- Park City
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Rockport ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Rockport is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockport
- Former names for Rockport:
- Crandall
- Enoch City
- Rock Fort
- Wanship
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Fort Sage Bottom ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Fort Sage Bottom is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Sage Bottom
- Fort Sage Bottom has also been known as:
- Woodenshoe
- Peoa
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Davis County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kimball Junction, with the one closest to Kimball Junction listed first.
- Oakhaven Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Oakhaven Village is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakhaven Village
- Bountiful Fort ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bountiful Fort is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bountiful Fort
- Castle
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Castle is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle
- Cottonwood Heights
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Cottonwood Heights is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood Heights
- Val Verda
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Val Verda is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Val Verda
- Bountiful
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- 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>
- Centerville Fort ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Centerville Fort is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville Fort
- Centerville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- 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>
- Woods Cross
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- North Salt Lake
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Benchmark Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Benchmark Village is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benchmark Village
- Center Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Center Village is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Village
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kimball Junction, with the one closest to Kimball Junction listed first.
- Porterville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Porterville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porterville
- Richville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Richville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richville
- Como Springs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Como Springs is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Como Springs
- Morgan
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Croydon
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Croydon is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Croydon
- Devils Slide ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Devils Slide is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devils Slide
- Littleton ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Littleton is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littleton
- Milton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Milton is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton
- Enterprise
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Enterprise is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Peterson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Peterson is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peterson
- Salt Lake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kimball Junction, with the one closest to Kimball Junction listed first.
- Solitude
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Garden City ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Garden City is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
- Silver Fork
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Silver Fork is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Fork
- Brighton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Baker Mine ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Baker Mine is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker Mine
- Albion Basin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Albion Basin is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion Basin
- Albion Basin has also been known as:
- Albion Alps
- Alta
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Alta is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 377 people
- Former name for Alta:
- Central City
- Alta has also been known as:
- Alta City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alta <1>
- Maple City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Maple City is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple City
- Snowbird
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- San Domingo City ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- San Domingo City is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Domingo City
- Mount Olympus
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Mount Olympus is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olympus
- Canyon Rim
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Canyon Rim is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canyon Rim
- Utah County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kimball Junction, with the one closest to Kimball Junction listed first.
- Forest City ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Forest City is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City
- Silver Lake
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- 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
- Deer Creek ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Deer Creek is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Creek
- Mutual Dell
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Mutual Dell is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mutual Dell
- Aspen Grove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Aspen Grove is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aspen Grove
- Alpine
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- 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>
- Sundance
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Cedar Hills
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Highland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Vivian Park
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Vivian Park is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vivian Park
- American Fork
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- American Fork is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for American Fork
- Population from the 2020 Census: 33,896 people
- Former names for American Fork:
- Lake City
- McArthursville
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for American Fork <1>
- Lehi
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Wasatch County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kimball Junction, with the one closest to Kimball Junction listed first.
- Cranmer
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cranmer is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranmer
- Hideout
(9 miles [14.5 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
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Keetley is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keetley
- Hailstone ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hailstone is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hailstone
- Jordanelle
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Jordanelle is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordanelle
- Interlaken
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Interlaken is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Interlaken
- Mound City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Mound City is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound City
- Midway
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Heber City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Heber City is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heber City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17,574 people
- Heber City has also been known as:
- Heber
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Heber City <1>
- Charleston
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Charleston is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 496 people
- Daniel
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Daniel is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daniel
- Estimated population in 2015: 1,058 people
- Independence
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Independence is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Kimball Junction, see our County-by-County Page for Kimball Junction.
Cemeteries Near Kimball Junction ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Kimball 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.
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 Kimball Junction - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Kimball Junction covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Kimball Junction, with the one closest to Kimball Junction listed first.
- Snyderville Pioneer Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Park City Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Glenwood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Cooper - Hughes - Vickory Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Rockport Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Seymour / Davis Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Wanship Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wanship Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Wanship Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of Wanship.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #77492 <2>
- Alta City Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Peoa Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- William Walter Wilson Burial Site
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Oakley Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Stevens Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Continue List (87 more) ...
- Hoytsville Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Mound City Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Marion Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
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 Kimball Junction in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Kimball Junction.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Kimball Junction, with the one closest to Kimball Junction listed first.
- Snyderville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Atkinson
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Atkinson is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinson
- Park City
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Garden City ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Garden City is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
- Brighton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Rockport ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Rockport is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockport
- Former names for Rockport:
- Crandall
- Enoch City
- Rock Fort
- Wanship
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Alta
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Alta is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 377 people
- Former name for Alta:
- Central City
- Alta has also been known as:
- Alta City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alta <1>
- Peoa
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Hoytsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hoytsville is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoytsville
- Midway
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Cottonwood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Cottonwood is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Kamas
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Coalville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Fort Douglas
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- 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
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Kimball Junction. See our List of 1890's Communities around Kimball Junction.
Newspapers Published in Kimball 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 13 newspapers that have been published in the area around Kimball Junction.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Kimball Junction, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Kimball Junction.
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 Kimball Junction:
- Websites specific to Utah
- Pages specific to Summit County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Davis County
- Morgan County
- Salt Lake County
- Utah County
- Wasatch 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 Kimball Junction, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Kimball Junction) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |