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 Knight (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 Knight. 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 northwest 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 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.
Knight is located in Juab 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 Juab County: White Pine (NV), Millard, Sanpete, Tooele & Utah.
Below are the counties that are near Knight. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Knight:
- Juab County (The home county of Knight)
- The following are listed by their distance from Knight, with the one closest to Knight listed first.
- Ironton ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Ironton is located in Juab County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironton
- Mammoth
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Mammoth is located in Juab County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mammoth
- Mammoth has also been known as:
- Robinson
- Boulter
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Boulter is located in Juab County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boulter
- Silver City ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Silver City is located in Juab County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
- Eureka
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Knightville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Knightville is located in Juab County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knightville
- Diamond ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Diamond is located in Juab County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond
- Tintic ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Tintic is located in Juab County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tintic
- Tintic has also been known as:
- Ely Mills
- McIntyre
- Jericho ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Jericho is located in Juab County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
- Jericho Junction ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Jericho Junction is located in Juab County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho Junction
- Rocky Ridge
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Rocky Ridge is located in Juab County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 851 people
- Mona
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Millard County
- The following are listed by their distance from Knight, with the one closest to Knight listed first.
- Leamington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Lynndyl
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Lynndyl is located in Millard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynndyl
- Population from the 2020 Census: 117 people
- Former name for Lynndyl:
- Leamington Hill Junction
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lynndyl <1>
- Tooele County
- The following are listed by their distance from Knight, with the one closest to Knight listed first.
- Scranton ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Scranton is located in Tooele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scranton
- Lofgreen ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lofgreen is located in Tooele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lofgreen
- Lofgreen has also been known as:
- Lofgreen Siding
- Benmore ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Benmore is located in Tooele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benmore
- Topliff ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Topliff is located in Tooele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Topliff
- Vernon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Faust ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Faust is located in Tooele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faust
- Sunshine ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Sunshine is located in Tooele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine
- Ajax ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Ajax is located in Tooele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ajax
- Former name for Ajax:
- Center
- West Dip ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- West Dip is located in Tooele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Dip
- West Dip has also been known as:
- West Mercur
- La Cigale ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- La Cigale is located in Tooele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Cigale
- La Cigale has also been known as:
- Cigale
- Mercur ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Mercur is located in Tooele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercur
- Batesville ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Batesville is located in Tooele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batesville
- Utah County
- The following are listed by their distance from Knight, with the one closest to Knight listed first.
- Homansville ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Homansville is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homansville
- Dividend ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Dividend is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dividend
- Elberta
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Goshen ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Goshen is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
- Former names for Goshen:
- Lower Goshen
- Mechanicsville
- Sandtown
- Sodom
- Goshen has also been known as:
- Old Goshen
- Goshen
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Mosida ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mosida is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mosida
- Genola
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Genola is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,597 people
- Santaquin
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Camp Floyd ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Camp Floyd is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Floyd
- Fairfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Fairfield is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 151 people
- Former name for Fairfield:
- Dobietown
- West Mountain
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- West Mountain is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Mountain
- Manning ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Manning is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manning
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Knight, see our County-by-County Page for Knight.
Cemeteries Near Knight ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Knight.
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 Knight - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Knight covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Knight, with the one closest to Knight listed first.
- Fitch Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Eureka Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Silver City Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Diamond Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Chief Green Jacket Gravesite
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Original Goshen Pioneer Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Goshen City Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Vernon Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Vernon Cemetery is located outside and to the south of Vernon.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #77486 <2>
- Genola City Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Swasey Family Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Old Pioneer Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Pioneer Memorial Park
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (24 more) ...
- Rocky Ridge Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Old Rocky Ridge Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Faust Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faust Cemetery
- The Faust Cemetery has also been known as:
- Old Faust Ranch Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #109326 <2>
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 Knight in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Knight.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Knight, with the one closest to Knight listed first.
- Ironton ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Ironton is located in Juab County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironton
- Mammoth Junction
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Mammoth Junction is located in Juab County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mammoth Junction
- Silver City ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Silver City is located in Juab County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
- Mammoth
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Mammoth is located in Juab County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mammoth
- Mammoth has also been known as:
- Robinson
- Eureka
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Goshen
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Vernon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mona
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Santaquin
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Fairfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Fairfield is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 151 people
- Former name for Fairfield:
- Dobietown
- Ajax ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Ajax is located in Tooele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ajax
- Former name for Ajax:
- Center
- Nephi
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Nephi is located in Juab County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nephi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,479 people
- Former name for Nephi:
- Little Chicago
- Nephi has also been known as:
- Nephi City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nephi <1>
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Payson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Payson is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Payson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 21,033 people
- Former names for Payson:
- Fort Peteetneet
- Pacen
- Peteetneet
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Payson <1>
- Mercur ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Mercur is located in Tooele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercur
- Benjamin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Benjamin is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benjamin
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Knight. See our List of 1890's Communities around Knight.
Newspapers Published in Knight ...
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 15 newspapers that have been published in the area around Knight.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Knight, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Knight.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Knight:
- Websites specific to Utah
- Pages specific to Juab County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Millard County
- Tooele County
- Utah 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 Knight, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Knight) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |