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Introduction ...

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

We've added Kosmo to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Kosmo, 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 Kosmo (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 Kosmo. 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 Kosmo ...

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.

Another variation: Cosmo.

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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Kosmo is historic, it would have been located within present day Box Elder 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 Box Elder County: Cassia (ID), Oneida (ID), Elko (NV), Cache, Tooele & Weber.

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

  • Box Elder County     (The home county of Kosmo)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kosmo, with the one closest to Kosmo listed first.
    • Cedar Springs
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Springs
      • Cedar Springs is located in Box Elder County
    • Rozel ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rozel have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rozel
      • Rozel is located in Box Elder County
    • Promontory ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Promontory
      • Promontory is located in Box Elder County
    • Kelton ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kelton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelton
      • Kelton is located in Box Elder County
      • Former name for Kelton:
      • Indian Creek
    • Snowville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Howell
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Lampo Junction
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lampo Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lampo Junction
      • Lampo Junction is located in Box Elder County
    • Blue Creek ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Creek
      • Blue Creek is located in Box Elder County
    • Connor ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Connor
      • Connor is located in Box Elder County
      • Former names for Connor:
      • Balfour
      • Hansen
    • Penrose
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penrose
      • Penrose is located in Box Elder County
    • Thatcher
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Thatcher have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thatcher
      • Thatcher is located in Box Elder County
    • Cedar Creek ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Creek
      • Cedar Creek is located in Box Elder County
  • Cassia County (ID)
    • Strevell ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strevell
      • Strevell is located in Cassia County (ID)
  • Oneida County (ID)

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

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 Kosmo:

Cemeteries Near Kosmo ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Kosmo.

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

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Kosmo, with the one closest to Kosmo 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 Kosmo in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Kosmo.

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

  • Rozel ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rozel have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rozel
    • Rozel is located in Box Elder County
  • Promontory ‑ Historic
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Promontory
    • Promontory is located in Box Elder County
  • Kelton ‑ Historic
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kelton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelton
    • Kelton is located in Box Elder County
    • Former name for Kelton:
    • Indian Creek
  • Snowville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Blue Creek ‑ Historic
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Creek
    • Blue Creek is located in Box Elder County
  • Connor ‑ Historic
    (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Connor
    • Connor is located in Box Elder County
    • Former names for Connor:
    • Balfour
    • Hansen
  • Park Valley
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)

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

The official website for Box Elder County: www.boxeldercounty.org/

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 Kosmo, 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>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 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Kosmo) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Kosmo. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.7172, Longitude: -112.7915    









 

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