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

Lago is located in Tooele 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 Tooele County: Elko (NV), White Pine (NV), Box Elder, Davis, Juab, Salt Lake, Utah & Weber.

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

  • Tooele County     (The home county of Lago)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lago, with the one closest to Lago listed first.
    • Lake Point
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Lake Point is located in Tooele County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Point
    • Mills Junction
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Mills Junction is located in Tooele County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mills Junction
      • Former names for Mills Junction:
      • Milltown
      • Millvale
      • Milton
      • Richville
    • Stansbury park
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Erda
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Lincoln
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Lincoln is located in Tooele County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
      • Former names for Lincoln:
      • Lake View
      • Pine Canyon
    • Burmester
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Burmester is located in Tooele County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burmester
    • Tooele
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Grantsville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Bauer
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Bauer is located in Tooele County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bauer
    • Stockton
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Slagtown ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Slagtown is located in Tooele County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slagtown
      • Former name for Slagtown:
      • Martinville
      • Slagtown has also been known as:
      • Rush Lake
    • Rowley Junction ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Rowley Junction is located in Tooele County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowley Junction
      • Former names for Rowley Junction:
      • Rowley
      • Spring Valley
      • Timpie
  • Davis County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lago, with the one closest to Lago listed first.
    • Castle
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Castle is located in Davis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle
    • North Salt Lake
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Val Verda
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Val Verda is located in Davis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Val Verda
    • Bountiful
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • 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>
    • West Bountiful
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Woods Cross
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Bountiful Fort ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Bountiful Fort is located in Davis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bountiful Fort
    • Cottonwood Heights
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Cottonwood Heights is located in Davis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood Heights
    • Oakhaven Village
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Oakhaven Village is located in Davis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakhaven Village
    • Center Village
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Center Village is located in Davis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Village
    • Centerville Fort ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Centerville Fort is located in Davis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville Fort
    • Centerville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • 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>
  • Salt Lake County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lago, with the one closest to Lago listed first.
    • Garfield ‑ Historic
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Garfield is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
    • Arthur ‑ Historic
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Arthur is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthur
    • Chambers Townsite
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Chambers Townsite is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambers Townsite
    • Browns Townsite
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Browns Townsite is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browns Townsite
    • Magna
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Bacchus ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Bacchus is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bacchus
    • Saltair ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Saltair is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saltair
    • Centennial Village Two
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Centennial Village
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Centennial Village is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centennial Village
    • Riter
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Riter is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riter
    • Martin Village
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Martin Village is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin Village
    • Copperfield ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Copperfield is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copperfield
      • Former name for Copperfield:
      • Upper Bingham
  • Utah County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lago, with the one closest to Lago listed first.
    • Lincoln
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Lincoln is located in Utah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
    • Cedar Fort
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Cedar Fort is located in Utah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Fort
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 395 people
    • Manning ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Manning is located in Utah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manning
    • Lehi
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Lehi is located in Utah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehi
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 73,383 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lehi <1>
    • Alpine
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • 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>
    • Eagle Mountain
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Highland
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)

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

Cemeteries Near Lago ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lago.

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 Lago - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lago covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lago, with the one closest to Lago 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.<3>

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

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

  • Lake Point
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Lake Point is located in Tooele County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Point
  • Mills Junction
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Mills Junction is located in Tooele County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mills Junction
    • Former names for Mills Junction:
    • Milltown
    • Millvale
    • Milton
    • Richville
  • Erda
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Riter
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Riter is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riter
  • Tooele
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Bingham ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Bingham is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bingham
    • Bingham has also been known as:
    • Bingham Canyon
    • Bingham Herd House
    • Binghams Gulch
    • Jinxtown
  • El Dorado
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • El Dorado is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Dorado
  • Grantsville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Granger
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Granger is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granger
  • Buena Vista
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Buena Vista is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
  • Taylorsville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Stockton
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Herriman
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • West Jordan
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Franklin
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Franklin is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin

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

Newspapers Published in Lago ...

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 19 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lago.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lago, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lago.

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 helpful 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 Lago:

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 Lago, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Lago) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.