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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 Lake View Resort (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 Lake View Resort. 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 Lake View Resort ...

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: Lakeview Resort.

  • A typical abbreviation for Lake View Resort: Lake Vw. Resort

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 southwest 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 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.

Lake View Resort is located in Garfield 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 Garfield County: Beaver, Iron, Kane, Piute, San Juan & Wayne.

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

  • Garfield County     (The home county of Lake View Resort)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lake View Resort, with the one closest to Lake View Resort listed first.
    • Panguitch Lake Resort
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Asay ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asay
      • Asay is located in Garfield County
      • Asay has also been known as:
      • Asay Town
      • Asays
    • Hatch
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hatch have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatch
      • Hatch is located in Garfield County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 141 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hatch <1>
    • Panguitch Fort ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Panguitch Fort. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panguitch Fort
      • Panguitch Fort is located in Garfield County
    • Panguitch
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Hillsdale
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Hillsdale. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsdale
      • Hillsdale is located in Garfield County
    • Bear Valley Junction
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bear Valley Junction. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Valley Junction
      • Bear Valley Junction is located in Garfield County
    • Bryce Canyon City
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Bryce Canyon
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Tropic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Bone Valley
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bone Valley. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bone Valley
      • Bone Valley is located in Garfield County
  • Iron County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lake View Resort, with the one closest to Lake View Resort listed first.
    • Brian Head
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Paragonah Fort ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Paragonah Fort. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paragonah Fort
      • Paragonah Fort is located in Iron County
    • Paragonah
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paragonah
      • Paragonah is located in Iron County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 556 people
      • Former names for Paragonah:
      • Paragoonah
      • Red Creek
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Paragonah <1>
    • Parowan Adobe Fort ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Parowan Adobe Fort. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parowan Adobe Fort
      • Parowan Adobe Fort is located in Iron County
    • Parowan
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Summit
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Buckhorn Springs ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckhorn Springs
      • Buckhorn Springs is located in Iron County
    • Enoch
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Fort Johnson ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Fort Johnson. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Johnson
      • Fort Johnson is located in Iron County
    • Johnson's Fort ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Johnson's Fort. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson's Fort
      • Johnson's Fort is located in Iron County
      • Johnson's Fort has also been known as:
      • Johnson Springs
    • Cedar Highlands
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Highlands
      • Cedar Highlands is located in Iron County
    • Cedar City
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar City
      • Cedar City is located in Iron County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 36,090 people
      • Former names for Cedar City:
      • Coal Creek
      • Little Muddy
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cedar City <1>
    • Hamiltons Fort
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamiltons Fort
      • Hamiltons Fort is located in Iron County
      • Former names for Hamiltons Fort:
      • Fort Hamblin
      • Fort Sidon
      • Fort Walker
      • Hambleton
      • Hamblin
      • Shirts Creek
      • Sidon
      • Hamiltons Fort has also been known as:
      • Hamilton Fort
      • Hamilton
  • Kane County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lake View Resort, with the one closest to Lake View Resort listed first.
    • Duck Creek Village
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Long Valley Junction
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Alton
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alton
      • Alton is located in Kane County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 119 people
      • Former names for Alton:
      • Graham
      • Roundy's Station
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alton <1>
    • Glendale
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Orderville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)

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

Cemeteries Near Lake View Resort ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lake View Resort.

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 Lake View Resort covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lake View Resort, with the one closest to Lake View Resort listed first.

  • Hatch City Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Hillsdale Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Panguitch City Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Parowan City Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Paragonah Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Bryce Woodlands Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Spry Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Summit City Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Alton Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Alton Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Alton Cemetery is located outside and to the southwest of Alton.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #77135 <4>
  • Roundy Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Roundy Cemetery
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Roundy Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Roundy Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<5> to the southwest of Alton.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #109266 <4>
  • Roundy / Johnson Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Enoch City Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (7 more) ...
    • Cedar City Cemetery
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Spry Cemetery
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Harris Cemetery
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)

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>

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

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

  • Panguitch
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Paragonah
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paragonah
    • Paragonah is located in Iron County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 556 people
    • Former names for Paragonah:
    • Paragoonah
    • Red Creek
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Paragonah <1>
  • Parowan
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Cedar City
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar City
    • Cedar City is located in Iron County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 36,090 people
    • Former names for Cedar City:
    • Coal Creek
    • Little Muddy
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cedar City <1>
  • Glendale
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)

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

Newspapers Published in Lake View Resort ...

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 7 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lake View Resort.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lake View Resort, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lake View Resort.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Lake View Resort:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Lake View Resort. 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>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>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.
<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- Lake View Resort) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Lake View Resort. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.7161, Longitude: -112.6222       In this case, the coordinates for Lake View Resort have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Lake View Resort, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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