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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 Layton (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 Layton. 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 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.

Layton is located in Davis 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 Davis County: Box Elder, Morgan, Salt Lake, Tooele & Weber.

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

  • Davis County     (The home county of Layton)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Layton, with the one closest to Layton listed first.
    • Sahara Village
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sahara Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sahara Village
      • Sahara Village is located in Davis County
    • Kaysville
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kaysville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaysville
      • Kaysville is located in Davis County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 32,603 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kaysville <2>
    • Anchorage
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Fruit Heights
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fruit Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruit Heights
      • Fruit Heights is located in Davis County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,216 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fruit Heights <2>
    • Clearfield
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clearfield have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearfield
      • Clearfield is located in Davis County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 32,151 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clearfield <2>
    • Smith Village
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Smith Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Village
      • Smith Village is located in Davis County
    • Oakridge Village
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oakridge Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakridge Village
      • Oakridge Village is located in Davis County
    • Kingston Fort ‑ Historic
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • South Weber
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Weber have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Weber
      • South Weber is located in Davis County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,252 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for South Weber <2>
    • Arsenal
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Lupine Village
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lupine Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lupine Village
      • Lupine Village is located in Davis County
    • Syracuse
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Syracuse have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Syracuse
      • Syracuse is located in Davis County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 32,420 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Syracuse <2>
  • Box Elder County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Layton, with the one closest to Layton listed first.
    • South Willard
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Willard have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Willard
      • South Willard is located in Box Elder County
    • Willard
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Willow Creek Fort ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Promontory Point ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Perry
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Saline
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Saline. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saline
      • Saline is located in Box Elder County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Saline
      • From Layton to Saline
    • Mantua
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mantua
      • Mantua is located in Box Elder County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,019 people
      • Former names for Mantua:
      • Copenhagen
      • Flaxville
      • Geneva
      • Little Valley
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Mantua
      • From Layton to Mantua
  • Cache County
    • La Plata ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for La Plata. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Plata
      • La Plata is located in Cache County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to La Plata
      • From Layton to La Plata
  • Morgan County
  • Salt Lake County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Layton, with the one closest to Layton listed first.
    • Denver City
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Denver City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denver City
      • Denver City is located in Salt Lake County
    • San Domingo City ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Jackson Park Village
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jackson Park Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Park Village
      • Jackson Park Village is located in Salt Lake County
    • Buena Vista
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Buena Vista have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
      • Buena Vista is located in Salt Lake County
    • Fort Salt Lake City ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Salt Lake City
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Saltair ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Saltair. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saltair
      • Saltair is located in Salt Lake County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Saltair
      • From Layton to Saltair
    • Fort Douglas
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Granite
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Granite have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite
      • Granite is located in Salt Lake County
    • Lincoln Village
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lincoln Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Village
      • Lincoln Village is located in Salt Lake County
    • Riter
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Riter. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riter
      • Riter is located in Salt Lake County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Riter
      • From Layton to Riter
    • University Village
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for University Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Village
      • University Village is located in Salt Lake County
  • Summit County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Layton, with the one closest to Layton listed first.
    • Henefer
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Echo City ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Echo
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Altus ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Summit Park
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Summit Park have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Park
      • Summit Park is located in Summit County
    • Gorgosa
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gorgosa have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gorgosa
      • Gorgosa is located in Summit County
  • Tooele County
  • Weber County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Layton, with the one closest to Layton listed first.
    • Fort Kington ‑ Historic
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Uintah Fort ‑ Historic
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Uintah Fort. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uintah Fort
      • Uintah Fort is located in Weber County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Uintah Fort
      • From Layton to Uintah Fort
    • Uintah Village
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Uintah Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uintah Village
      • Uintah Village is located in Weber County
    • Uintah
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Yorkshire Meadow
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Adamdell
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Rigde Villa
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Washington Terrace
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Washington Terrace have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Terrace
      • Washington Terrace is located in Weber County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,185 people
    • Greenwood Village
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenwood Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Village
      • Greenwood Village is located in Weber County
    • Hidden Village
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hidden Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Village
      • Hidden Village is located in Weber County
    • Riverdale
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Roy
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Roy have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roy
      • Roy is located in Weber County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 39,559 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Roy <2>

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

Cemeteries Near Layton ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Layton.

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

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

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Layton, with the one closest to Layton 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.<5>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Layton had a population of 346 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Layton had a population of 79,012 people.

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

  • Kaysville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kaysville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaysville
    • Kaysville is located in Davis County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 32,603 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kaysville <2>
  • Syracuse
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Syracuse have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Syracuse
    • Syracuse is located in Davis County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 32,420 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Syracuse <2>
  • Farmington
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Farmington have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington
    • Farmington is located in Davis County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 25,387 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Farmington <2>
  • Uintah
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Steed
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Steed have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steed
    • Steed is located in Davis County
  • Riverdale
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Peterson
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Hooper
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Ogden
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Centerville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Woods Cross
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Slaterville ‑ Historic
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Slaterville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slaterville
    • Slaterville is located in Weber County
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Morgan
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Harrisville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harrisville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisville
      • Harrisville is located in Weber County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,845 people
    • Hot Springs
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hot Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hot Springs
      • Hot Springs is located in Salt Lake County

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Layton ...

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 4 newspapers that have been published in the area around Layton.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Layton. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Layton and those printed in the larger area surrounding Layton.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 2 miles [3.2 km]<6> of Layton.

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 Layton:

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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>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 Layton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Layton) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Layton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.0601, Longitude: -111.9662