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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 Lewis Estates (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 Lewis Estates. 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 Lewis Estates ...

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 occur.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Lewis Estates: Lewis Ests.

You might be interested in other communities that are also named Lewis Estates. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Lewis Estates.

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.

Lewis Estates is located in Salt Lake 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 Salt Lake County: Davis, Morgan, Summit, Tooele, Utah & Wasatch.

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

  • Salt Lake County     (The home county of Lewis Estates)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lewis Estates, with the one closest to Lewis Estates listed first.
    • Bluffdale
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Riverton Majestic Village
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Riverton
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Lane Village
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Lane Village is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lane Village
    • Featherwood Village
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Featherwood Village is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Featherwood Village
    • Draper
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Draper is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Draper
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 48,963 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Draper <1>
    • Willow Fort ‑ Historic
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Willow Fort is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Fort
    • Herriman
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • South Jordan
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Transwest Village
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Transwest Village is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Transwest Village
    • Fort Herriman ‑ Historic
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Fort Herriman is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Herriman
    • Cobblestone Village
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Cobblestone Village is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobblestone Village
  • Davis County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lewis Estates, with the one closest to Lewis Estates listed first.
    • Castle
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Castle is located in Davis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle
    • North Salt Lake
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Val Verda
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Val Verda is located in Davis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Val Verda
    • Oakhaven Village
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Oakhaven Village is located in Davis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakhaven Village
    • Woods Cross
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Bountiful Fort ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Bountiful Fort is located in Davis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bountiful Fort
    • Bountiful
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • 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>
    • Cottonwood Heights
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Cottonwood Heights is located in Davis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood Heights
    • West Bountiful
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Centerville Fort ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Centerville Fort is located in Davis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville Fort
    • Centerville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • 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>
    • Benchmark Village
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Benchmark Village is located in Davis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benchmark Village
  • Summit County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lewis Estates, with the one closest to Lewis Estates listed first.
    • Altus ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Altus is located in Summit County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altus
    • Summit Park
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Summit Park is located in Summit County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Park
    • Park City
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Snyderville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Gorgosa
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Gorgosa is located in Summit County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gorgosa
    • South Snyderville Basin
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Silver Creek Junction
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • North Snyderville Basin
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Tooele County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lewis Estates, with the one closest to Lewis Estates listed first.
    • Lincoln
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Lincoln is located in Tooele County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
      • Former names for Lincoln:
      • Lake View
      • Pine Canyon
    • Mercur ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Mercur is located in Tooele County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercur
    • Ophir
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Ophir is located in Tooele County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ophir
      • Estimated population in 2017: 57 people
    • Gisborn ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Gisborn is located in Tooele County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gisborn
    • Jacob City ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Jacob City is located in Tooele County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacob City
    • Tooele
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Sunshine ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Sunshine is located in Tooele County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine
    • Erda
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Lake Point
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Lake Point is located in Tooele County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Point
    • Mills Junction
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Mills Junction is located in Tooele County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mills Junction
      • Former names for Mills Junction:
      • Milltown
      • Millvale
      • Milton
      • Richville
    • Batesville ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Batesville is located in Tooele County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batesville
    • La Cigale ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • La Cigale is located in Tooele County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Cigale
      • La Cigale has also been known as:
      • Cigale
  • Utah County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lewis Estates, with the one closest to Lewis Estates listed first.
    • Lehi
      (6 miles [9.7 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>
    • Highland
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Alpine
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • 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>
    • Saratoga Springs
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • American Fork
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • American Fork is located in Utah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for American Fork
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 33,896 people
      • Former names for American Fork:
      • Lake City
      • McArthursville
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for American Fork <1>
    • Cedar Hills
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Eagle Mountain
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Pleasant Grove
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Cedar Fort
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Cedar Fort is located in Utah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Fort
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 395 people
    • Deer Creek ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Deer Creek is located in Utah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Creek
    • Mutual Dell
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Mutual Dell is located in Utah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mutual Dell
    • Lindon
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Wasatch County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lewis Estates, with the one closest to Lewis Estates listed first.
    • Mound City
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Mound City is located in Wasatch County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound City
    • Interlaken
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Interlaken is located in Wasatch County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Interlaken
    • Midway
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Charleston
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Charleston is located in Wasatch County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 496 people
    • Daniel
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Daniel is located in Wasatch County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daniel
      • Estimated population in 2015: 1,058 people
    • Heber City
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Heber City is located in Wasatch County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heber City
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,574 people
      • Heber City has also been known as:
      • Heber
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Heber City <1>
    • Cranmer
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Cranmer is located in Wasatch County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranmer
    • Jordanelle
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Jordanelle is located in Wasatch County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordanelle
    • Wallsburg
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Wallsburg is located in Wasatch County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallsburg
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 397 people
      • Former names for Wallsburg:
      • Little Warm Valley
      • Round Valley
      • Wallsburg Fort
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wallsburg <1>
    • Hailstone ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Hailstone is located in Wasatch County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hailstone
    • Independence
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Independence is located in Wasatch County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
    • Keetley ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Keetley is located in Wasatch County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keetley

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

Cemeteries Near Lewis Estates ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lewis Estates.

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 Lewis Estates - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

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

  • Jordan
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Jordan is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan
  • Draper
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Draper is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Draper
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 48,963 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Draper <1>
  • Herriman
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Lehi
    (6 miles [9.7 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>
  • Sandy
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Sandy is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 94,871 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sandy <1>
  • West Jordan
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Alpine
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • 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>
  • Union
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Union is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
  • American Fork
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • American Fork is located in Utah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for American Fork
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 33,896 people
    • Former names for American Fork:
    • Lake City
    • McArthursville
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for American Fork <1>
  • Bingham ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • 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
  • Taylorsville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Murray
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Murray is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murray
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 48,355 people
    • Murray has also been known as:
    • Murray City
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Murray <1>
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Cedar Fort
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Cedar Fort is located in Utah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Fort
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 395 people
    • Pleasant Grove
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Cottonwood
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Cottonwood is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood

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

Newspapers Published in Lewis Estates ...

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 Lewis Estates.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lewis Estates, there are papers which were published within 6 miles [9.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lewis Estates.

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 Lewis Estates:

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 Lewis Estates, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Lewis Estates) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.