Our Genealogy Helper
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 Merrywood (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 Merrywood. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors 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.
Merrywood 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 Merrywood. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Merrywood:
- Salt Lake County (The home county of Merrywood)
- The following are listed by their distance from Merrywood, with the one closest to Merrywood listed first.
- Maple City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Maple City is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple City
- Baker Mine ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Baker Mine is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker Mine
- Mount Olympus
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Olympus is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olympus
- Canyon Rim
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Canyon Rim is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canyon Rim
- East Millcreek
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- East Millcreek is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Millcreek
- Wander Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wander Village is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wander Village
- Foothill Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Foothill Village is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foothill Village
- University Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- University Village is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Village
- Willard
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Willard is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willard
- Yuma View
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Yuma View is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yuma View
- Cottonwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cottonwood is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood
- Forest Dale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Forest Dale is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Dale
- Davis County
- The following are listed by their distance from Merrywood, with the one closest to Merrywood listed first.
- Castle
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Castle is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle
- Cottonwood Heights
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Cottonwood Heights is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood Heights
- North Salt Lake
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Oakhaven Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Oakhaven Village is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakhaven Village
- Val Verda
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Val Verda is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Val Verda
- Bountiful Fort ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bountiful Fort is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bountiful Fort
- Bountiful
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- 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>
- Woods Cross
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Centerville Fort ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Centerville Fort is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville Fort
- Centerville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- 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>
- West Bountiful
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Center Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Center Village is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Village
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Merrywood, with the one closest to Merrywood listed first.
- Porterville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Porterville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porterville
- Richville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Richville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richville
- Como Springs
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Como Springs is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Como Springs
- Littleton ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Littleton is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littleton
- Morgan
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Milton
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Milton is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton
- Devils Slide ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Devils Slide is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devils Slide
- Enterprise
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Enterprise is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Peterson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Peterson is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peterson
- Croydon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Croydon is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Croydon
- Mountain Green
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Mountain Green is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Green
- Summit County
- The following are listed by their distance from Merrywood, with the one closest to Merrywood listed first.
- Summit Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Summit Park is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Park
- Altus ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Altus is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altus
- Gorgosa
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Gorgosa is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gorgosa
- Snyderville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- South Snyderville Basin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- North Snyderville Basin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Silver Creek Junction
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Park City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rockport ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Rockport is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockport
- Former names for Rockport:
- Crandall
- Enoch City
- Rock Fort
- Wanship
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Fort Sage Bottom ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Fort Sage Bottom is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Sage Bottom
- Fort Sage Bottom has also been known as:
- Woodenshoe
- Peoa
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Tooele County
- The following are listed by their distance from Merrywood, with the one closest to Merrywood listed first.
- Lake Point
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Lake Point is located in Tooele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Point
- Lincoln
(30 miles [48.3 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
- Mills Junction
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Mills Junction is located in Tooele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mills Junction
- Former names for Mills Junction:
- Milltown
- Millvale
- Milton
- Richville
- Utah County
- The following are listed by their distance from Merrywood, with the one closest to Merrywood listed first.
- Forest City ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Forest City is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City
- Silver Lake
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Silver Lake is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake
- Silver Lake has also been known as:
- Silver Lake Summer Home Area
- Deer Creek ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Deer Creek is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Creek
- Alpine
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- 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>
- Mutual Dell
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Mutual Dell is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mutual Dell
- Cedar Hills
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Highland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Aspen Grove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Aspen Grove is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aspen Grove
- Lehi
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Sundance
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- American Fork
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- 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>
- Pleasant Grove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Wasatch County
- The following are listed by their distance from Merrywood, with the one closest to Merrywood listed first.
- Keetley ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Keetley is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keetley
- Cranmer
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cranmer is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranmer
- Hideout
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Hideout is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hideout
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,254 people
- Hailstone ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hailstone is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hailstone
- Interlaken
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Interlaken is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Interlaken
- Jordanelle
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jordanelle is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordanelle
- Mound City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mound City is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound City
- Midway
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Charleston
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Charleston is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 496 people
- Heber City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- 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>
- Daniel
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Daniel is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daniel
- Estimated population in 2015: 1,058 people
- Independence
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Independence is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Merrywood, see our County-by-County Page for Merrywood.
Cemeteries Near Merrywood ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Merrywood.
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 Merrywood - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Merrywood covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Merrywood, with the one closest to Merrywood listed first.
- Old Deseret Village Pioneer Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Ft. Douglas Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Larkin Sunset Lawn Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Holladay Memorial Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Olivet Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Elysian Burial Gardens
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Snyderville Pioneer Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Shaarey Tzedek Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Shrine of Memorial Mausoleum
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Salt Lake City Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- B'nai Israel Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (94 more) ...
- Montefiore Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. Calvary Catholic Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- St. Paul's Episcopal Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
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 Merrywood in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Merrywood.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Merrywood, with the one closest to Merrywood listed first.
- Cottonwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cottonwood is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood
- Garden City ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Garden City is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
- Fort Douglas
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Fort Douglas is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Douglas
- Fort Douglas has also been known as:
- Camp Kent
- Williams
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Williams is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams
- Sugar House ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Sugar House is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar House
- Millcreek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Millcreek is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millcreek
- Snyderville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Alta
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Alta is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 377 people
- Former name for Alta:
- Central City
- Alta has also been known as:
- Alta City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alta <1>
- Murray
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- 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>
- Union
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Union is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Brighton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Salt Lake City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Franklin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Franklin is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
- Sandy
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Park City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Merrywood. See our List of 1890's Communities around Merrywood.
Newspapers Published in Merrywood ...
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 2 newspapers that have been published in the area around Merrywood.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Merrywood, there are papers which were published within 7 miles [11.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Merrywood.
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 Merrywood:
- Websites specific to Utah
- Pages specific to Salt Lake County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Davis County
- Morgan County
- Summit County
- Tooele County
- Utah County
- Wasatch County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Utah
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 Merrywood, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Merrywood) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |