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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 Mills Junction (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 Mills Junction. 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 Mills Junction ...

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.

Past names for Mills Junction include: Milltown, Millvale, Milton and Richville.

  • A typical abbreviation for Mills Junction: Mills Jct. (or less commonly used: Mills Jctn.)
  • While the name of this community is Mills Junction, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Mills Junction may originally have been Mill's Junction.

    Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Mills Junction might be written as Mill Junction.

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 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.

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

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

  • Tooele County     (The home county of Mills Junction)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mills Junction, with the one closest to Mills Junction listed first.
    • Stansbury park
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stansbury park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stansbury park
      • Stansbury park is located in Tooele County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stansbury park <3>
    • Lake Point
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Point
      • Lake Point is located in Tooele County
    • Erda
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Erda have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erda
      • Erda is located in Tooele County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Erda <3>
    • Lincoln
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
      • Lincoln is located in Tooele County
      • Former names for Lincoln:
      • Lake View
      • Pine Canyon
    • Tooele
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Burmester
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burmester
      • Burmester is located in Tooele County
    • Grantsville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grantsville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantsville
      • Grantsville is located in Tooele County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,409 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grantsville <3>
    • Bauer
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bauer
      • Bauer is located in Tooele County
    • Stockton
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Slagtown ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Slagtown. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slagtown
      • Slagtown is located in Tooele County
      • Former name for Slagtown:
      • Martinville
      • Slagtown has also been known as:
      • Rush Lake
    • Gisborn ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Gisborn. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gisborn
      • Gisborn is located in Tooele County
    • Jacob City ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Jacob City. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacob City
      • Jacob City is located in Tooele County
  • Davis County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mills Junction, with the one closest to Mills Junction listed first.
    • North Salt Lake
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Salt Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Salt Lake
      • North Salt Lake is located in Davis County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 21,204 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for North Salt Lake <3>
    • Val Verda
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Val Verda have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Val Verda
      • Val Verda is located in Davis County
    • Woods Cross
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woods Cross have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Cross
      • Woods Cross is located in Davis County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,668 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Woods Cross <3>
    • Bountiful Fort ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bountiful Fort. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bountiful Fort
      • Bountiful Fort is located in Davis County
    • Bountiful
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bountiful
      • Bountiful is located in Davis County
      • 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 <3>
    • Oakhaven Village
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oakhaven Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakhaven Village
      • Oakhaven Village is located in Davis County
    • West Bountiful
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Bountiful have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bountiful
      • West Bountiful is located in Davis County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,920 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for West Bountiful <3>
    • Centerville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
      • Centerville is located in Davis County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,530 people
      • Former names for Centerville:
      • Cherry Settlement
      • Deuel Creek
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Centerville <3>
    • Cottonwood Heights
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cottonwood Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood Heights
      • Cottonwood Heights is located in Davis County
    • Benchmark Village
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Benchmark Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benchmark Village
      • Benchmark Village is located in Davis County
    • Center Village
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Center Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Village
      • Center Village is located in Davis County
    • Centerville Fort ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Centerville Fort. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville Fort
      • Centerville Fort is located in Davis County
  • Salt Lake County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mills Junction, with the one closest to Mills Junction listed first.
    • Garfield ‑ Historic
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Garfield have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
      • Garfield is located in Salt Lake County
    • Arthur ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthur
      • Arthur is located in Salt Lake County
    • Copperfield ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Copperfield. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copperfield
      • Copperfield is located in Salt Lake County
      • Former name for Copperfield:
      • Upper Bingham
    • Bacchus ‑ Historic
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bacchus
      • Bacchus is located in Salt Lake County
    • Browns Townsite
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Browns Townsite have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browns Townsite
      • Browns Townsite is located in Salt Lake County
    • Magna
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Chambers Townsite
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chambers Townsite have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambers Townsite
      • Chambers Townsite is located in Salt Lake County
    • Bingham ‑ Historic
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bingham. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bingham
      • Bingham is located in Salt Lake County
      • Bingham has also been known as:
      • Bingham Canyon
      • Bingham Herd House
      • Binghams Gulch
      • Jinxtown
    • Centennial Village Two
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Centennial Village Two have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centennial Village Two
      • Centennial Village Two is located in Salt Lake County
    • Copperton
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copperton
      • Copperton is located in Salt Lake County
    • Highland Boy ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Highland Boy. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Boy
      • Highland Boy is located in Salt Lake County
    • Centennial Village
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Centennial Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centennial Village
      • Centennial Village is located in Salt Lake County
  • Utah County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mills Junction, with the one closest to Mills Junction listed first.
    • Lincoln
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
      • Lincoln is located in Utah County
    • Cedar Fort
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Fort
      • Cedar Fort is located in Utah County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 395 people
    • Manning ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Manning. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manning
      • Manning is located in Utah County
    • Eagle Mountain
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eagle Mountain have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Mountain
      • Eagle Mountain is located in Utah County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 42,013 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eagle Mountain <3>
    • Lehi
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lehi have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehi
      • Lehi is located in Utah County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 73,383 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lehi <3>
    • Camp Floyd ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Floyd
      • Camp Floyd is located in Utah County
    • Fairfield
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
      • Fairfield is located in Utah County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 151 people
      • Former name for Fairfield:
      • Dobietown
    • Saratoga Springs
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Alpine
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
      • Alpine is located in Utah County
      • 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 <3>
    • Highland
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Highland have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
      • Highland is located in Utah County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 19,241 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Highland <3>

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

Newspapers Published in Mills Junction ...

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 25 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mills Junction.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mills Junction, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Mills Junction.

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 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 Mills Junction:

Cemeteries Near Mills Junction ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mills Junction.

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 Mills Junction covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Mills Junction, with the one closest to Mills Junction 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.<7>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Mills Junction had a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Erda
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Erda have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erda
    • Erda is located in Tooele County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Erda <3>
  • Lake Point
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Point
    • Lake Point is located in Tooele County
  • Tooele
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Grantsville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grantsville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantsville
    • Grantsville is located in Tooele County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,409 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grantsville <3>
  • Bingham ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bingham. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bingham
    • Bingham is located in Salt Lake County
    • Bingham has also been known as:
    • Bingham Canyon
    • Bingham Herd House
    • Binghams Gulch
    • Jinxtown
  • Riter
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Riter have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riter
    • Riter is located in Salt Lake County
  • Stockton
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • El Dorado
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for El Dorado have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Dorado
    • El Dorado is located in Salt Lake County
  • Herriman
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Taylorsville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Taylorsville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylorsville
    • Taylorsville is located in Salt Lake County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 59,402 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Taylorsville <3>
  • Granger
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Granger have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granger
    • Granger is located in Salt Lake County
  • West Jordan
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (18 more) ...
    • Buena Vista
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Buena Vista have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
      • Buena Vista is located in Salt Lake County
    • Ophir
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ophir
      • Ophir is located in Tooele County
      • Estimated population in 2017: 57 people
    • Jordan
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jordan have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan
      • Jordan 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 Mills Junction. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mills Junction.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Mills Junction. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Tooele County: www.co.tooele.ut.us/

The official website for State of Utah: https://www.utah.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties).
<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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<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 drawn from Point A (ie- Mills Junction) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Mills Junction. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.6532, Longitude: -112.2892    
<6>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.
<7>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 Mills Junction, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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