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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 Modena (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 Modena. 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 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.

Modena is located in Iron 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 Iron County: Lincoln (NV), Beaver, Garfield, Kane & Washington.

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

  • Iron County     (The home county of Modena)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Modena, with the one closest to Modena listed first.
    • Desert Springs ‑ Historic
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Desert Springs. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Desert Springs
      • Desert Springs is located in Iron County
    • Uvada ‑ Historic
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Uvada have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uvada
      • Uvada is located in Iron County
    • Yale Crossing ‑ Historic
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yale Crossing
      • Yale Crossing is located in Iron County
    • Stateline ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Stateline. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stateline
      • Stateline is located in Iron County
    • Beryl Junction
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beryl Junction
      • Beryl Junction is located in Iron County
    • Beryl
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beryl
      • Beryl is located in Iron County
    • Zane ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Zane have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zane
      • Zane is located in Iron County
      • Zane has also been known as:
      • Sahara
    • Newcastle
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Old Irontown
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Irontown
      • Old Irontown is located in Iron County
      • Old Irontown has also been known as:
      • Iron City
      • Irontown
    • Lund ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lund
      • Lund is located in Iron County
  • Beaver County
    • Mercury Springs ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Mercury Springs. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercury Springs
      • Mercury Springs is located in Beaver County
  • Washington County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Modena, with the one closest to Modena listed first.
    • Hebron ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
      • Hebron is located in Washington County
    • Enterprise
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Holt ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holt
      • Holt is located in Washington County
    • Hamblin ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Hamblin. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamblin
      • Hamblin is located in Washington County
    • Bull Valley ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bull Valley
      • Bull Valley is located in Washington County
    • Mountain Meadows ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Meadows
      • Mountain Meadows is located in Washington County
    • Pinto
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinto
      • Pinto is located in Washington County
    • Central
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
      • Central is located in Washington County
  • Lincoln County (NV)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Modena, with the one closest to Modena listed first.
    • Fay ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fay have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fay
      • Fay is located in Lincoln County (NV)
    • Deer Lodge ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Lodge
      • Deer Lodge is located in Lincoln County (NV)
    • Crestline ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crestline
      • Crestline is located in Lincoln County (NV)
    • Spring Valley
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
      • Spring Valley is located in Lincoln County (NV)
    • Acoma ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Acoma have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acoma
      • Acoma is located in Lincoln County (NV)
    • Panaca
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Barclay
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barclay
      • Barclay is located in Lincoln County (NV)
    • Joseco ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Joseco have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joseco
      • Joseco is located in Lincoln County (NV)
    • Bullionville ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bullionville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullionville
      • Bullionville is located in Lincoln County (NV)
    • Islen ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Islen have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Islen
      • Islen is located in Lincoln County (NV)
    • Pioche
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
    • Prince ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prince
      • Prince is located in Lincoln County (NV)

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

Newspapers Published in Modena ...

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 14 newspapers that have been published in the area around Modena.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Modena, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Modena.

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 Modena:

Cemeteries Near Modena ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Modena.

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

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Modena, with the one closest to Modena 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.<6>

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

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

  • Hamblin ‑ Historic
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Hamblin. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamblin
    • Hamblin is located in Washington County
  • Panaca
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
  • Pinto
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinto
    • Pinto is located in Washington County

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

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

The official website for Iron County: www.ironnet.org/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Modena) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Modena. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.7988, Longitude: -113.9244    
<5>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.
<6>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Modena, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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