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 Mountain Top Park (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 Mountain Top Park. 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 Mountain Top Park ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Mountain Top Park: Mtn. Top Park
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 and 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.
Mountain Top Park 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 Mountain Top Park. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Mountain Top Park:
- Salt Lake County (The home county of Mountain Top Park)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mountain Top Park, with the one closest to Mountain Top Park listed first.
- Maple City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Maple City is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple City
- San Domingo City ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- San Domingo City is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Domingo City
- Foothill Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Foothill Village is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foothill Village
- University Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- University Village is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Village
- Fort Douglas
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- 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
- Baker Mine ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Baker Mine is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker Mine
- Canyon Rim
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Canyon Rim is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canyon Rim
- East Millcreek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- East Millcreek is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Millcreek
- Mount Olympus
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Olympus is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olympus
- Sugar House ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sugar House is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar House
- Willard
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Willard is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willard
- Williams
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Williams is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams
- Davis County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mountain Top Park, with the one closest to Mountain Top Park listed first.
- Bountiful Fort ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bountiful Fort is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bountiful Fort
- Cottonwood Heights
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cottonwood Heights is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood Heights
- Oakhaven Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Oakhaven Village is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakhaven Village
- Val Verda
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Val Verda is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Val Verda
- Bountiful
(11 miles [17.7 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>
- Centerville Fort ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Centerville Fort is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville Fort
- Centerville
(11 miles [17.7 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>
- Woods Cross
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Castle
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Castle is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle
- North Salt Lake
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Center Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Center Village is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Village
- West Bountiful
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mountain Top Park, with the one closest to Mountain Top Park listed first.
- Porterville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Porterville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porterville
- Richville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Richville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richville
- Como Springs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Como Springs is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Como Springs
- Littleton ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Littleton is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littleton
- Morgan
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Milton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Milton is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton
- Devils Slide ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Devils Slide is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devils Slide
- Enterprise
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Enterprise is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Croydon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Croydon is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Croydon
- Peterson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Peterson is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peterson
- Mountain Green
(23 miles [37 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 Mountain Top Park, with the one closest to Mountain Top Park listed first.
- Altus ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Altus is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altus
- Summit Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Summit Park is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Park
- Gorgosa
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Gorgosa is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gorgosa
- North Snyderville Basin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Silver Creek Junction
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Snyderville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- South Snyderville Basin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wanship
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Park City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Rockport ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 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
- Hoytsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Hoytsville is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoytsville
- Coalville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Tooele County
- Lake Point
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Lake Point is located in Tooele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Point
- Utah County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mountain Top Park, with the one closest to Mountain Top Park listed first.
- Forest City ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Forest City is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City
- Silver Lake
(21 miles [33.8 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
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Deer Creek is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Creek
- Alpine
(24 miles [38.6 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
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Mutual Dell is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mutual Dell
- Cedar Hills
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Highland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Aspen Grove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Aspen Grove is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aspen Grove
- Lehi
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- American Fork
(29 miles [46.7 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>
- Sundance
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Grove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Wasatch County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mountain Top Park, with the one closest to Mountain Top Park listed first.
- Cranmer
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Cranmer is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranmer
- Hideout
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Hideout is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hideout
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,254 people
- Keetley ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Keetley is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keetley
- Hailstone ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hailstone is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hailstone
- Jordanelle
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Jordanelle is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordanelle
- Interlaken
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Interlaken is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Interlaken
- Mound City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mound City is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound City
- Midway
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Heber City
(25 miles [40.2 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>
- Charleston
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Charleston is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 496 people
- Daniel
(27 miles [43.5 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
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Independence is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
- Weber County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mountain Top Park, with the one closest to Mountain Top Park listed first.
- Uintah Fort ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Uintah Fort is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uintah Fort
- Uintah
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Fort Kington ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Fort Kington is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Kington
- Uintah Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Uintah Village is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uintah Village
- Yorkshire Meadow
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Yorkshire Meadow is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkshire Meadow
- Rigde Villa
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rigde Villa is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rigde Villa
- Adamdell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Adamdell is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamdell
- Hidden Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hidden Village is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Village
- Washington Terrace
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Washington Terrace is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Terrace
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,185 people
- Greenwood Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Greenwood Village is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Village
- Riverdale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- South Ogden
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- South Ogden is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Ogden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17,133 people
- South Ogden has also been known as:
- South Ogden City
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Mountain Top Park, see our County-by-County Page for Mountain Top Park.
Cemeteries Near Mountain Top Park ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mountain Top Park.
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 Mountain Top Park - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Mountain Top Park covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Mountain Top Park, with the one closest to Mountain Top Park listed first.
- Ft. Douglas Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Old Deseret Village Pioneer Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Larkin Sunset Lawn Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Shaarey Tzedek Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Shrine of Memorial Mausoleum
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Salt Lake City Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- B'nai Israel Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Montefiore Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Mt. Calvary Catholic Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- St. Paul's Episcopal Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Mt. Olivet Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Lakeview Memorial Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (98 more) ...
- Memory Grove Memorial
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Kimball - Whitney Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Brigham Young Family Memorial Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 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 Mountain Top Park in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Mountain Top Park.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Mountain Top Park, with the one closest to Mountain Top Park listed first.
- Fort Douglas
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- 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
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Williams is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams
- Sugar House ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sugar House is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar House
- Salt Lake City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Franklin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Franklin is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
- Millcreek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Millcreek is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millcreek
- Cottonwood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cottonwood is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood
- Snyderville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Centerville
(11 miles [17.7 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>
- Woods Cross
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hot Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Hot Springs is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hot Springs
- Garden City ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Garden City is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Atkinson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Atkinson is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinson
- Murray
(13 miles [20.9 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>
- Buena Vista
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Buena Vista is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Mountain Top Park. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mountain Top Park.
Newspapers Published in Mountain Top Park ...
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 Mountain Top Park.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mountain Top Park, there are papers which were published within 9 miles [14.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Mountain Top Park.
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 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 Mountain Top Park:
- 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
- Weber 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 Mountain Top Park, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Mountain Top Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |