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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 Nephi (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 Nephi. 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 Nephi ...

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.

Nephi was originally named Salt Creek

A past name for Nephi: Little Chicago.

Nephi has also been known as: Nephi City.

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.

A Few Details for Nephi ...

While it's still very early in our research, we found that:

  • The naming (or the toponymy) of Nephi: ocpn-1905:Named for the youngest son of Lehi, a character of the Book of Mormon.
  • The city of Nephi was established in 1851.

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.

Nephi is located in Juab County and is the County Seat.

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 Juab County: White Pine (NV), Millard, Sanpete, Tooele & Utah.

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

  • Juab County     (The home county of Nephi)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Nephi, with the one closest to Nephi listed first.
    • Fort Nephi ‑ Historic
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Fort Nephi. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Nephi
      • Fort Nephi is located in Juab County
    • Mona
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Levan
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Levan have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Levan
      • Levan is located in Juab County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 956 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Levan <2>
    • Juab ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Juab have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juab
      • Juab is located in Juab County
    • Rocky Ridge
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ridge
      • Rocky Ridge is located in Juab County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 851 people
    • Diamond ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Diamond have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond
      • Diamond is located in Juab County
    • Mills ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mills
      • Mills is located in Juab County
      • Former names for Mills:
      • Suckertown
      • Wellingtno
    • Tintic ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tintic have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tintic
      • Tintic is located in Juab County
      • Tintic has also been known as:
      • Ely Mills
      • McIntyre
    • Jericho Junction ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho Junction
      • Jericho Junction is located in Juab County
    • Jericho ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
      • Jericho is located in Juab County
    • Knightville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Knightville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knightville
      • Knightville is located in Juab County
    • Mammoth
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mammoth
      • Mammoth is located in Juab County
      • Mammoth has also been known as:
      • Robinson
    • Silver City ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silver City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
      • Silver City is located in Juab County
  • Millard County
    • Leamington
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leamington have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leamington
      • Leamington is located in Millard County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 243 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leamington <2>
  • Sanpete County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Nephi, with the one closest to Nephi listed first.
    • Fountain Green
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fountain Green have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Green
      • Fountain Green is located in Sanpete County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,182 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fountain Green <2>
    • Freedom
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Freedom have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom
      • Freedom is located in Sanpete County
    • Moroni Fort ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Moroni Fort. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moroni Fort
      • Moroni Fort is located in Sanpete County
    • Moroni
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Wales
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Fairview
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fairview have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
      • Fairview is located in Sanpete County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,381 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fairview <2>
    • Chester
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chester have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester
      • Chester is located in Sanpete County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chester <2>
    • Mount Pleasant
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
      • Mount Pleasant is located in Sanpete County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,580 people
      • Former names for Mount Pleasant:
      • Fort Hambleton
      • Hambleton
      • Hambletowns Settlement
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mount Pleasant <2>
    • Spring City Fort ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Spring City Fort. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring City Fort
      • Spring City Fort is located in Sanpete County
    • Spring City
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Manasseh ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Manasseh. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manasseh
      • Manasseh is located in Sanpete County
    • Ephraim
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ephraim
      • Ephraim is located in Sanpete County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,385 people
      • Former names for Ephraim:
      • Cottonwood
      • Fort Ephraim
      • Pine Creek
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ephraim <2>
    • Beaver Dams
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Dams
      • Beaver Dams is located in Sanpete County
      • Beaver Dams has also been known as:
      • Beaver Dams Summer Homes Area
  • Tooele County
    • Scranton ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Scranton. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scranton
      • Scranton is located in Tooele County
  • Utah County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Nephi, with the one closest to Nephi listed first.
    • Goshen
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Elberta
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Goshen ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Goshen. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
      • Goshen is located in Utah County
      • Former names for Goshen:
      • Lower Goshen
      • Mechanicsville
      • Sandtown
      • Sodom
      • Goshen has also been known as:
      • Old Goshen
    • Santaquin
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Genola
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Genola have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genola
      • Genola is located in Utah County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,597 people
    • Spring Lake
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lake
      • Spring Lake is located in Utah County
    • Birdseye
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdseye
      • Birdseye is located in Utah County
      • Former names for Birdseye:
      • Clinton
      • Summit Basin
    • Dividend ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dividend have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dividend
      • Dividend is located in Utah County
    • Elk Ridge
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elk Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Ridge
      • Elk Ridge is located in Utah County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,427 people
    • Woodland Hills
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodland Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Hills
      • Woodland Hills is located in Utah County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,614 people
    • Homansville ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Homansville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homansville
      • Homansville is located in Utah County
    • Payson
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Payson
      • Payson is located in Utah County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 21,033 people
      • Former names for Payson:
      • Fort Peteetneet
      • Pacen
      • Peteetneet
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Payson <2>
    • Salem
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Nephi ...

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 22 newspapers that have been published in the area around Nephi.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Nephi. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Nephi and those printed in the larger area surrounding Nephi.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<4> of Nephi.

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 Nephi:

Cemeteries Near Nephi ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Nephi.

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

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Nephi, with the one closest to Nephi 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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Nephi had a population of 2,034 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Nephi had a population of 6,479 people.

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

  • Mona
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Levan
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Levan have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Levan
    • Levan is located in Juab County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 956 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Levan <2>
  • Fountain Green
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fountain Green have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Green
    • Fountain Green is located in Sanpete County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,182 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fountain Green <2>
  • Goshen
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Mills ‑ Historic
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mills
    • Mills is located in Juab County
    • Former names for Mills:
    • Suckertown
    • Wellingtno
  • Wales
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Moroni
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Santaquin
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Hill Top
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hill Top have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Top
    • Hill Top is located in Sanpete County
  • Indianola
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Indianola have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indianola
    • Indianola is located in Sanpete County
  • Chester
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chester have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester
    • Chester is located in Sanpete County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chester <2>
  • Fairview
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fairview have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
    • Fairview is located in Sanpete County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,381 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fairview <2>
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Mammoth
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mammoth
      • Mammoth is located in Juab County
      • Mammoth has also been known as:
      • Robinson
    • Silver City ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silver City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
      • Silver City is located in Juab County
    • Eureka
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)

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

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

The official website for Juab County: www.co.juab.ut.us/

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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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.
<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- Nephi) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Nephi. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.7129, Longitude: -111.8304    
<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 Nephi, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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