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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 North View (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 North View. 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 hospitals and doctors 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.

North View 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 North View. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to North View:

  • Iron County     (The home county of North View)
    • The following are listed by their distance from North View, with the one closest to North View listed first.
    • Brian Head
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Summit
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Cedar Highlands
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Highlands
      • Cedar Highlands is located in Iron County
    • Parowan Adobe Fort ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Parowan Adobe Fort. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parowan Adobe Fort
      • Parowan Adobe Fort is located in Iron County
    • Parowan
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Cedar City
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar City
      • Cedar City is located in Iron County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 36,090 people
      • Former names for Cedar City:
      • Coal Creek
      • Little Muddy
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cedar City <1>
    • Enoch
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Fort Johnson ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Fort Johnson. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Johnson
      • Fort Johnson is located in Iron County
    • Johnson's Fort ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Johnson's Fort. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson's Fort
      • Johnson's Fort is located in Iron County
      • Johnson's Fort has also been known as:
      • Johnson Springs
    • Paragonah Fort ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Paragonah Fort. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paragonah Fort
      • Paragonah Fort is located in Iron County
    • Paragonah
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paragonah
      • Paragonah is located in Iron County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 556 people
      • Former names for Paragonah:
      • Paragoonah
      • Red Creek
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Paragonah <1>
    • Hamiltons Fort
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamiltons Fort
      • Hamiltons Fort is located in Iron County
      • Former names for Hamiltons Fort:
      • Fort Hamblin
      • Fort Sidon
      • Fort Walker
      • Hambleton
      • Hamblin
      • Shirts Creek
      • Sidon
      • Hamiltons Fort has also been known as:
      • Hamilton Fort
      • Hamilton
    • Fort Kanarra ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Fort Kanarra. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Kanarra
      • Fort Kanarra is located in Iron County
  • Garfield County
    • The following are listed by their distance from North View, with the one closest to North View listed first.
    • Panguitch Lake Resort
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Asay ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asay
      • Asay is located in Garfield County
      • Asay has also been known as:
      • Asay Town
      • Asays
    • Hatch
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hatch have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatch
      • Hatch is located in Garfield County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 141 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hatch <1>
    • Panguitch Fort ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Panguitch Fort. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panguitch Fort
      • Panguitch Fort is located in Garfield County
    • Panguitch
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Hillsdale
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Hillsdale. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsdale
      • Hillsdale is located in Garfield County
  • Kane County
    • The following are listed by their distance from North View, with the one closest to North View listed first.
    • Duck Creek Village
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Long Valley Junction
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Alton
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alton
      • Alton is located in Kane County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 119 people
      • Former names for Alton:
      • Graham
      • Roundy's Station
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alton <1>
    • Glendale
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Orderville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Mount Carmel
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
  • Washington County
    • The following are listed by their distance from North View, with the one closest to North View listed first.
    • Blue Springs
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Springs
      • Blue Springs is located in Washington County
    • Fort Harmony ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Harmony
      • Fort Harmony is located in Washington County
    • Little Zion ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Zion
      • Little Zion is located in Washington County
    • New Harmony
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)

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

Cemeteries Near North View ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of North View.

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

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from North View, with the one closest to North View listed first.

  • Summit City Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Parowan City Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Cedar City Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Enoch City Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Paragonah Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Kanarraville Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Hatch City Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
  • Alton Cemetery
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Alton Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Alton Cemetery is located outside and to the southwest of Alton.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #77135 <4>
  • Bryce Woodlands Cemetery
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
  • Ft. Harmony
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ft. Harmony
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Ft. Harmony. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2537127 <4>
  • Roundy Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Roundy Cemetery
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Roundy Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Roundy Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<5> to the southwest of Alton.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #109266 <4>
  • Roundy / Johnson Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (9 more) ...

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 North View in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of North View.

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

  • Parowan
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Cedar City
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar City
    • Cedar City is located in Iron County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 36,090 people
    • Former names for Cedar City:
    • Coal Creek
    • Little Muddy
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cedar City <1>
  • Paragonah
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paragonah
    • Paragonah is located in Iron County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 556 people
    • Former names for Paragonah:
    • Paragoonah
    • Red Creek
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Paragonah <1>
  • Kanarraville
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kanarraville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kanarraville
    • Kanarraville is located in Iron County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 410 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kanarraville <1>
  • Panguitch
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Glendale
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
  • New Harmony
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Orderville
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Mount Carmel
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)

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

Newspapers Published in North View ...

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 7 newspapers that have been published in the area around North View.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of North View, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for North View.

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 North View:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for North View. 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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<2>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.
<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>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.
<5>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- North View) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in North View. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.6575, Longitude: -112.8344       In this case, the coordinates for North View have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 North View, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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