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 Olympus View Heights (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 Olympus View Heights. 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 Olympus View Heights ...
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 occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Olympus View Heights: Olympus Vw. Hts. (in Canada, 'Hgts.' is the more common abbreviation.)
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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Olympus View Heights 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 Olympus View Heights. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Olympus View Heights:
- Salt Lake County (The home county of Olympus View Heights)
- The following are listed by their distance from Olympus View Heights, with the one closest to Olympus View Heights listed first.
- Mount Olympus
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Mount Olympus is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olympus
- Canyon Rim
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Canyon Rim is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canyon Rim
- East Millcreek
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- East Millcreek is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Millcreek
- Wander Village
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Wander Village is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wander Village
- Cottonwood
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Cottonwood is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood
- Holladay
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Willard
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Willard is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willard
- Yuma View
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Yuma View is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yuma View
- Cottonwood Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Cottonwood Village is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood Village
- Hamilton Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Hamilton Village is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton Village
- Vista Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Vista Village is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vista Village
- Forest Dale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Forest Dale is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Dale
- Greenfield Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Greenfield Village is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield Village
- Davis County
- The following are listed by their distance from Olympus View Heights, with the one closest to Olympus View Heights listed first.
- Val Verda
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Val Verda is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Val Verda
- Castle
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Castle is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle
- North Salt Lake
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Oakhaven Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Oakhaven Village is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakhaven Village
- Bountiful Fort ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Bountiful Fort is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bountiful Fort
- Bountiful
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- 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>
- Cottonwood Heights
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Cottonwood Heights is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood Heights
- Woods Cross
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- West Bountiful
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Centerville Fort ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Centerville Fort is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville Fort
- Centerville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- 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>
- Benchmark Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Benchmark Village is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benchmark Village
- Center Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Center Village is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Village
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Olympus View Heights, with the one closest to Olympus View Heights listed first.
- Porterville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Porterville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porterville
- Richville
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Richville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richville
- Como Springs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Como Springs is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Como Springs
- Littleton ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Littleton is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littleton
- Morgan
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Milton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Milton is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton
- Enterprise
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Enterprise is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Peterson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Peterson is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peterson
- Devils Slide ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Devils Slide is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devils Slide
- Summit County
- The following are listed by their distance from Olympus View Heights, with the one closest to Olympus View Heights listed first.
- Altus ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Altus is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altus
- Summit Park
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Summit Park is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Park
- Gorgosa
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Gorgosa is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gorgosa
- Snyderville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- South Snyderville Basin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- North Snyderville Basin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Park City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Silver Creek Junction
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Rockport ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 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
- Wanship
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Fort Sage Bottom ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Fort Sage Bottom is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Sage Bottom
- Fort Sage Bottom has also been known as:
- Woodenshoe
- Peoa
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Hoytsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hoytsville is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoytsville
- Tooele County
- The following are listed by their distance from Olympus View Heights, with the one closest to Olympus View Heights listed first.
- Lake Point
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Lake Point is located in Tooele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Point
- Lincoln
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Lincoln is located in Tooele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
- Former names for Lincoln:
- Lake View
- Pine Canyon
- Mills Junction
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Mills Junction is located in Tooele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mills Junction
- Former names for Mills Junction:
- Milltown
- Millvale
- Milton
- Richville
- Stansbury park
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Erda
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Tooele
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Utah County
- The following are listed by their distance from Olympus View Heights, with the one closest to Olympus View Heights listed first.
- Alpine
(15 miles [24.1 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>
- Forest City ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Forest City is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City
- Silver Lake
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- 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
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Deer Creek is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Creek
- Cedar Hills
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Highland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Lehi
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Mutual Dell
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Mutual Dell is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mutual Dell
- American Fork
(20 miles [32.2 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>
- Pleasant Grove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Aspen Grove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Aspen Grove is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aspen Grove
- Lindon
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Sundance
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Wasatch County
- The following are listed by their distance from Olympus View Heights, with the one closest to Olympus View Heights listed first.
- Mound City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Mound City is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound City
- Cranmer
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Cranmer is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranmer
- Jordanelle
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Jordanelle is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordanelle
- Interlaken
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Interlaken is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Interlaken
- Midway
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hailstone ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Hailstone is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hailstone
- Hideout
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Hideout is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hideout
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,254 people
- Keetley ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Keetley is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keetley
- Charleston
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Charleston is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 496 people
- Heber City
(24 miles [38.6 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>
- Daniel
(25 miles [40.2 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
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Independence is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
- Wallsburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Wallsburg is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 397 people
- Former names for Wallsburg:
- Little Warm Valley
- Round Valley
- Wallsburg Fort
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wallsburg <1>
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Olympus View Heights, see our County-by-County Page for Olympus View Heights.
Cemeteries Near Olympus View Heights ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Olympus View Heights.
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 Olympus View Heights - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Olympus View Heights covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Olympus View Heights, with the one closest to Olympus View Heights listed first.
- Holladay Memorial Park
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Elysian Burial Gardens
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Murray City Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murray City Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Murray City Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Murray.
- The Murray City Cemetery has also been known as:
- South Cottonwood Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #77356 <2>
- Memorial Mtn. View Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memorial Mtn. View Cemetery
- The Memorial Mtn. View Cemetery has also been known as:
- Mountain View Memorial Estates Cemetery
- Mountain View Memorial Estates
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #729904 <2>
- Larkin Sunset Lawn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Union Pioneer Memorial Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Old Deseret Village Pioneer Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Mt. Olivet Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Ft. Douglas Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Midvale City Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Calvary Catholic Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Continue List (94 more) ...
- B'nai Israel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Montefiore Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- St. Paul's Episcopal Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
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 Olympus View Heights in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Olympus View Heights.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Olympus View Heights, with the one closest to Olympus View Heights listed first.
- Cottonwood
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Cottonwood is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood
- Sugar House ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sugar House is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar House
- Millcreek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Millcreek is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millcreek
- Murray
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- 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>
- Williams
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Williams is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams
- Fort Douglas
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- 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
- Union
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Union is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Franklin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Franklin is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
- Taylorsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Sandy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Salt Lake City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- West Jordan
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Granger
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Granger is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granger
- Buena Vista
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Buena Vista is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Garden City ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Garden City is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Olympus View Heights. See our List of 1890's Communities around Olympus View Heights.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Olympus View Heights:
- 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
- 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 Olympus View Heights, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |