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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Paria. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Paria to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Paria, please Contact Us.

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 Paria (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 Paria. 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 Paria ...

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.

Paria was originally named Pahreah

Another variation: Pariah.

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 Paria ...

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

  • Paria was established in 1865.

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 doctors and 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Paria is historic, it would have been located within present day Kane 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 Kane County: Coconino (AZ), Mohave (AZ), Garfield, Iron, San Juan & Washington.

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

  • Kane County     (The home county of Paria)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Paria, with the one closest to Paria listed first.
    • Shirts Fort ‑ Historic
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Shirts Fort. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shirts Fort
      • Shirts Fort is located in Kane County
    • Rockhouse ‑ Historic
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Rockhouse. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockhouse
      • Rockhouse is located in Kane County
    • Adairville ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adairville
      • Adairville is located in Kane County
    • Big Water
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Georgetown ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Georgetown have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
      • Georgetown is located in Kane County
    • Clarkdale ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Clarkdale. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarkdale
      • Clarkdale is located in Kane County
      • Clarkdale has also been known as:
      • Clarkston
      • Skoompa
      • Skoots Pah
      • Skootspah
      • Skumpah
      • Skutumpah
    • Johnson ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Johnson. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson
      • Johnson is located in Kane County
  • Garfield County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Paria, with the one closest to Paria listed first.
    • Henrieville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Cannonville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Clifton ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Clifton. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
      • Clifton is located in Garfield County
    • Loseeville ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Loseeville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loseeville
      • Loseeville is located in Garfield County
      • Loseeville has also been known as:
      • Losee
      • New Clifton
    • Tropic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Bryce Canyon
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Bryce Canyon City
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)

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

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 Paria:

Cemeteries Near Paria ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Paria.

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

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

  • Pahreah Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Pahreah Cemetery is located 34 miles [54.7 km]<5> to the southwest of Kanab.
    • The Pahreah Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Paria Cemetery
    • Pariah Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pahreah Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #109265 <6>
  • Adairville Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Adairville Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Adairville Cemetery is located 33 miles [53.1 km]<5> to the west of Kanab.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Adairville Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2371838 <6>
  • Elijah Averett Gravesite
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Elijah Averett Gravesite. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Elijah Averett Gravesite
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2319807 <6>
  • Georgetown Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
  • Henrieville Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
  • Cannonville Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
  • Johnson Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Loseeville Cemetery
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
  • Tropic Cemetery
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Tropic Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of Tropic.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tropic Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #77473 <6>

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.

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

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

  • Henrieville
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
  • Cannonville
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
  • Johnson ‑ Historic
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Johnson. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson
    • Johnson is located in Kane County
  • Loseeville ‑ Historic
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Loseeville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loseeville
    • Loseeville is located in Garfield County
    • Loseeville has also been known as:
    • Losee
    • New Clifton

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

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Paria, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>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- Paria) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Paria. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.2481, Longitude: -111.9493    
<6>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.




 

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