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 Pigeon Hollow Junction (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 Pigeon Hollow Junction. 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 Pigeon Hollow Junction ...
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 Pigeon Hollow Junction: Pigeon Holw. Jct. (or less commonly used: Pigeon Hlw. Jct. or Pigeon Hllw. Jct.)
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 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.
Pigeon Hollow Junction is located in Sanpete 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 Sanpete County: Carbon, Emery, Juab, Millard, Sevier & Utah.
Below are the counties that are near Pigeon Hollow Junction. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pigeon Hollow Junction:
- Sanpete County (The home county of Pigeon Hollow Junction)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pigeon Hollow Junction, with the one closest to Pigeon Hollow Junction listed first.
- Chester
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Ephraim
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Ephraim is located in Sanpete County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ephraim
- 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 <1>
- Spring City Fort ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Spring City Fort is located in Sanpete County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring City Fort
- Spring City
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Wales
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Manasseh ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Manasseh is located in Sanpete County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manasseh
- Moroni Fort ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Moroni Fort is located in Sanpete County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moroni Fort
- Moroni
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Freedom
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Freedom is located in Sanpete County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom
- Mount Pleasant
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Sanpete County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- 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 <1>
- Fort Manti ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Fort Manti is located in Sanpete County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Manti
- Former names for Fort Manti:
- Little Stone Fort
- Manti Log Fort
- Manti
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Manti is located in Sanpete County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manti
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,790 people
- Former name for Manti:
- Copenhagen
- Manti has also been known as:
- Manti City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Manti <1>
- Fountain Green
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Carbon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pigeon Hollow Junction, with the one closest to Pigeon Hollow Junction listed first.
- Clear Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Clear Creek is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Creek
- Winter Quarters ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Winter Quarters is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winter Quarters
- Hiawatha
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Hiawatha is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiawatha
- Wattis ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Wattis is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wattis
- Scofield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Scofield is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scofield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 23 people
- Emery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pigeon Hollow Junction, with the one closest to Pigeon Hollow Junction listed first.
- Connellsville ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Connellsville is located in Emery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Connellsville
- Mohrland ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Mohrland is located in Emery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohrland
- Orangeville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Juab County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pigeon Hollow Junction, with the one closest to Pigeon Hollow Junction listed first.
- Levan
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Juab ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Juab is located in Juab County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juab
- Fort Nephi ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Fort Nephi is located in Juab County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Nephi
- Nephi
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Nephi is located in Juab County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nephi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,479 people
- Former name for Nephi:
- Little Chicago
- Nephi has also been known as:
- Nephi City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nephi <1>
- Mills ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Mills is located in Juab County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mills
- Former names for Mills:
- Suckertown
- Wellingtno
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Pigeon Hollow Junction, see our County-by-County Page for Pigeon Hollow Junction.
Cemeteries Near Pigeon Hollow Junction ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pigeon Hollow Junction.
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 Pigeon Hollow Junction - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Pigeon Hollow Junction covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pigeon Hollow Junction, with the one closest to Pigeon Hollow Junction listed first.
- Ephraim Pioneer Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ephraim Park Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Spring City Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Chester Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Spring City Pioneer Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Wales Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wales Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Wales Cemetery is located outside and to the southwest of Wales.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #77490 <2>
- Moroni City Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Freedom Pioneer Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. Pleasant City Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Manti Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Fountain Green Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- James Yorgason Pioneer Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Continue List (20 more) ...
- Fairview City Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview City Cemetery
- The Fairview City Cemetery has also been known as:
- Fairview Cemetery
- Fairview City Upper Cemetery
- Fairview Upper Cemetery
- Fairview Pioneer Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Pioneer Cemetery
- The Fairview Pioneer Cemetery has also been known as:
- Fairview Cemetery
- Fairview City Lower Cemetery
- Fairview City Cemetery
- Fairview Lower Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2288502 <2>
- Sterling Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
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 Pigeon Hollow Junction in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Pigeon Hollow Junction.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Pigeon Hollow Junction, with the one closest to Pigeon Hollow Junction listed first.
- Chester
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Ephraim
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Ephraim is located in Sanpete County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ephraim
- 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 <1>
- Spring City
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Wales
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Moroni
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Mount Pleasant
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Sanpete County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- 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 <1>
- Manti
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Manti is located in Sanpete County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manti
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,790 people
- Former name for Manti:
- Copenhagen
- Manti has also been known as:
- Manti City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Manti <1>
- Fountain Green
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Fairview
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Sterling
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sterling is located in Sanpete County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterling
- Population from the 2020 Census: 326 people
- Former names for Sterling:
- Buncetown
- Bunceville
- Leesburg
- Pettytown
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sterling <1>
- Levan
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Fayette
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Hill Top
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Hill Top is located in Sanpete County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Top
- Mayfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Mayfield is located in Sanpete County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 564 people
- Former names for Mayfield:
- Cobblehaven
- Frog Hollow
- New London
- Order
- Skinny
- Skunk
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mayfield <1>
- Dover ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Dover is located in Sanpete County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Pigeon Hollow Junction. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pigeon Hollow Junction.
Newspapers Published in Pigeon Hollow Junction ...
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 26 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pigeon Hollow Junction.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pigeon Hollow Junction, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Pigeon Hollow Junction.
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 helpful 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 Pigeon Hollow Junction:
- Websites specific to Utah
- Pages specific to Sanpete County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carbon County
- Emery County
- Juab 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 Pigeon Hollow Junction, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Pigeon Hollow Junction) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |