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 Pleasant 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 Pleasant 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.
Name Variations for Pleasant View ...
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 Pleasant View: Pleasant Vw.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Pleasant View. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Pleasant View.
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 and doctors 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.
Pleasant View is located in Davis 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 Davis County: Box Elder, Morgan, Salt Lake, Tooele & Weber.
Below are the counties that are near Pleasant View. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pleasant View:
- Davis County (The home county of Pleasant View)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant View, with the one closest to Pleasant View listed first.
- Sunset
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Clint Village
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Clint Village is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clint Village
- Arsenal
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Arsenal is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arsenal
- Al Vi Village
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Al Vi Village is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Al Vi Village
- Clinton
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Country Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Country Village is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Village
- Smith Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Smith Village is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Village
- Kingston Fort ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Kingston Fort is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston Fort
- Clearfield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- West Point
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- South Weber
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Anchorage
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Anchorage is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anchorage
- Sahara Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sahara Village is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sahara Village
- Box Elder County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant View, with the one closest to Pleasant View listed first.
- South Willard
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- South Willard is located in Box Elder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Willard
- Willard
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Willow Creek Fort ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Willow Creek Fort is located in Box Elder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Creek Fort
- Promontory Point ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Promontory Point is located in Box Elder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Promontory Point
- Perry
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Saline
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Saline is located in Box Elder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saline
- Brigham City Fort ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Brigham City Fort is located in Box Elder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brigham City Fort
- Brigham City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Brigham City is located in Box Elder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brigham City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 19,717 people
- Former names for Brigham City:
- Box Elder
- Youngsville
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brigham City <1>
- Mantua
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Mantua is located in Box Elder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mantua
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,019 people
- Former names for Mantua:
- Copenhagen
- Flaxville
- Geneva
- Little Valley
- Box Elder Fort ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Box Elder Fort is located in Box Elder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Box Elder Fort
- Fort Davis ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Fort Davis is located in Box Elder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Davis
- Fort Davis has also been known as:
- Davis Fort
- Corinne
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Cache County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant View, with the one closest to Pleasant View listed first.
- La Plata ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- La Plata is located in Cache County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Plata
- Avon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Avon is located in Cache County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
- Paradise
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant View, with the one closest to Pleasant View listed first.
- Mountain Green
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Mountain Green is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Green
- Peterson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Peterson is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peterson
- Enterprise
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Enterprise is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Milton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Milton is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton
- Littleton ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Littleton is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littleton
- Morgan
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Richville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Richville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richville
- Como Springs
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Como Springs is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Como Springs
- Porterville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Porterville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porterville
- Devils Slide ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Devils Slide is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devils Slide
- Croydon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Croydon is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Croydon
- Salt Lake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant View, with the one closest to Pleasant View listed first.
- Denver City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Denver City is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denver City
- San Domingo City ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- San Domingo City is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Domingo City
- Jackson Park Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Jackson Park Village is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Park Village
- Saltair ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Saltair is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saltair
- Buena Vista
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Buena Vista is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Fort Salt Lake City ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Fort Salt Lake City is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Salt Lake City
- Riter
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Riter is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riter
- Salt Lake City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Fort Douglas
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- 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
- Granite
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Granite is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite
- Garden City Addition
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Garden City Addition is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City Addition
- Lincoln Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Lincoln Village is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Village
- University Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- University Village is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Village
- Summit County
- Henefer
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Weber County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant View, with the one closest to Pleasant View listed first.
- Roy
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Westlake Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Westlake Village is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westlake Village
- Adamdell
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Adamdell is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamdell
- Riverdale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Fort Kington ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Fort Kington is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Kington
- Washington Terrace
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Washington Terrace is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Terrace
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,185 people
- Kanesville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Kanesville is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kanesville
- Rigde Villa
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Rigde Villa is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rigde Villa
- Greenwood Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Greenwood Village is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Village
- Hidden Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hidden Village is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Village
- South Ogden
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- South Ogden is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Ogden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17,133 people
- South Ogden has also been known as:
- South Ogden City
- Tri-S Village Estates
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hooper
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Pleasant View, see our County-by-County Page for Pleasant View.
Cemeteries Near Pleasant View ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pleasant 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.
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 Pleasant View - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Pleasant View covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pleasant View, with the one closest to Pleasant View listed first.
- Clinton City Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Roy City Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Syracuse Memorial Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Clearfield City Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- South Weber Historical Pioneer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Lindquist's Washington Heights Memorial Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- West Point Memorial Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Layton Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layton Hill Cemetery
- The Layton Hill Cemetery has also been known as:
- Lakeview Cemetery
- Lakeview Memorial Gardens
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #109240 <2>
- Uintah Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uintah Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Uintah Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Uintah.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #77474 <2>
- Lindquist's Memorial Gardens of the Wasatch
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Aultorest Memorial Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aultorest Memorial Park
- The Aultorest Memorial Park has also been known as:
- Leavitt's Aultorest Memorial Park
- Mt. Ogden Memorial Park
- Mountain View Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #77140 <2>
- Hooper Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (55 more) ...
- West Haven Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Lindquist Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindquist Cemetery
- The Lindquist Cemetery has also been known as:
- Layton Memorial Park
- Lindquist Memorial Park
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #77311 <2>
- Ogden City Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
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 Pleasant View in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Pleasant View.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Pleasant View, with the one closest to Pleasant View listed first.
- Steed
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Steed is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steed
- Riverdale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Syracuse
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hooper
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Uintah
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Ogden
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ogden is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 87,387 people
- Former names for Ogden:
- Brownsville
- Fort Buenaventura
- Ogden has also been known as:
- Ogden City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ogden <1>
- Layton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Slaterville ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Slaterville is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slaterville
- Kaysville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Harrisville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Harrisville is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,845 people
- Plain City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Plain City is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plain City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,862 people
- North Ogden
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Farmington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Peterson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Peterson is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peterson
- Huntsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Huntsville is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 639 people
- Former names for Huntsville:
- Hawkins Grove
- Huntsville Fort
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Huntsville <1>
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Pleasant View. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pleasant View.
Newspapers Published in Pleasant 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 4 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pleasant View.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pleasant View, there are papers which were published within Less than 2 miles<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Pleasant 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 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 Pleasant View:
- Websites specific to Utah
- Pages specific to Davis County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Box Elder County
- Cache County
- Morgan County
- Salt Lake County
- Summit County
- Weber 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 Pleasant View, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Pleasant View) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |