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 Quail Point (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 Quail Point. 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 Quail Point ...
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 Quail Point: Quail Pt.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Quail Point. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Quail Point.
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.
Quail Point 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 Quail Point. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Quail Point:
- Davis County (The home county of Quail Point)
- The following are listed by their distance from Quail Point, with the one closest to Quail Point listed first.
- South Weber
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sahara Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Sahara Village is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sahara Village
- Kingston Fort ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Kingston Fort is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston Fort
- Layton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Fruit Heights
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Kaysville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Anchorage
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Anchorage is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anchorage
- Arsenal
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Arsenal is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arsenal
- Clearfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Smith Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Smith Village is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Village
- Country Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Country Village is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Village
- Sunset
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Al Vi Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Al Vi Village is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Al Vi Village
- Box Elder County
- The following are listed by their distance from Quail Point, with the one closest to Quail Point listed first.
- South Willard
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- South Willard is located in Box Elder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Willard
- Willard
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Willow Creek Fort ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Willow Creek Fort is located in Box Elder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Creek Fort
- Perry
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Mantua
(26 miles [41.8 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
- Promontory Point ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Promontory Point is located in Box Elder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Promontory Point
- Box Elder Fort ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Box Elder Fort is located in Box Elder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Box Elder Fort
- Brigham City Fort ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Brigham City Fort is located in Box Elder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brigham City Fort
- Brigham City
(28 miles [45.1 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>
- Fort Davis ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 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
- Saline
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Saline is located in Box Elder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saline
- Cache County
- The following are listed by their distance from Quail Point, with the one closest to Quail Point listed first.
- La Plata ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- La Plata is located in Cache County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Plata
- Avon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Avon is located in Cache County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
- Monte Christo ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Monte Christo is located in Cache County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monte Christo
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Quail Point, with the one closest to Quail Point listed first.
- Mountain Green
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Mountain Green is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Green
- Peterson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Peterson is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peterson
- Enterprise
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Enterprise is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Milton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Milton is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton
- Littleton ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Littleton is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littleton
- Morgan
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Richville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Richville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richville
- Como Springs
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Como Springs is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Como Springs
- Porterville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Porterville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porterville
- Devils Slide ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Devils Slide is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devils Slide
- Croydon
(21 miles [33.8 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 Quail Point, with the one closest to Quail Point listed first.
- San Domingo City ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- San Domingo City is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Domingo City
- Denver City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Denver City is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denver City
- Jackson Park Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Jackson Park Village is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Park Village
- Buena Vista
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Buena Vista is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Fort Douglas
(24 miles [38.6 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
- Fort Salt Lake City ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Fort Salt Lake City is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Salt Lake City
- Granite
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Granite is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite
- Salt Lake City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Saltair ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Saltair is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saltair
- Foothill Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Foothill Village is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foothill Village
- University Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- University Village is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Village
- Maple City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Maple City is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple City
- Garden City Addition
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Garden City Addition is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City Addition
- Summit County
- The following are listed by their distance from Quail Point, with the one closest to Quail Point listed first.
- Henefer
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Echo City ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Echo City is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo City
- Echo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Altus ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Altus is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altus
- Summit Park
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Summit Park is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Park
- Coalville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Gorgosa
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Gorgosa is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gorgosa
- Weber County
- The following are listed by their distance from Quail Point, with the one closest to Quail Point listed first.
- Uintah Fort ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Uintah Fort is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uintah Fort
- Uintah
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Uintah Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Uintah Village is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uintah Village
- Yorkshire Meadow
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Yorkshire Meadow is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkshire Meadow
- Fort Kington ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Fort Kington is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Kington
- Rigde Villa
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Rigde Villa is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rigde Villa
- Hidden Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Hidden Village is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Village
- Adamdell
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Adamdell is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamdell
- Washington Terrace
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Washington Terrace is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Terrace
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,185 people
- Greenwood Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Greenwood Village is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Village
- Riverdale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- South Ogden
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- 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
- Browns Fort ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Browns Fort is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browns Fort
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Quail Point, see our County-by-County Page for Quail Point.
Cemeteries Near Quail Point ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Quail Point.
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 Quail Point - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Quail Point covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Quail Point, with the one closest to Quail Point listed first.
- Lindquist Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- 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>
- Uintah Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- 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>
- Layton Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- 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>
- Lindquist's Memorial Gardens of the Wasatch
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- South Weber Historical Pioneer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Kaysville City Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaysville City Cemetery
- The Kaysville City Cemetery has also been known as:
- Kaysville - Layton Cemetery
- Kaysville & Layton Memorial Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #77290 <2>
- Clearfield City Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Lindquist's Washington Heights Memorial Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Aultorest Memorial Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- 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>
- Mountain Green Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Clinton City Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Syracuse Memorial Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Continue List (60 more) ...
- Peterson Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Roy City Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ogden City Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
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 Quail Point in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Quail Point.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Quail Point, with the one closest to Quail Point listed first.
- Uintah
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Layton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Kaysville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Riverdale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Steed
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Steed is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steed
- Peterson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Peterson is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peterson
- Syracuse
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Ogden
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- 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>
- Farmington
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Hooper
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Harrisville
(12 miles [19.3 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
- Slaterville ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Slaterville is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slaterville
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Huntsville
(12 miles [19.3 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>
- Centerville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- 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>
- Morgan
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Quail Point. See our List of 1890's Communities around Quail Point.
Newspapers Published in Quail Point ...
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 3 newspapers that have been published in the area around Quail Point.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Quail Point, there are papers which were published within 4 miles [6.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Quail Point.
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 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 Quail Point:
- 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 Quail Point, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Quail Point) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |