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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 Rose Garden (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 Rose Garden. 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 Rose Garden ...

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 Rose Garden: Rose Gdn. (or less commonly used: Rose Gardn., Rose Grden. or Rose Grdn.)

You might be interested in other communities that are also named Rose Garden. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Rose Garden.

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.

Rose Garden 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 Rose Garden. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Rose Garden:

  • Salt Lake County     (The home county of Rose Garden)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rose Garden, with the one closest to Rose Garden listed first.
    • Millcreek
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Millcreek is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millcreek
    • Vista Village
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Vista Village is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vista Village
    • Hamilton Village
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Hamilton Village is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton Village
    • Cottonwood
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Cottonwood is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood
    • Murray
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • 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>
    • Holladay
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Wander Village
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Wander Village is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wander Village
    • Forest Dale
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Forest Dale is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Dale
    • Sugar House ‑ Historic
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Sugar House is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar House
    • Canyon Rim
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Canyon Rim is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canyon Rim
    • Willard
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Willard is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willard
    • Clark Village Gardens
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Clark Village Gardens is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark Village Gardens
    • Wasatch Village
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Wasatch Village is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wasatch Village
  • Davis County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rose Garden, with the one closest to Rose Garden listed first.
    • Castle
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Castle is located in Davis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle
    • North Salt Lake
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • 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
    • 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
    • Woods Cross
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • 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
    • West Bountiful
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Center Village
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Center Village is located in Davis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Village
    • 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
  • Morgan County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rose Garden, with the one closest to Rose Garden listed first.
    • Porterville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Porterville is located in Morgan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porterville
    • Richville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Richville is located in Morgan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richville
    • Littleton ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Littleton is located in Morgan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littleton
    • Morgan
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Milton
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Milton is located in Morgan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton
    • Como Springs
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Como Springs is located in Morgan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Como Springs
    • Enterprise
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Enterprise is located in Morgan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
    • Peterson
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Peterson is located in Morgan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peterson
  • Summit County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rose Garden, with the one closest to Rose Garden listed first.
    • Altus ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Altus is located in Summit County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altus
    • Summit Park
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Summit Park is located in Summit County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Park
    • Gorgosa
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Gorgosa is located in Summit County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gorgosa
    • Snyderville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • South Snyderville Basin
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • North Snyderville Basin
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Park City
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Silver Creek Junction
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Rockport ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 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
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Fort Sage Bottom ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 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
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Hoytsville
      (28 miles [45.1 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 Rose Garden, with the one closest to Rose Garden listed first.
    • Lake Point
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Lake Point is located in Tooele County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Point
    • Lincoln
      (21 miles [33.8 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
      (22 miles [35.4 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
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Erda
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Tooele
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Bauer
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Bauer is located in Tooele County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bauer
    • Gisborn ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Gisborn is located in Tooele County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gisborn
    • Jacob City ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jacob City is located in Tooele County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacob City
    • Ophir
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Ophir is located in Tooele County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ophir
      • Estimated population in 2017: 57 people
    • Mercur ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Mercur is located in Tooele County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercur
    • Stockton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Burmester
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Burmester is located in Tooele County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burmester
  • Utah County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rose Garden, with the one closest to Rose Garden listed first.
    • Alpine
      (16 miles [25.7 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>
    • Silver Lake
      (16 miles [25.7 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
    • Highland
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Deer Creek ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Deer Creek is located in Utah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Creek
    • Forest City ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Forest City is located in Utah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City
    • Cedar Hills
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Lehi
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Lehi is located in Utah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehi
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 73,383 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lehi <1>
    • Mutual Dell
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Mutual Dell is located in Utah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mutual Dell
    • American Fork
      (21 miles [33.8 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>
    • Lincoln
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Lincoln is located in Utah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
    • Pleasant Grove
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Aspen Grove
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Aspen Grove is located in Utah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aspen Grove
    • Lindon
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
  • Wasatch County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rose Garden, with the one closest to Rose Garden listed first.
    • Mound City
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Mound City is located in Wasatch County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound City
    • Cranmer
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Cranmer is located in Wasatch County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranmer
    • Interlaken
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Interlaken is located in Wasatch County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Interlaken
    • Jordanelle
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Jordanelle is located in Wasatch County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordanelle
    • Keetley ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Keetley is located in Wasatch County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keetley
    • Midway
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Hailstone ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Hailstone is located in Wasatch County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hailstone
    • Hideout
      (24 miles [38.6 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
    • Charleston
      (25 miles [40.2 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
      (26 miles [41.8 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
      (27 miles [43.5 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
      (29 miles [46.7 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
      (30 miles [48.3 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 Rose Garden, see our County-by-County Page for Rose Garden.

Cemeteries Near Rose Garden ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Rose Garden.

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 Rose Garden - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Rose Garden covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Elysian Burial Gardens
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Murray City Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • 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>
  • Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Holladay Memorial Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Taylorsville Memorial Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Midvale City Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Union Pioneer Memorial Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Larkin Sunset Lawn Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Redwood Memorial Estates Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • West Jordan City Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Cutler Hill Pioneer Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Memorial Mtn. View Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (93 more) ...

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 Rose Garden in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Rose Garden.

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

  • Millcreek
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Millcreek is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millcreek
  • Murray
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • 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>
  • Cottonwood
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Cottonwood is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood
  • Sugar House ‑ Historic
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Sugar House is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar House
  • Union
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Union is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
  • Williams
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Williams is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams
  • Taylorsville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Franklin
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Franklin is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
  • Granger
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Granger is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granger
  • West Jordan
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Salt Lake City
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Fort Douglas
    (6 miles [9.7 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
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Sandy
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Sandy is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 94,871 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sandy <1>
    • Buena Vista
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Buena Vista is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
    • El Dorado
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • El Dorado is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Dorado

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

Newspapers Published in Rose Garden ...

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 13 newspapers that have been published in the area around Rose Garden.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Rose Garden, there are papers which were published within 2 miles [3.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Rose Garden.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Rose Garden:

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 Rose Garden, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Rose Garden) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.