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Introduction ...

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

We've added Sharp to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Sharp, 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 Sharp (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 Sharp. 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.

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 northeast 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 north.

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 north 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 Sharp is historic, it would have been located within present day Juab 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 Juab County: White Pine (NV), Millard, Sanpete, Tooele & Utah.

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

  • Juab County     (The home county of Sharp)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sharp, with the one closest to Sharp listed first.
    • Levan
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Levan have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Levan
      • Levan is located in Juab County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 956 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Levan <3>
    • Fort Nephi ‑ Historic
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Fort Nephi. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Nephi
      • Fort Nephi is located in Juab County
    • Nephi
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nephi
      • Nephi is located in Juab County
      • 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 <3>
    • Juab ‑ Historic
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Juab. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juab
      • Juab is located in Juab County
    • Mills ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Mills. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mills
      • Mills is located in Juab County
      • Former names for Mills:
      • Suckertown
      • Wellingtno
    • Mona
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Jericho Junction ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho Junction
      • Jericho Junction is located in Juab County
    • Jericho ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
      • Jericho is located in Juab County
    • Tintic ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Tintic. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tintic
      • Tintic is located in Juab County
      • Tintic has also been known as:
      • Ely Mills
      • McIntyre
    • Rocky Ridge
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ridge
      • Rocky Ridge is located in Juab County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 851 people
    • Diamond ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Diamond. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond
      • Diamond is located in Juab County
    • Silver City ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Silver City. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
      • Silver City is located in Juab County
  • Millard County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sharp, with the one closest to Sharp listed first.
    • Leamington
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leamington have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leamington
      • Leamington is located in Millard County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 243 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leamington <3>
    • Lynndyl
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynndyl
      • Lynndyl is located in Millard County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 117 people
      • Former name for Lynndyl:
      • Leamington Hill Junction
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lynndyl <3>
    • Scipio
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Oak City
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oak City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak City
      • Oak City is located in Millard County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 654 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oak City <3>
  • Sanpete County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sharp, with the one closest to Sharp listed first.
    • Fountain Green
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fountain Green have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Green
      • Fountain Green is located in Sanpete County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,182 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fountain Green <3>
    • Freedom
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Freedom. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom
      • Freedom is located in Sanpete County
    • Wales
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Moroni
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Moroni Fort ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Moroni Fort. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moroni Fort
      • Moroni Fort is located in Sanpete County
    • Chester
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chester have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester
      • Chester is located in Sanpete County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chester <3>
    • Manasseh ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Manasseh. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manasseh
      • Manasseh is located in Sanpete County
    • Mount Pleasant
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
      • Mount Pleasant is located in Sanpete County
      • 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 <3>
    • Spring City Fort ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Spring City Fort. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring City Fort
      • Spring City Fort is located in Sanpete County
    • Spring City
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Fairview
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fairview have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
      • Fairview is located in Sanpete County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,381 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fairview <3>
    • Ephraim
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ephraim
      • Ephraim is located in Sanpete County
      • 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 <3>
  • Utah County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sharp, with the one closest to Sharp listed first.
    • Goshen
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Elberta
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Dividend ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Dividend. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dividend
      • Dividend is located in Utah County
    • Goshen ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Goshen. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
      • Goshen is located in Utah County
      • Former names for Goshen:
      • Lower Goshen
      • Mechanicsville
      • Sandtown
      • Sodom
      • Goshen has also been known as:
      • Old Goshen
    • Santaquin
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Genola
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Genola have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genola
      • Genola is located in Utah County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,597 people
    • Homansville ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Homansville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homansville
      • Homansville is located in Utah County
    • Spring Lake
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lake
      • Spring Lake is located in Utah County
    • Birdseye
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdseye
      • Birdseye is located in Utah County
      • Former names for Birdseye:
      • Clinton
      • Summit Basin
    • Elk Ridge
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elk Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Ridge
      • Elk Ridge is located in Utah County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,427 people
    • Payson
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Payson
      • Payson is located in Utah County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 21,033 people
      • Former names for Payson:
      • Fort Peteetneet
      • Pacen
      • Peteetneet
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Payson <3>
    • Woodland Hills
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodland Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Hills
      • Woodland Hills is located in Utah County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,614 people

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

Cemeteries Near Sharp ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sharp.

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

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

  • Levan Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Nephi City Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Vine Bluff Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Vine Bluff Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Vine Bluff Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Nephi.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #77488 <5>
  • Mona Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Swasey Family Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Mills Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Freedom Pioneer Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Fountain Green Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • James Yorgason Pioneer Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Old Pioneer Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Pioneer Memorial Park
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Wales Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the 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 <5>
  • Continue List   (33 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.

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

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

  • Levan
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Levan have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Levan
    • Levan is located in Juab County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 956 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Levan <3>
  • Nephi
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nephi
    • Nephi is located in Juab County
    • 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 <3>
  • Mills ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Mills. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mills
    • Mills is located in Juab County
    • Former names for Mills:
    • Suckertown
    • Wellingtno
  • Fountain Green
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fountain Green have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Green
    • Fountain Green is located in Sanpete County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,182 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fountain Green <3>
  • Mona
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Wales
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Moroni
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Chester
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chester have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester
    • Chester is located in Sanpete County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chester <3>
  • Leamington
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leamington have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leamington
    • Leamington is located in Millard County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 243 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leamington <3>
  • Goshen
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
  • Spring City
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
  • Mount Pleasant
    (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
    • Mount Pleasant is located in Sanpete County
    • 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 <3>
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Hill Top
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hill Top have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Top
      • Hill Top is located in Sanpete County
    • Silver City ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Silver City. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
      • Silver City is located in Juab County
    • Ephraim
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ephraim
      • Ephraim is located in Sanpete County
      • 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 <3>

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

Newspapers Published in Sharp ...

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 32 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sharp.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sharp, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Sharp.

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 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 Sharp:

The official website for Juab County: www.co.juab.ut.us/

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 Sharp, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>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.
<6>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Sharp) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Sharp. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.6236, Longitude: -111.8897       In this case, the coordinates for Sharp have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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