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 Silver Park (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 Silver Park. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.
Silver Park 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 Silver Park. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Silver Park:
- Salt Lake County (The home county of Silver Park)
- The following are listed by their distance from Silver Park, with the one closest to Silver Park listed first.
- Granite
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Granite is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite
- Fort Salt Lake City ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Fort Salt Lake City is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Salt Lake City
- Salt Lake City
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Lincoln Village
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Lincoln Village is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Village
- Victory Village
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Victory Village is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory Village
- Jackson Park Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Jackson Park Village is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Park Village
- South Salt Lake
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- South Salt Lake is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Salt Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 25,248 people
- South Salt Lake has also been known as:
- South Salt Lake City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for South Salt Lake <1>
- Buena Vista
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Buena Vista is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Clark Village Gardens
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Clark Village Gardens is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark Village Gardens
- Forest Dale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Forest Dale is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Dale
- Garden City Addition
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Garden City Addition is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City Addition
- Redwood Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Redwood Village is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redwood Village
- Davis County
- The following are listed by their distance from Silver Park, with the one closest to Silver Park listed first.
- Castle
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Castle is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle
- North Salt Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Val Verda
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Val Verda is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Val Verda
- Oakhaven Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Oakhaven Village is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakhaven Village
- Woods Cross
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Bountiful Fort ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Bountiful Fort is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bountiful Fort
- Bountiful
(9 miles [14.5 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
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Cottonwood Heights is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood Heights
- West Bountiful
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Centerville Fort ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Centerville Fort is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville Fort
- Centerville
(11 miles [17.7 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
(12 miles [19.3 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 Silver Park, with the one closest to Silver Park listed first.
- Porterville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Porterville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porterville
- Richville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Richville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richville
- Littleton ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Littleton is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littleton
- Milton
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Milton is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton
- Morgan
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Como Springs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Como Springs is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Como Springs
- Enterprise
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Enterprise is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Peterson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Peterson is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peterson
- Mountain Green
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Mountain Green is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Green
- Devils Slide ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Devils Slide is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devils Slide
- Croydon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Croydon is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Croydon
- Summit County
- The following are listed by their distance from Silver Park, with the one closest to Silver Park listed first.
- Altus ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Altus is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altus
- Summit Park
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Summit Park is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Park
- Gorgosa
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Gorgosa is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gorgosa
- Snyderville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- South Snyderville Basin
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- North Snyderville Basin
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Park City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Silver Creek Junction
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Rockport ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 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
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Henefer
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Coalville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Tooele County
- The following are listed by their distance from Silver Park, with the one closest to Silver Park listed first.
- Lake Point
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Lake Point is located in Tooele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Point
- Mills Junction
(20 miles [32.2 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
- Lincoln
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lincoln is located in Tooele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
- Former names for Lincoln:
- Lake View
- Pine Canyon
- Stansbury park
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Erda
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Tooele
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Burmester
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Burmester is located in Tooele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burmester
- Bauer
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bauer is located in Tooele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bauer
- Stockton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Grantsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Utah County
- The following are listed by their distance from Silver Park, with the one closest to Silver Park listed first.
- Alpine
(21 miles [33.8 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>
- Lincoln
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lincoln is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
- Forest City ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Forest City is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City
- Silver Lake
(22 miles [35.4 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
- Cedar Hills
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Highland
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Lehi
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Deer Creek ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Deer Creek is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Creek
- Mutual Dell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mutual Dell is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mutual Dell
- American Fork
(26 miles [41.8 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>
- Pleasant Grove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Saratoga Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Wasatch County
- The following are listed by their distance from Silver Park, with the one closest to Silver Park listed first.
- Cranmer
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Cranmer is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranmer
- Mound City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mound City is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound City
- Jordanelle
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Jordanelle is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordanelle
- Keetley ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Keetley is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keetley
- Interlaken
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Interlaken is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Interlaken
- Hailstone ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Hailstone is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hailstone
- Hideout
(28 miles [45.1 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
- Midway
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Charleston
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Charleston is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 496 people
- Weber County
- The following are listed by their distance from Silver Park, with the one closest to Silver Park listed first.
- Fort Kington ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Fort Kington is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Kington
- Uintah Fort ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Uintah Fort is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uintah Fort
- Uintah
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Uintah Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Uintah Village is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uintah Village
- Yorkshire Meadow
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Yorkshire Meadow is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkshire Meadow
- Adamdell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Adamdell is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamdell
- Rigde Villa
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Rigde Villa is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rigde Villa
- Riverdale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Roy
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Washington Terrace
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- 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
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Greenwood Village is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Village
- Hidden Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Hidden Village is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Village
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Silver Park, see our County-by-County Page for Silver Park.
Cemeteries Near Silver Park ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Silver Park.
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 Silver Park - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Silver Park covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Silver Park, with the one closest to Silver Park listed first.
- Brigham Young Family Memorial Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Kimball - Whitney Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Memory Grove Memorial
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Olivet Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- St. Paul's Episcopal Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Montefiore Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Calvary Catholic Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- B'nai Israel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Salt Lake City Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Shrine of Memorial Mausoleum
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Shaarey Tzedek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Taylorsville Memorial Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (91 more) ...
- Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Larkin Sunset Lawn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Old Deseret Village Pioneer Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
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 Silver Park in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Silver Park.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Silver Park, with the one closest to Silver Park listed first.
- Franklin
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Franklin is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
- Salt Lake City
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Buena Vista
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Buena Vista is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Williams
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Williams is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams
- Granger
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Granger is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granger
- Millcreek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Millcreek is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millcreek
- Sugar House ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sugar House is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar House
- Fort Douglas
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- 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
- Hot Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Hot Springs is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hot Springs
- El Dorado
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- El Dorado is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Dorado
- Murray
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- 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>
- Taylorsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Cottonwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cottonwood is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood
- Woods Cross
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Riter
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Riter is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riter
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Silver Park. See our List of 1890's Communities around Silver Park.
Newspapers Published in Silver Park ...
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 159 newspapers that have been published in the area around Silver Park.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Silver Park, 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 Silver Park.
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 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 Silver Park:
- Websites specific to Utah
- Pages specific to Salt Lake County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Davis County
- Morgan County
- Summit County
- Tooele County
- Utah County
- Wasatch 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 Silver Park, 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- Silver Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |