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 Sky View (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Sky View. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Name Variations for Sky View ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Sky View: Sky Vw.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Sky View. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Sky View.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.
Sky View is located in Utah 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 Utah County: Carbon, Duchesne, Juab, Salt Lake, Sanpete, Tooele & Wasatch.
Below are the counties that are near Sky View. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Sky View:
- Utah County (The home county of Sky View)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sky View, with the one closest to Sky View listed first.
- Tucker ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Tucker is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucker
- Former name for Tucker:
- Clear Creek
- Mill Fork ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Mill Fork is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Fork
- Colton ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Colton is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colton
- Thistle ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Thistle is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thistle
- Birdseye
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Birdseye is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdseye
- Former names for Birdseye:
- Clinton
- Summit Basin
- Covered Bridge Canyon
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Mapleton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Woodland Hills
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Woodland Hills is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,614 people
- Elk Ridge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Elk Ridge is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Ridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,427 people
- Spanish Fork
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Spanish Fork is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spanish Fork
- Population from the 2020 Census: 41,268 people
- Spanish Fork has also been known as:
- Spanish Fork City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Spanish Fork <1>
- Springville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Salem
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Benjamin Station
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Benjamin Station is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benjamin Station
- Carbon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sky View, with the one closest to Sky View listed first.
- Scofield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Scofield is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scofield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 23 people
- Winter Quarters ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Winter Quarters is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winter Quarters
- Consumers ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Consumers is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Consumers
- National ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- National is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for National
- Sweet ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sweet is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet
- Clear Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Clear Creek is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Creek
- Mutual ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mutual is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mutual
- Rains ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Rains is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rains
- Coal City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Coal City is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal City
- Former names for Coal City:
- Cedar Mesa Ranch
- Dempsey City
- Dempseyville
- Great Western
- Oak Springs Bench
- Latuda ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Latuda is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latuda
- Royal ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Royal is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal
- Former names for Royal:
- Bear Canyon
- Cameron
- Rolapp
- Standardville ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Standardville is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standardville
- Castle Gate ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Castle Gate is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Gate
- Duchesne County
- Fruitland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Emery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sky View, with the one closest to Sky View listed first.
- Hale ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hale is located in Emery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hale
- Connellsville ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Connellsville is located in Emery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Connellsville
- Sanpete County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sky View, with the one closest to Sky View listed first.
- Beaver Dams
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Beaver Dams is located in Sanpete County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Dams
- Beaver Dams has also been known as:
- Beaver Dams Summer Homes Area
- Fairview
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Pleasant
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Sanpete County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- 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 <1>
- Wasatch County
- Soldier Summit ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Soldier Summit is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soldier Summit
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Sky View, see our County-by-County Page for Sky View.
Cemeteries Near Sky View ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sky View.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Sky View - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Sky View covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Sky View, with the one closest to Sky View listed first.
- Tucker Family Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Mill Fork Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Colton Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Scofield Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Spencer Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pioneer Heritage Cemetery
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Castle Gate Cemetery
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Cemetery
- The Evergreen Cemetery has also been known as:
- Springville Evergreen Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #77221 <2>
- Salem City Cemetery
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Fairview City Cemetery
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview City Cemetery
- The Fairview City Cemetery has also been known as:
- Fairview Cemetery
- Fairview City Upper Cemetery
- Fairview Upper Cemetery
- Fairview Pioneer Cemetery
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Pioneer Cemetery
- The Fairview Pioneer Cemetery has also been known as:
- Fairview Cemetery
- Fairview City Lower Cemetery
- Fairview City Cemetery
- Fairview Lower Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2288502 <2>
- Springville City Cemetery
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Spanish Fork City Cemetery
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mountain View Cemetery
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Fruitland Cemetery
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<3>
While we didn't find Sky View in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Sky View.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Sky View, with the one closest to Sky View listed first.
- Tucker ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Tucker is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucker
- Former name for Tucker:
- Clear Creek
- Tucker ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Tucker is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucker
- Former name for Tucker:
- Clear Creek
- Mill Fork ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Mill Fork is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Fork
- Soldier Summit ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Soldier Summit is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soldier Summit
- Hale ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hale is located in Emery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hale
- Colton ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Colton is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colton
- Scofield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Scofield is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scofield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 23 people
- Thistle ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Thistle is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thistle
- Indianola
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Indianola is located in Sanpete County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indianola
- Hill Top
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hill Top is located in Sanpete County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Top
- Fairview
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Springville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Spanish Fork
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Spanish Fork is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spanish Fork
- Population from the 2020 Census: 41,268 people
- Spanish Fork has also been known as:
- Spanish Fork City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Spanish Fork <1>
- Salem
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Helper
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Sky View. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sky View.
Newspapers Published in Sky View ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 39 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sky View.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sky View, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Sky View.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Sky View:
- Websites specific to Utah
- Pages specific to Utah County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carbon County
- Duchesne County
- Emery County
- Sanpete County
- Wasatch 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 Sky View, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Sky View) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |