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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 Snowville (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 Snowville. 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.

Snowville is located in Box Elder 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 Box Elder County: Cassia (ID), Oneida (ID), Elko (NV), Cache, Tooele & Weber.

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

  • Box Elder County     (The home county of Snowville)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Snowville, with the one closest to Snowville listed first.
    • Blue Creek ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Kosmo ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Kosmo. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kosmo
      • Kosmo is located in Box Elder County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Kosmo
      • From Snowville to Kosmo
    • Howell
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Cedar Creek ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Cedar Springs
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Hardup
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Hardup. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardup
      • Hardup is located in Box Elder County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Hardup
      • From Snowville to Hardup
    • Portage
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Washakie
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Washakie. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washakie
      • Washakie is located in Box Elder County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Washakie
      • From Snowville to Washakie
    • Promontory ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Kelton ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Kelton. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelton
      • Kelton is located in Box Elder County
      • Former name for Kelton:
      • Indian Creek
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Kelton
      • From Snowville to Kelton
    • Fort Malad ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Fort Malad. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Malad
      • Fort Malad is located in Box Elder County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Fort Malad
      • From Snowville to Fort Malad
    • Rozel ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Rozel. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rozel
      • Rozel is located in Box Elder County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Rozel
      • From Snowville to Rozel
  • Cassia County (ID)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Snowville, with the one closest to Snowville listed first.
    • Strevell ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Naf
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
  • Oneida County (ID)

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

Cemeteries Near Snowville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Snowville.

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

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

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.<6>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Snowville had a population of 27 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, Snowville had a population of 175 people.

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

  • Blue Creek ‑ Historic
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Samaria
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Samaria have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samaria
    • Samaria is located in Oneida County (ID)
  • Portage
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
  • Kelton ‑ Historic
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Kelton. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelton
    • Kelton is located in Box Elder County
    • Former name for Kelton:
    • Indian Creek
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Kelton
    • From Snowville to Kelton
  • Promontory ‑ Historic
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
  • Washakie
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Washakie. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washakie
    • Washakie is located in Box Elder County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Washakie
    • From Snowville to Washakie
  • Rozel ‑ Historic
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Rozel. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rozel
    • Rozel is located in Box Elder County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Rozel
    • From Snowville to Rozel
  • Cherry Creek
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
  • Saint Johns
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Malad City
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Malad City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malad City
    • Malad City is located in Oneida County (ID)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,117 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Malad City <2>
  • Plymouth
    (29 miles [46.7 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 Snowville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Snowville.

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 professional and volunteer 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 Snowville:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Snowville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Box Elder County: www.boxeldercounty.org/

The official website for State of Utah: https://www.utah.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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.
<4>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.
<5>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Snowville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Snowville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.9682, Longitude: -112.7118    
<6>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 Snowville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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