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 Spring Glen (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 Spring Glen. 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 Spring Glen ...
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 Spring Glen: Spring Gln.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Spring Glen. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Spring Glen.
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.
Spring Glen 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 Spring Glen. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Spring Glen:
- Salt Lake County (The home county of Spring Glen)
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Glen, with the one closest to Spring Glen listed first.
- Maple City
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Maple City is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple City
- Foothill Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Foothill Village is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foothill Village
- Fort Douglas
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- 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
- University Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- University Village is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Village
- San Domingo City ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- San Domingo City is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Domingo City
- Mount Olympus
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Mount Olympus is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olympus
- Canyon Rim
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Canyon Rim is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canyon Rim
- East Millcreek
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- East Millcreek is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Millcreek
- Sugar House ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Sugar House is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar House
- Willard
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Willard is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willard
- Williams
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Williams is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams
- Yuma View
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Yuma View is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yuma View
- Davis County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Glen, with the one closest to Spring Glen listed first.
- Castle
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Castle is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle
- Cottonwood Heights
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cottonwood Heights is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood Heights
- North Salt Lake
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Oakhaven Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Oakhaven Village is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakhaven Village
- Val Verda
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Val Verda is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Val Verda
- Bountiful Fort ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bountiful Fort is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bountiful Fort
- Bountiful
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- 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>
- Woods Cross
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Centerville Fort ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Centerville Fort is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville Fort
- Centerville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- 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>
- West Bountiful
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Center Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Center Village is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Village
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Glen, with the one closest to Spring Glen listed first.
- Porterville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Porterville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porterville
- Richville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Richville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richville
- Littleton ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Littleton is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littleton
- Como Springs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Como Springs is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Como Springs
- Morgan
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Milton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Milton is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton
- Enterprise
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Enterprise is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Peterson
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Peterson is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peterson
- Devils Slide ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Devils Slide is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devils Slide
- Croydon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Croydon is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Croydon
- Mountain Green
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Mountain Green is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Green
- Summit County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Glen, with the one closest to Spring Glen listed first.
- Altus ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Altus is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altus
- Summit Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Summit Park is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Park
- Gorgosa
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Gorgosa is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gorgosa
- Snyderville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- North Snyderville Basin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- South Snyderville Basin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Silver Creek Junction
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Park City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wanship
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Rockport ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 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
- Hoytsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Hoytsville is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoytsville
- Coalville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Tooele County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Glen, with the one closest to Spring Glen listed first.
- Lake Point
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Lake Point is located in Tooele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Point
- Mills Junction
(28 miles [45.1 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
(29 miles [46.7 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
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Erda
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Utah County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Glen, with the one closest to Spring Glen listed first.
- Forest City ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Forest City is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City
- Silver Lake
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- 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
- Deer Creek ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Deer Creek is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Creek
- 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>
- Mutual Dell
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Mutual Dell is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mutual Dell
- Cedar Hills
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Highland
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Lehi
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Aspen Grove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Aspen Grove is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aspen Grove
- American Fork
(27 miles [43.5 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
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Sundance
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Wasatch County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Glen, with the one closest to Spring Glen listed first.
- Cranmer
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Cranmer is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranmer
- Hideout
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hideout is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hideout
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,254 people
- Keetley ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Keetley is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keetley
- Hailstone ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hailstone is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hailstone
- Interlaken
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Interlaken is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Interlaken
- Jordanelle
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jordanelle is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordanelle
- 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
- Midway
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- 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
(25 miles [40.2 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
- Weber County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Glen, with the one closest to Spring Glen listed first.
- 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
- Fort Kington ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Fort Kington is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Kington
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Adamdell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Adamdell is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamdell
- Riverdale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Spring Glen, see our County-by-County Page for Spring Glen.
Cemeteries Near Spring Glen ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Spring Glen.
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 Spring Glen - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Spring Glen covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Spring Glen, with the one closest to Spring Glen listed first.
- Old Deseret Village Pioneer Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Larkin Sunset Lawn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ft. Douglas Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Salt Lake City Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Mt. Calvary Catholic Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- B'nai Israel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Montefiore Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Mt. Olivet Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Shaarey Tzedek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Shrine of Memorial Mausoleum
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- St. Paul's Episcopal Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (95 more) ...
- Memory Grove Memorial
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Kimball - Whitney Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Brigham Young Family Memorial Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
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 Spring Glen in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Spring Glen.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Spring Glen, with the one closest to Spring Glen listed first.
- Fort Douglas
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- 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
- Williams
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Williams is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams
- Sugar House ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Sugar House is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar House
- Salt Lake City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Franklin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Franklin is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
- Millcreek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Millcreek is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millcreek
- Cottonwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Cottonwood is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood
- Hot Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Hot Springs is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hot Springs
- Murray
(9 miles [14.5 km] 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>
- Woods Cross
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Buena Vista
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Buena Vista is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Granger
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Granger is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granger
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Union
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Union is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Garden City ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Garden City is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
- Centerville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- 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>
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Spring Glen. See our List of 1890's Communities around Spring Glen.
Newspapers Published in Spring Glen ...
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 Spring Glen.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Spring Glen, there are papers which were published within 7 miles [11.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Spring Glen.
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 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 Spring Glen:
- 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 Spring Glen, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Spring Glen) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |