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 Sun (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 Sun. 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 and doctors 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.
Sun is located in Davis 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 Davis County: Box Elder, Morgan, Salt Lake, Tooele & Weber.
Below are the counties that are near Sun. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Sun:
- Davis County (The home county of Sun)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sun, with the one closest to Sun listed first.
- Al Vi Village
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Al Vi Village is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Al Vi Village
- Clinton
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Clint Village
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Clint Village is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clint Village
- Country Village
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Country Village is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Village
- West Point
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Arsenal
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Arsenal is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arsenal
- Sunset
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Clearfield
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Smith Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Smith Village is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Village
- Syracuse
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Anchorage
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Anchorage is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anchorage
- Kingston Fort ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Kingston Fort is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston Fort
- Box Elder County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sun, with the one closest to Sun listed first.
- South Willard
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- South Willard is located in Box Elder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Willard
- Willard
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Willow Creek Fort ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Willow Creek Fort is located in Box Elder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Creek Fort
- Promontory Point ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Promontory Point is located in Box Elder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Promontory Point
- Saline
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Saline is located in Box Elder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saline
- Perry
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Mantua
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Mantua is located in Box Elder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mantua
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,019 people
- Former names for Mantua:
- Copenhagen
- Flaxville
- Geneva
- Little Valley
- Box Elder Fort ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Box Elder Fort is located in Box Elder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Box Elder Fort
- Brigham City Fort ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Brigham City Fort is located in Box Elder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brigham City Fort
- Brigham City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Brigham City is located in Box Elder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brigham City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 19,717 people
- Former names for Brigham City:
- Box Elder
- Youngsville
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brigham City <1>
- Fort Davis ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Fort Davis is located in Box Elder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Davis
- Fort Davis has also been known as:
- Davis Fort
- Corinne
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Cache County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sun, with the one closest to Sun listed first.
- La Plata ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- La Plata is located in Cache County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Plata
- Avon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Avon is located in Cache County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sun, with the one closest to Sun listed first.
- Mountain Green
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Mountain Green is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Green
- Peterson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Peterson is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peterson
- Enterprise
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Enterprise is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Milton
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Milton is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton
- Littleton ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Littleton is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littleton
- Morgan
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Richville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Richville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richville
- Como Springs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Como Springs is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Como Springs
- Porterville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Porterville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porterville
- Devils Slide ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Devils Slide is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devils Slide
- Croydon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Croydon is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Croydon
- Salt Lake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sun, with the one closest to Sun listed first.
- Denver City
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Denver City is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denver City
- Saltair ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Saltair is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saltair
- Jackson Park Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Jackson Park Village is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Park Village
- San Domingo City ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- San Domingo City is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Domingo City
- Buena Vista
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Buena Vista is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Riter
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Riter is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riter
- Fort Salt Lake City ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Fort Salt Lake City is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Salt Lake City
- Granite
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Granite is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite
- Salt Lake City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Arthur ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Arthur is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthur
- Garden City Addition
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Garden City Addition is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City Addition
- Fort Douglas
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- 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
- Summit County
- Henefer
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Weber County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sun, with the one closest to Sun listed first.
- Roy
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Westlake Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Westlake Village is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westlake Village
- Hooper
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Tri-S Village Estates
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Kanesville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Kanesville is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kanesville
- Riverdale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Fort Kington ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Fort Kington is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Kington
- West Haven
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Adamdell
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Adamdell is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamdell
- Washington Terrace
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Washington Terrace is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Terrace
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,185 people
- Fort Buenaventura ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fort Buenaventura is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Buenaventura
- Greenwood Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Greenwood Village is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Village
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Sun, see our County-by-County Page for Sun.
Cemeteries Near Sun ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sun.
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 Sun - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Sun covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Sun, with the one closest to Sun listed first.
- Clinton City Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- West Point Memorial Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Syracuse Memorial Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Roy City Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Clearfield City Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hooper Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Layton Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layton Hill Cemetery
- The Layton Hill Cemetery has also been known as:
- Lakeview Cemetery
- Lakeview Memorial Gardens
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #109240 <2>
- South Weber Historical Pioneer Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Lindquist's Washington Heights Memorial Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Lindquist Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindquist Cemetery
- The Lindquist Cemetery has also been known as:
- Layton Memorial Park
- Lindquist Memorial Park
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #77311 <2>
- Uintah Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uintah Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Uintah Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Uintah.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #77474 <2>
- Lindquist's Memorial Gardens of the Wasatch
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Continue List (55 more) ...
- Aultorest Memorial Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aultorest Memorial Park
- The Aultorest Memorial Park has also been known as:
- Leavitt's Aultorest Memorial Park
- Mt. Ogden Memorial Park
- Mountain View Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #77140 <2>
- West Haven Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Ogden City Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 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 Sun in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Sun.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Sun, with the one closest to Sun listed first.
- Steed
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Steed is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steed
- Syracuse
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Hooper
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Riverdale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Layton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Uintah
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Ogden
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Ogden is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 87,387 people
- Former names for Ogden:
- Brownsville
- Fort Buenaventura
- Ogden has also been known as:
- Ogden City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ogden <1>
- Kaysville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Slaterville ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Slaterville is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slaterville
- Harrisville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Harrisville is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,845 people
- Plain City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Plain City is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plain City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,862 people
- Farmington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- North Ogden
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Peterson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Peterson is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peterson
- Centerville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- 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 Sun. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sun.
Newspapers Published in Sun ...
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 5 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sun.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sun, 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 Sun.
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 websites either 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 Sun:
- Websites specific to Utah
- Pages specific to Davis County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Box Elder County
- Cache County
- Morgan County
- Salt Lake County
- Summit 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 Sun, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Sun) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |