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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 Sutro (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 Sutro. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Sutro 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 Sutro. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Sutro:

  • Utah County     (The home county of Sutro)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sutro, with the one closest to Sutro listed first.
    • Mapleton
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Spanish Fork
      (2 miles [3.2 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>
    • Covered Bridge Canyon
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Salem
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Springville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Woodland Hills
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Woodland Hills is located in Utah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Hills
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,614 people
    • Benjamin Station
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Benjamin Station is located in Utah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benjamin Station
    • Palmyra
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Palmyra is located in Utah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmyra
    • Ironton ‑ Historic
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Ironton is located in Utah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironton
    • Elk Ridge
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Elk Ridge is located in Utah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Ridge
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,427 people
    • Benjamin
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Benjamin is located in Utah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benjamin
    • Lake Shore
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Lake Shore is located in Utah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Shore
  • Juab County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sutro, with the one closest to Sutro listed first.
    • Rocky Ridge
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Rocky Ridge is located in Juab County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ridge
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 851 people
    • Mona
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Nephi
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Nephi is located in Juab County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nephi
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,479 people
      • Former name for Nephi:
      • Little Chicago
      • Nephi has also been known as:
      • Nephi City
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nephi <1>
    • Eureka
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Knightville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Knightville is located in Juab County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knightville
    • Fort Nephi ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Fort Nephi is located in Juab County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Nephi
    • Diamond ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Diamond is located in Juab County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond
    • Mammoth
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Mammoth is located in Juab County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mammoth
      • Mammoth has also been known as:
      • Robinson
  • Wasatch County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sutro, with the one closest to Sutro listed first.
    • Wallsburg
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Wallsburg is located in Wasatch County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallsburg
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 397 people
      • Former names for Wallsburg:
      • Little Warm Valley
      • Round Valley
      • Wallsburg Fort
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wallsburg <1>
    • Charleston
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Charleston is located in Wasatch County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 496 people
    • Daniel
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Daniel is located in Wasatch County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daniel
      • Estimated population in 2015: 1,058 people
    • Independence
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Independence is located in Wasatch County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
    • Soldier Summit ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Soldier Summit is located in Wasatch County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soldier Summit
    • Heber City
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • 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>
    • Midway
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
    • Mound City
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Mound City is located in Wasatch County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound City

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

Cemeteries Near Sutro ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sutro.

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 Sutro - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Sutro covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Sutro, with the one closest to Sutro 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.<3>

While we didn't find Sutro in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Sutro.

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

  • Spanish Fork
    (2 miles [3.2 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
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Springville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Lake Shore
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Lake Shore is located in Utah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Shore
  • Benjamin
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Benjamin is located in Utah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benjamin
  • Payson
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Payson is located in Utah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Payson
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 21,033 people
    • Former names for Payson:
    • Fort Peteetneet
    • Pacen
    • Peteetneet
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Payson <1>
  • Thistle ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Thistle is located in Utah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thistle
  • Provo
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Provo is located in Utah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Provo
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 116,295 people
    • Former names for Provo:
    • Fort Provo
    • Fort Utah
    • Provo has also been known as:
    • Provo City
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Provo <1>
  • Santaquin
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Lakeview
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Lakeview is located in Utah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
  • Mill Fork ‑ Historic
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Mill Fork is located in Utah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Fork
  • Goshen
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Indianola
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Indianola is located in Sanpete County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indianola
    • Pleasant Grove
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • American Fork
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • 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>

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Sutro. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sutro.

Newspapers Published in Sutro ...

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 62 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sutro.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sutro, 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 Sutro.

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 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 Sutro:

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 Sutro, 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- Sutro) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.