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 Tad Park (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 Tad Park. 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.
Tad Park is located in Tooele 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 Tooele County: Elko (NV), White Pine (NV), Box Elder, Davis, Juab, Salt Lake, Utah & Weber.
Below are the counties that are near Tad Park. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Tad Park:
- Tooele County (The home county of Tad Park)
- The following are listed by their distance from Tad Park, with the one closest to Tad Park listed first.
- Bauer
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bauer is located in Tooele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bauer
- Tooele
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Stockton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Slagtown ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Slagtown is located in Tooele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slagtown
- Former name for Slagtown:
- Martinville
- Slagtown has also been known as:
- Rush Lake
- Lincoln
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lincoln is located in Tooele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
- Former names for Lincoln:
- Lake View
- Pine Canyon
- Erda
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Gisborn ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Gisborn is located in Tooele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gisborn
- Jacob City ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Jacob City is located in Tooele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacob City
- Stansbury park
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Grantsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mills Junction
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Mills Junction is located in Tooele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mills Junction
- Former names for Mills Junction:
- Milltown
- Millvale
- Milton
- Richville
- Batesville ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Batesville is located in Tooele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batesville
- Ophir
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ophir is located in Tooele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ophir
- Estimated population in 2017: 57 people
- Salt Lake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tad Park, with the one closest to Tad Park listed first.
- Highland Boy ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Highland Boy is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Boy
- Bingham ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Bingham is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bingham
- Bingham has also been known as:
- Bingham Canyon
- Bingham Herd House
- Binghams Gulch
- Jinxtown
- Copperfield ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Copperfield is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copperfield
- Former name for Copperfield:
- Upper Bingham
- Copperton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Copperton is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copperton
- Lark ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Lark is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lark
- Fort Herriman ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Fort Herriman is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Herriman
- Herriman
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Bacchus ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bacchus is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bacchus
- Arthur ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Arthur is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthur
- Chambers Townsite
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Chambers Townsite is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambers Townsite
- Copper City
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Copper City is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper City
- Garfield ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Garfield is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
- Oquirrh
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Oquirrh is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oquirrh
- Utah County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tad Park, with the one closest to Tad Park listed first.
- Lincoln
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lincoln is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
- Manning ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Manning is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manning
- Cedar Fort
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Fort is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Fort
- Population from the 2020 Census: 395 people
- Camp Floyd ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Camp Floyd is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Floyd
- Eagle Mountain
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Fairfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Fairfield is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 151 people
- Former name for Fairfield:
- Dobietown
- Lehi
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Saratoga Springs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Highland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Alpine
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- 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>
- American Fork
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- 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>
- Cedar Hills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Pelican Point ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pelican Point is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pelican Point
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Tad Park, see our County-by-County Page for Tad Park.
Cemeteries Near Tad Park ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Tad Park.
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 Tad Park - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Tad Park covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Tad Park, with the one closest to Tad Park listed first.
- Tooele's First Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Tooele City Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Stockton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Old Ophir Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Ophir Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ophir Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Ophir Cemetery is located 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> to the southeast of Stockton.
- The Ophir Cemetery has also been known as:
- Ophir New Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #109329 <2>
- Grantsville City Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- St. John Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Chandler Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Johnson Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Lake Point Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Clover Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mercur Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Continue List (44 more) ...
- Bingham City Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Herriman Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Cedar Fort Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
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.<4>
While we didn't find Tad Park in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Tad Park.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Tad Park, with the one closest to Tad Park listed first.
- Stockton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Tooele
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Erda
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Grantsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Ophir
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ophir is located in Tooele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ophir
- Estimated population in 2017: 57 people
- Mills Junction
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Mills Junction is located in Tooele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mills Junction
- Former names for Mills Junction:
- Milltown
- Millvale
- Milton
- Richville
- Rush Valley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Saint John
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Saint John is located in Tooele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint John
- Bingham ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Bingham is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bingham
- Bingham has also been known as:
- Bingham Canyon
- Bingham Herd House
- Binghams Gulch
- Jinxtown
- Lake Point
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Lake Point is located in Tooele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Point
- Mercur ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Mercur is located in Tooele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercur
- Herriman
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Ajax ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Ajax is located in Tooele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ajax
- Former name for Ajax:
- Center
- Cedar Fort
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Fort is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Fort
- Population from the 2020 Census: 395 people
- Jordan
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Jordan is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Tad Park. See our List of 1890's Communities around Tad Park.
Newspapers Published in Tad Park ...
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 26 newspapers that have been published in the area around Tad Park.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Tad Park, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Tad Park.
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 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 Tad Park:
- Websites specific to Utah
- Pages specific to Tooele County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Salt Lake County
- Utah 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Tad Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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 Tad Park, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |