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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Terrace. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Terrace to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Terrace, please Contact Us.

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 Terrace (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 Terrace. 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Terrace is historic, it would have been located within present day 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 Terrace. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Terrace:

  • Box Elder County     (The home county of Terrace)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Terrace, with the one closest to Terrace listed first.
    • Watercress Junction ‑ Historic
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Bovine
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bovine. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bovine
      • Bovine is located in Box Elder County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Bovine
      • From Terrace to Bovine
    • Jackson ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Jackson. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson
      • Jackson is located in Box Elder County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Jackson
      • From Terrace to Jackson
    • Russian Settlement ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Russian Settlement. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russian Settlement
      • Russian Settlement is located in Box Elder County
      • Russian Settlement has also been known as:
      • Molokane Settlement
      • Pryguny Settlement
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Russian Settlement
      • From Terrace to Russian Settlement
    • Pigeon
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Pigeon. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon
      • Pigeon is located in Box Elder County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Pigeon
      • From Terrace to Pigeon
    • Grouse Creek Junction
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Rosette
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Boston Terrace ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Lucin ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Lucin. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucin
      • Lucin is located in Box Elder County
      • Lucin has also been known as:
      • Umbria Junction
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Lucin
      • From Terrace to Lucin
    • Park Valley
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Grouse Creek
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Etna
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Etna. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
      • Etna is located in Box Elder County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Etna
      • From Terrace to Etna

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

Cemeteries Near Terrace ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Terrace.

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

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

Terrace itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a population of 157 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.

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

  • Matlin
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Matlin have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matlin
    • Matlin is located in Box Elder County
  • Bovine
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bovine. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bovine
    • Bovine is located in Box Elder County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Bovine
    • From Terrace to Bovine
  • Lucin ‑ Historic
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Lucin. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucin
    • Lucin is located in Box Elder County
    • Lucin has also been known as:
    • Umbria Junction
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Lucin
    • From Terrace to Lucin
  • Rosette
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
  • Park Valley
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
  • Grouse Creek
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
  • Kelton ‑ Historic
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • 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.<2>
    • 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 Terrace to Kelton

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

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 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 Terrace:

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

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Terrace, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Terrace) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Terrace. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.5033, Longitude: -113.5173    
<6>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.




 

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