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 Thatcher (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 Thatcher. 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 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.
Thatcher is located in Box Elder 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 Box Elder County: Cassia (ID), Oneida (ID), Elko (NV), Cache, Tooele & Weber.
Below are the counties that are near Thatcher. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Thatcher:
- Box Elder County (The home county of Thatcher)
- The following are listed by their distance from Thatcher, with the one closest to Thatcher listed first.
- Bothwell
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bothwell is located in Box Elder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bothwell
- Penrose
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Penrose is located in Box Elder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penrose
- Tremonton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Connor ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Connor is located in Box Elder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Connor
- Former names for Connor:
- Balfour
- Hansen
- Crossroads
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Crossroads is located in Box Elder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossroads
- Elwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Elwood is located in Box Elder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,105 people
- Garland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cropley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cropley is located in Box Elder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cropley
- Evans
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Evans is located in Box Elder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans
- Lampo Junction
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lampo Junction is located in Box Elder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lampo Junction
- Bradford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bradford is located in Box Elder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford
- Bear River City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bear River City is located in Box Elder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear River City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 896 people
- Bear River City has also been known as:
- Bear River
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bear River City <1>
- Cache County
- The following are listed by their distance from Thatcher, with the one closest to Thatcher listed first.
- Mendon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Petersboro
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Petersboro is located in Cache County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersboro
- Ballard Junction
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ballard Junction is located in Cache County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballard Junction
- Cache Junction ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cache Junction is located in Cache County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cache Junction
- Cache
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cache is located in Cache County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cache
- Wellsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Benson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Benson is located in Cache County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benson
- Newton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Clarkston
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Greenville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Greenville is located in Cache County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
- Hyrum
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Amalga
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Amalga is located in Cache County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amalga
- Population from the 2020 Census: 577 people
- Weber County
- The following are listed by their distance from Thatcher, with the one closest to Thatcher listed first.
- Plain City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Plain City is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plain City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,862 people
- Warren
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Warren is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren
- Pleasant View
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant View is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,808 people
- Pioneer Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Pioneer Village is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Village
- Farr West
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Franklin County (ID)
- The following are listed by their distance from Thatcher, with the one closest to Thatcher listed first.
- Utida
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Utida is located in Franklin County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utida
- Weston
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Oneida County (ID)
- The following are listed by their distance from Thatcher, with the one closest to Thatcher listed first.
- Woodruff
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Woodruff is located in Oneida County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodruff
- Cherry Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Cherry Creek is located in Oneida County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Creek
- Samaria
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Samaria is located in Oneida County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samaria
- Gwenford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Gwenford is located in Oneida County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gwenford
- Stone
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Thatcher, see our County-by-County Page for Thatcher.
Cemeteries Near Thatcher ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Thatcher.
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 Thatcher - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Thatcher covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Thatcher, with the one closest to Thatcher listed first.
- Valleyview Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Penrose Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Salt Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Elwood Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Riverview Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Garland Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Garland Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northwest of Garland.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #77238 <2>
- Bear River Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Deweyville Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- East Garland Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Riverside Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Howell Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Honeyville Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Continue List (38 more) ...
- Fielding City Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Corinne Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Call's Fort Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Call's Fort Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Call's Fort Cemetery is located 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> to the north of Brigham City.
- The Call's Fort Cemetery has also been known as:
- Harper Ward Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #109211 <2>
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 Thatcher in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Thatcher.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Thatcher, with the one closest to Thatcher listed first.
- Connor ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Connor is located in Box Elder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Connor
- Former names for Connor:
- Balfour
- Hansen
- Bear River City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bear River City is located in Box Elder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear River City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 896 people
- Bear River City has also been known as:
- Bear River
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bear River City <1>
- Deweyville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Deweyville is located in Box Elder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deweyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 383 people
- Former names for Deweyville:
- Dewey Spring
- Dewey
- Empey's Spring
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Deweyville <1>
- Honeyville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Collinston
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Collinston is located in Box Elder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collinston
- Corinne
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Promontory ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Promontory is located in Box Elder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Promontory
- Plymouth
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Blue Creek ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Blue Creek is located in Box Elder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Creek
- Mendon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Cache Junction ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cache Junction is located in Cache County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cache Junction
- Washakie
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Washakie is located in Box Elder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washakie
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Wellsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Rozel ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Rozel is located in Box Elder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rozel
- Brigham City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- 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>
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Thatcher. See our List of 1890's Communities around Thatcher.
Newspapers Published in Thatcher ...
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 47 newspapers that have been published in the area around Thatcher.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Thatcher, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Thatcher.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Thatcher:
- Websites specific to Utah
- Pages specific to Box Elder County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cache County
- Weber County
- Franklin County
- Oneida 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' (or 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- Thatcher) 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 Thatcher, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |