Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Thermo. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Thermo to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Thermo, 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 Thermo (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 Thermo. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
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 south 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 Thermo is historic, it would have been located within present day Beaver 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 Beaver County: Lincoln (NV), Iron, Millard, Piute & Sevier.
Below are the counties that are near Thermo. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Thermo:
- Beaver County (The home county of Thermo)
- The following are listed by their distance from Thermo, with the one closest to Thermo listed first.
- Shauntie ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north) - Cook Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cook Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook Corner
- Cook Corner is located in Beaver County
- Arago City ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arago City
- Arago City is located in Beaver County
- Arago City has also been known as:
- South Camp
- Beaver City ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Beaver City. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver City
- Beaver City is located in Beaver County
- Shenandoah City ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shenandoah City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shenandoah City
- Shenandoah City is located in Beaver County
- Shenandoah City has also been known as:
- North Camp
- North Star
- Star City
- Minersville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Minersville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minersville
- Minersville is located in Beaver County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 930 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Minersville <4>
- Bradshaw ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast) - Milford
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford
- Milford is located in Beaver County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,405 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Milford <4>
- Frisco ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frisco
- Frisco is located in Beaver County
- Blueacre
(18 miles [29 km] to the north) - Adamsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsville
- Adamsville is located in Beaver County
- Former names for Adamsville:
- Beaver Iron Works
- Wales
- Newhouse ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newhouse
- Newhouse is located in Beaver County
- Iron County
- The following are listed by their distance from Thermo, with the one closest to Thermo listed first.
- Lund ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lund
- Lund is located in Iron County
- Avon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
- Avon is located in Iron County
- Buckhorn Springs ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckhorn Springs
- Buckhorn Springs is located in Iron County
- Zane ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest) - Fort Johnson ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fort Johnson have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Johnson
- Fort Johnson is located in Iron County
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Thermo, see our County-by-County Page for Thermo.
Newspapers Published in Thermo ...
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 16 newspapers that have been published in the area around Thermo.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Thermo, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Thermo.
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 helpful 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 Thermo:
- Websites specific to Utah
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Website for the //archives.utah.gov/
- Pages specific to Beaver County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Iron County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Iron County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Utah
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Utah
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Utah
- Cemeteries of Beaver County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Utah
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Utah
- Cemeteries of Beaver County
Cemeteries Near Thermo ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Thermo.
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 Thermo covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Thermo, with the one closest to Thermo listed first.
- Minersville Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Minersville Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #77337 <6>
- Milford City Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Milford City Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #77333 <6>
- Frisco Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Frisco Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Frisco Cemetery is located 14 miles [22.5 km]<5> to the east of Milford.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Frisco Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #109209 <6>
- Adamsville Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)- To give a relative sense of its location, the Adamsville Cemetery is located outside and to the east of Adamsville.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Adamsville Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #109208 <6>
- Greenville Cemetery
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Greenville Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #77248 <6>
- Squire Family Cemetery
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)- To give a relative sense of its location, the Squire Family Cemetery is located 26 miles [41.8 km]<5> to the east of Milford.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Squire Family Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #109210 <6>
- Mountain View Cemetery
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)- The Mountain View Cemetery has also been known as:
- Beaver City Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mountain View Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #77354 <6>
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.
While we didn't find Thermo in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Thermo.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Thermo, with the one closest to Thermo listed first.
- Minersville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Minersville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minersville
- Minersville is located in Beaver County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 930 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Minersville <4>
- Milford
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford
- Milford is located in Beaver County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,405 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Milford <4>
- Frisco ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frisco
- Frisco is located in Beaver County
- Adamsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsville
- Adamsville is located in Beaver County
- Former names for Adamsville:
- Beaver Iron Works
- Wales
- Greenville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
- Greenville is located in Beaver County
- Beaver
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver
- Beaver is located in Beaver County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,200 people
- Beaver has also been known as:
- Beaver City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Beaver <4>
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Thermo. See our List of 1890's Communities around Thermo.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Beaver County: www.beaver.state.ut.us/
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 Thermo, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Thermo) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Thermo. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.2144, Longitude: -113.1716 In this case, the coordinates for Thermo have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | 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. |