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Introduction ...

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

We've added Thistle to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Thistle, 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 Thistle (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 Thistle. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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 Thistle is historic, it would have been located within present day Utah 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 Utah County: Carbon, Duchesne, Juab, Salt Lake, Sanpete, Tooele & Wasatch.

Below are the counties that are near Thistle. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Thistle:

  • Utah County     (The home county of Thistle)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Thistle, with the one closest to Thistle listed first.
    • Covered Bridge Canyon
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Birdseye
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Woodland Hills
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodland Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Hills
      • Woodland Hills is located in Utah County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,614 people
    • Mapleton
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mapleton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapleton
      • Mapleton is located in Utah County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,139 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mapleton <3>
    • Elk Ridge
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elk Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Ridge
      • Elk Ridge is located in Utah County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,427 people
    • Mill Fork ‑ Historic
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Mill Fork. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Fork
      • Mill Fork is located in Utah County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Mill Fork
      • From Thistle to Mill Fork
    • Salem
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Spanish Fork
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Payson
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Benjamin Station
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Springville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Spring Lake
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Carbon County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Thistle, with the one closest to Thistle listed first.
    • Winter Quarters ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Winter Quarters have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winter Quarters
      • Winter Quarters is located in Carbon County
    • Scofield
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Clear Creek
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Emery County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Thistle, with the one closest to Thistle listed first.
    • Hale ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Hale. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hale
      • Hale is located in Emery County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Hale
      • From Thistle to Hale
    • Connellsville ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Juab County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Thistle, with the one closest to Thistle listed first.
    • Rocky Ridge
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Mona
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Fort Nephi ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Fort Nephi. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Nephi
      • Fort Nephi is located in Juab County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Fort Nephi
      • From Thistle to Fort Nephi
    • Nephi
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Sanpete County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Thistle, with the one closest to Thistle listed first.
    • Fairview
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fairview have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
      • Fairview is located in Sanpete County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,381 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fairview <3>
    • Fountain Green
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fountain Green have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Green
      • Fountain Green is located in Sanpete County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,182 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fountain Green <3>
    • Beaver Dams
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Mount Pleasant
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Wasatch County

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

Cemeteries Near Thistle ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Thistle.

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

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

Thistle itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a population of 58 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.

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

  • Mill Fork ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Mill Fork. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Fork
    • Mill Fork is located in Utah County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Mill Fork
    • From Thistle to Mill Fork
  • Salem
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Spanish Fork
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Payson
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Indianola
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Indianola have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indianola
    • Indianola is located in Sanpete County
  • Springville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Benjamin
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Lake Shore
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Shore have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Shore
    • Lake Shore is located in Utah County
  • Santaquin
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Tucker ‑ Historic
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Tucker. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucker
    • Tucker is located in Utah County
    • Former name for Tucker:
    • Clear Creek
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Tucker
    • From Thistle to Tucker
  • Tucker ‑ Historic
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Tucker. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucker
    • Tucker is located in Utah County
    • Former name for Tucker:
    • Clear Creek
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Tucker
    • From Thistle to Tucker
  • Provo
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Hill Top
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hill Top have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Top
      • Hill Top is located in Sanpete County
    • Lakeview
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Goshen
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)

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

Newspapers Published in Thistle ...

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 55 newspapers that have been published in the area around Thistle.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Thistle, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Thistle.

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 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 Thistle:

The official website for Utah County: www.co.utah.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 Thistle, 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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>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.
<6>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- Thistle) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Thistle. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.9927, Longitude: -111.4976    









 

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