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Introduction ...

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

We've added Topliff to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Topliff, 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 Topliff (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 Topliff. 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 hospitals 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 Topliff is historic, it would have been located within present day Tooele 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 Tooele County: Elko (NV), White Pine (NV), Box Elder, Davis, Juab, Salt Lake, Utah & Weber.

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

  • Tooele County     (The home county of Topliff)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Topliff, with the one closest to Topliff listed first.
    • Scranton ‑ Historic
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Scranton. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scranton
      • Scranton is located in Tooele County
    • Sunshine ‑ Historic
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sunshine. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine
      • Sunshine is located in Tooele County
    • Faust ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Faust have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faust
      • Faust is located in Tooele County
    • Lofgreen ‑ Historic
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lofgreen have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lofgreen
      • Lofgreen is located in Tooele County
      • Lofgreen has also been known as:
      • Lofgreen Siding
    • Mercur ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercur
      • Mercur is located in Tooele County
    • West Dip ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Dip have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Dip
      • West Dip is located in Tooele County
      • West Dip has also been known as:
      • West Mercur
    • Ajax ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ajax
      • Ajax is located in Tooele County
      • Former name for Ajax:
      • Center
    • La Cigale ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for La Cigale. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Cigale
      • La Cigale is located in Tooele County
      • La Cigale has also been known as:
      • Cigale
    • Vernon
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Batesville ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batesville
      • Batesville is located in Tooele County
    • Ophir
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ophir
      • Ophir is located in Tooele County
      • Estimated population in 2017: 57 people
    • Benmore ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benmore
      • Benmore is located in Tooele County
  • Juab County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Topliff, with the one closest to Topliff listed first.
    • Boulter
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Boulter. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boulter
      • Boulter is located in Juab County
    • Eureka
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Ironton ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Ironton. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironton
      • Ironton is located in Juab County
    • Knightville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Knightville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knightville
      • Knightville is located in Juab County
    • Mammoth
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mammoth
      • Mammoth is located in Juab County
      • Mammoth has also been known as:
      • Robinson
    • Silver City ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silver City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
      • Silver City is located in Juab County
    • Diamond ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Diamond have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond
      • Diamond is located in Juab County
    • Tintic ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tintic have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tintic
      • Tintic is located in Juab County
      • Tintic has also been known as:
      • Ely Mills
      • McIntyre
    • Rocky Ridge
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ridge
      • Rocky Ridge is located in Juab County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 851 people
    • Jericho ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
      • Jericho is located in Juab County
    • Jericho Junction ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho Junction
      • Jericho Junction is located in Juab County
    • Mona
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Salt Lake County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Topliff, with the one closest to Topliff listed first.
    • Highland Boy ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Highland Boy. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Boy
      • Highland Boy is located in Salt Lake County
    • Fort Herriman ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Fort Herriman. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Herriman
      • Fort Herriman is located in Salt Lake County
    • Herriman
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Lark ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lark have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lark
      • Lark is located in Salt Lake County
    • Bluffdale
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Bingham ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bingham. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bingham
      • Bingham is located in Salt Lake County
      • Bingham has also been known as:
      • Bingham Canyon
      • Bingham Herd House
      • Binghams Gulch
      • Jinxtown
    • Copperfield ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Copperfield. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copperfield
      • Copperfield is located in Salt Lake County
      • Former name for Copperfield:
      • Upper Bingham
    • Copperton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copperton
      • Copperton is located in Salt Lake County
    • Riverton Majestic Village
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Riverton Majestic Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverton Majestic Village
      • Riverton Majestic Village is located in Salt Lake County
    • Lane Village
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lane Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lane Village
      • Lane Village is located in Salt Lake County
    • Riverton
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Utah County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Topliff, with the one closest to Topliff listed first.
    • Camp Floyd ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Floyd
      • Camp Floyd is located in Utah County
    • Fairfield
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
      • Fairfield is located in Utah County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 151 people
      • Former name for Fairfield:
      • Dobietown
    • Manning ‑ Historic
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Manning. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manning
      • Manning is located in Utah County
    • Mosida ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mosida have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mosida
      • Mosida is located in Utah County
    • Cedar Fort
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Fort
      • Cedar Fort is located in Utah County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 395 people
    • Homansville ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Homansville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homansville
      • Homansville is located in Utah County
    • Eagle Mountain
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eagle Mountain have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Mountain
      • Eagle Mountain is located in Utah County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 42,013 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eagle Mountain <4>
    • Dividend ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dividend have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dividend
      • Dividend is located in Utah County
    • Elberta
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Pelican Point ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Pelican Point. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pelican Point
      • Pelican Point is located in Utah County
    • Saratoga Springs
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Goshen ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Goshen. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
      • Goshen is located in Utah County
      • Former names for Goshen:
      • Lower Goshen
      • Mechanicsville
      • Sandtown
      • Sodom
      • Goshen has also been known as:
      • Old Goshen

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

Newspapers Published in Topliff ...

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 67 newspapers that have been published in the area around Topliff.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Topliff, 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 Topliff.

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 Topliff:

Cemeteries Near Topliff ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Topliff.

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

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

  • Camp Floyd Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Fairfield Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Mercur Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Faust Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Faust Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • The Faust Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Old Faust Ranch Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Faust Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #109326 <6>
  • Vernon Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Cedar Fort Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Old Pioneer Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Chief Green Jacket Gravesite
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Johnson Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Old Ophir Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Ophir Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Ophir Cemetery is located 7 miles [11.3 km]<5> to the northwest of Stockton.
    • The Ophir Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Ophir New Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ophir Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #109329 <6>
  • Fitch Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Fitch Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fitch Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #77229 <6>
  • Continue List   (42 more) ...

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 Topliff in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Topliff.

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

  • Fairfield
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
    • Fairfield is located in Utah County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 151 people
    • Former name for Fairfield:
    • Dobietown
  • Mercur ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercur
    • Mercur is located in Tooele County
  • Ajax ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ajax
    • Ajax is located in Tooele County
    • Former name for Ajax:
    • Center
  • Vernon
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Cedar Fort
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Fort
    • Cedar Fort is located in Utah County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 395 people
  • Eureka
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Ophir
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ophir
    • Ophir is located in Tooele County
    • Estimated population in 2017: 57 people
  • Ironton ‑ Historic
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Ironton. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironton
    • Ironton is located in Juab County
  • Mammoth Junction
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mammoth Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mammoth Junction
    • Mammoth Junction is located in Juab County
  • Mammoth
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mammoth
    • Mammoth is located in Juab County
    • Mammoth has also been known as:
    • Robinson
  • Silver City ‑ Historic
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silver City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
    • Silver City is located in Juab County
  • Rush Valley
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rush Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rush Valley
    • Rush Valley is located in Tooele County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 490 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rush Valley <4>
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Saint John
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint John have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint John
      • Saint John is located in Tooele County
    • Stockton
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Goshen
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)

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

The official website for Tooele County: www.co.tooele.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 Topliff, 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>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.
<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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Topliff) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Topliff. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.1562, Longitude: -112.2133    
<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.




 

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