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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 West Ephraim (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 West Ephraim. 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.

Name Variations for West Ephraim ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.

For example, a typical abbreviation for West Ephraim: W. Ephraim

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

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 and 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.

West Ephraim is located in Sanpete 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 Sanpete County: Carbon, Emery, Juab, Millard, Sevier & Utah.

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

  • Sanpete County     (The home county of West Ephraim)
    • The following are listed by their distance from West Ephraim, with the one closest to West Ephraim listed first.
    • Ephraim
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ephraim
      • Ephraim is located in Sanpete County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,385 people
      • Former names for Ephraim:
      • Cottonwood
      • Fort Ephraim
      • Pine Creek
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ephraim <1>
    • Manasseh ‑ Historic
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Manasseh. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manasseh
      • Manasseh is located in Sanpete County
    • Chester
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chester have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester
      • Chester is located in Sanpete County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chester <1>
    • Wales
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Spring City Fort ‑ Historic
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Spring City Fort. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring City Fort
      • Spring City Fort is located in Sanpete County
    • Spring City
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Fort Manti ‑ Historic
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Fort Manti. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Manti
      • Fort Manti is located in Sanpete County
      • Former names for Fort Manti:
      • Little Stone Fort
      • Manti Log Fort
    • Manti
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manti
      • Manti is located in Sanpete County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,790 people
      • Former name for Manti:
      • Copenhagen
      • Manti has also been known as:
      • Manti City
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Manti <1>
    • Moroni Fort ‑ Historic
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Moroni Fort. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moroni Fort
      • Moroni Fort is located in Sanpete County
    • Moroni
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Freedom
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Freedom have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom
      • Freedom is located in Sanpete County
    • Morrison ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Morrison. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrison
      • Morrison is located in Sanpete County
    • Mount Pleasant
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
      • Mount Pleasant is located in Sanpete County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,580 people
      • Former names for Mount Pleasant:
      • Fort Hambleton
      • Hambleton
      • Hambletowns Settlement
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mount Pleasant <1>
  • Carbon County
    • Clear Creek
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Creek
      • Clear Creek is located in Carbon County
  • Emery County
    • The following are listed by their distance from West Ephraim, with the one closest to West Ephraim listed first.
    • Connellsville ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Connellsville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Connellsville
      • Connellsville is located in Emery County
    • Mohrland ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohrland
      • Mohrland is located in Emery County
    • Orangeville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Juab County
    • The following are listed by their distance from West Ephraim, with the one closest to West Ephraim listed first.
    • Levan
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Levan have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Levan
      • Levan is located in Juab County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 956 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Levan <1>
    • Juab ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Juab have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juab
      • Juab is located in Juab County
    • Mills ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mills
      • Mills is located in Juab County
      • Former names for Mills:
      • Suckertown
      • Wellingtno
    • Fort Nephi ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • 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.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Nephi
      • Fort Nephi is located in Juab County
    • Nephi
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nephi
      • Nephi is located in Juab County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,479 people
      • Former name for Nephi:
      • Little Chicago
      • Nephi has also been known as:
      • Nephi City
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nephi <1>
  • Millard County
    • Scipio
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
  • Sevier County
    • Redmond
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Redmond have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redmond
      • Redmond is located in Sevier County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 758 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Redmond <1>

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

Newspapers Published in West Ephraim ...

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 26 newspapers that have been published in the area around West Ephraim.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of West Ephraim, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for West Ephraim.

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 professional and volunteer 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 West Ephraim:

Cemeteries Near West Ephraim ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of West Ephraim.

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

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from West Ephraim, with the one closest to West Ephraim 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.<6>

While we didn't find West Ephraim in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of West Ephraim.

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

  • Ephraim
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ephraim
    • Ephraim is located in Sanpete County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,385 people
    • Former names for Ephraim:
    • Cottonwood
    • Fort Ephraim
    • Pine Creek
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ephraim <1>
  • Chester
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chester have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester
    • Chester is located in Sanpete County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chester <1>
  • Manti
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manti
    • Manti is located in Sanpete County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,790 people
    • Former name for Manti:
    • Copenhagen
    • Manti has also been known as:
    • Manti City
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Manti <1>
  • Wales
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Spring City
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Moroni
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Sterling
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterling
    • Sterling is located in Sanpete County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 326 people
    • Former names for Sterling:
    • Buncetown
    • Bunceville
    • Leesburg
    • Pettytown
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sterling <1>
  • Mount Pleasant
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
    • Mount Pleasant is located in Sanpete County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,580 people
    • Former names for Mount Pleasant:
    • Fort Hambleton
    • Hambleton
    • Hambletowns Settlement
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mount Pleasant <1>
  • Fayette
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Fountain Green
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fountain Green have been provided by the GNIS.<3> 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 <1>
  • Mayfield
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mayfield have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayfield
    • Mayfield is located in Sanpete County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 564 people
    • Former names for Mayfield:
    • Cobblehaven
    • Frog Hollow
    • New London
    • Order
    • Skinny
    • Skunk
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mayfield <1>
  • Gunnison
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gunnison
    • Gunnison is located in Sanpete County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,675 people
    • Former name for Gunnison:
    • Hog Wallow
    • Gunnison has also been known as:
    • Gunnison City
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gunnison <1>
  • Continue List   (9 more) ...
    • Fairview
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fairview have been provided by the GNIS.<3> 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 <1>
    • Levan
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Levan have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Levan
      • Levan is located in Juab County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 956 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Levan <1>
    • Dover ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Dover. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
      • Dover is located in Sanpete County

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

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for West Ephraim. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

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

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>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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- West Ephraim) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in West Ephraim. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.3755, Longitude: -111.5891       In this case, the coordinates for West Ephraim have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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>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 West Ephraim, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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