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 West Temple Addition (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 Temple Addition. 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 Temple Addition ...
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 occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for West Temple Addition: W. Temple Addition
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 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 Temple Addition is located in Salt Lake 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 Salt Lake County: Davis, Morgan, Summit, Tooele, Utah & Wasatch.
Below are the counties that are near West Temple Addition. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to West Temple Addition:
- Salt Lake County (The home county of West Temple Addition)
- The following are listed by their distance from West Temple Addition, with the one closest to West Temple Addition listed first.
- Granite
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Granite is located in Salt Lake County
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- Victory Village
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Victory Village is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory Village
- Fort Salt Lake City ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Fort Salt Lake City is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Salt Lake City
- Salt Lake City
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- South Salt Lake
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- South Salt Lake is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Salt Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 25,248 people
- South Salt Lake has also been known as:
- South Salt Lake City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for South Salt Lake <1>
- Lincoln Village
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Lincoln Village is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Village
- Williams
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Williams is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams
- Clark Village Gardens
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Clark Village Gardens is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark Village Gardens
- Forest Dale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Forest Dale is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Dale
- Sugar House ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sugar House is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar House
- Foothill Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Foothill Village is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foothill Village
- Buena Vista
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Buena Vista is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Davis County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Temple Addition, with the one closest to West Temple Addition listed first.
- Castle
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Castle is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle
- North Salt Lake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Val Verda
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Val Verda is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Val Verda
- Oakhaven Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Oakhaven Village is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakhaven Village
- Woods Cross
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Bountiful Fort ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Bountiful Fort is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bountiful Fort
- Bountiful
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Bountiful is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bountiful
- Population from the 2020 Census: 43,921 people
- Former names for Bountiful:
- Calls Settlement
- North Canyon Settlement
- North Canyon Ward
- North Mill Creek Canyon Ward
- Sessions Settlement
- Stoker
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bountiful <1>
- Cottonwood Heights
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Cottonwood Heights is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood Heights
- West Bountiful
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Center Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Center Village is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Village
- Centerville Fort ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Centerville Fort is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville Fort
- Centerville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Centerville is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17,530 people
- Former names for Centerville:
- Cherry Settlement
- Deuel Creek
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Centerville <1>
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Temple Addition, with the one closest to West Temple Addition listed first.
- Porterville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Porterville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porterville
- Richville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Richville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richville
- Littleton ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Littleton is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littleton
- Milton
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Milton is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton
- Morgan
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Como Springs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Como Springs is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Como Springs
- Enterprise
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Enterprise is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Peterson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Peterson is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peterson
- Mountain Green
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Mountain Green is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Green
- Devils Slide ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Devils Slide is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devils Slide
- Croydon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Croydon is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Croydon
- Summit County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Temple Addition, with the one closest to West Temple Addition listed first.
- Altus ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Altus is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altus
- Summit Park
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Summit Park is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Park
- Gorgosa
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Gorgosa is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gorgosa
- Snyderville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- South Snyderville Basin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- North Snyderville Basin
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Silver Creek Junction
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Park City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Rockport ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Rockport is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockport
- Former names for Rockport:
- Crandall
- Enoch City
- Rock Fort
- Wanship
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Coalville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Echo City ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Echo City is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo City
- Tooele County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Temple Addition, with the one closest to West Temple Addition listed first.
- Lake Point
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Lake Point is located in Tooele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Point
- Mills Junction
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Mills Junction is located in Tooele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mills Junction
- Former names for Mills Junction:
- Milltown
- Millvale
- Milton
- Richville
- Lincoln
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lincoln is located in Tooele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
- Former names for Lincoln:
- Lake View
- Pine Canyon
- Stansbury park
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Erda
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Tooele
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Burmester
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Burmester is located in Tooele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burmester
- Bauer
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bauer is located in Tooele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bauer
- Utah County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Temple Addition, with the one closest to West Temple Addition listed first.
- Alpine
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Alpine is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,495 people
- Former names for Alpine:
- Dry Creek Settlement
- Fort Wordsworth
- Mountainville
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alpine <1>
- Silver Lake
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Silver Lake is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake
- Silver Lake has also been known as:
- Silver Lake Summer Home Area
- Forest City ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Forest City is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City
- Cedar Hills
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Highland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Lehi
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Deer Creek ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Deer Creek is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Creek
- Lincoln
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lincoln is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
- Mutual Dell
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Mutual Dell is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mutual Dell
- American Fork
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- American Fork is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for American Fork
- Population from the 2020 Census: 33,896 people
- Former names for American Fork:
- Lake City
- McArthursville
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for American Fork <1>
- Pleasant Grove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Aspen Grove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Aspen Grove is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aspen Grove
- Wasatch County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Temple Addition, with the one closest to West Temple Addition listed first.
- Cranmer
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Cranmer is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranmer
- Interlaken
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Interlaken is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Interlaken
- Mound City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mound City is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound City
- Hailstone ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Hailstone is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hailstone
- Hideout
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Hideout is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hideout
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,254 people
- Jordanelle
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Jordanelle is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordanelle
- Keetley ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Keetley is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keetley
- Midway
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Charleston
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Charleston is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 496 people
- Heber City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Heber City is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heber City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17,574 people
- Heber City has also been known as:
- Heber
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Heber City <1>
- Weber County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Temple Addition, with the one closest to West Temple Addition listed first.
- Uintah Fort ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Uintah Fort is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uintah Fort
- Fort Kington ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Fort Kington is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Kington
- Uintah
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Rigde Villa
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Rigde Villa is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rigde Villa
- Uintah Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Uintah Village is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uintah Village
- Yorkshire Meadow
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Yorkshire Meadow is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkshire Meadow
- Adamdell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Adamdell is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamdell
- Hidden Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Hidden Village is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Village
- Riverdale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Roy
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Washington Terrace
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Washington Terrace is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Terrace
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,185 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to West Temple Addition, see our County-by-County Page for West Temple Addition.
Cemeteries Near West Temple Addition ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of West Temple Addition.
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 West Temple Addition - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for West Temple Addition covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from West Temple Addition, with the one closest to West Temple Addition listed first.
- Mt. Olivet Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- St. Paul's Episcopal Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Brigham Young Family Memorial Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Memory Grove Memorial
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Kimball - Whitney Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Larkin Sunset Lawn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Mt. Calvary Catholic Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Montefiore Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- B'nai Israel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Salt Lake City Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Shrine of Memorial Mausoleum
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (92 more) ...
- Shaarey Tzedek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Elysian Burial Gardens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Old Deseret Village Pioneer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
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.<3>
While we didn't find West Temple Addition in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of West Temple Addition.
These communities are listed based on their distance from West Temple Addition, with the one closest to West Temple Addition listed first.
- Franklin
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Franklin is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
- Salt Lake City
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Sugar House ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sugar House is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar House
- Williams
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Williams is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams
- Millcreek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Millcreek is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millcreek
- Fort Douglas
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Fort Douglas is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Douglas
- Fort Douglas has also been known as:
- Camp Kent
- Buena Vista
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Buena Vista is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Granger
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Granger is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granger
- Murray
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Murray is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murray
- Population from the 2020 Census: 48,355 people
- Murray has also been known as:
- Murray City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Murray <1>
- Hot Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Hot Springs is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hot Springs
- Taylorsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cottonwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cottonwood is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood
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- El Dorado
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- El Dorado is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Dorado
- Union
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Union is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- West Jordan
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around West Temple Addition. See our List of 1890's Communities around West Temple Addition.
Newspapers Published in West Temple Addition ...
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 160 newspapers that have been published in the area around West Temple Addition.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of West Temple Addition, there are papers which were published within 2 miles [3.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for West Temple Addition.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 West Temple Addition:
- Websites specific to Utah
- Pages specific to Salt Lake County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Davis County
- Morgan County
- Summit County
- Tooele County
- Utah County
- Wasatch County
- Weber 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> | 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 Temple Addition, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- West Temple Addition) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |