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 Wheatgrass (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 Wheatgrass. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
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 north 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.
Wheatgrass is located in Iron 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 Iron County: Lincoln (NV), Beaver, Garfield, Kane & Washington.
Below are the counties that are near Wheatgrass. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Wheatgrass:
- Iron County (The home county of Wheatgrass)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wheatgrass, with the one closest to Wheatgrass listed first.
- Buckhorn Springs ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Buckhorn Springs is located in Iron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckhorn Springs
- Paragonah Fort ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Paragonah Fort is located in Iron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paragonah Fort
- Paragonah
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Paragonah is located in Iron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paragonah
- Population from the 2020 Census: 556 people
- Former names for Paragonah:
- Paragoonah
- Red Creek
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Paragonah <1>
- Parowan Adobe Fort ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Parowan Adobe Fort is located in Iron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parowan Adobe Fort
- Parowan
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Summit
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fort Johnson ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Fort Johnson is located in Iron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Johnson
- Johnson's Fort ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Johnson's Fort is located in Iron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson's Fort
- Johnson's Fort has also been known as:
- Johnson Springs
- Brian Head
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Enoch
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar City is located in Iron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 36,090 people
- Former names for Cedar City:
- Coal Creek
- Little Muddy
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cedar City <1>
- Cedar Highlands
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Highlands is located in Iron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Highlands
- Avon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Avon is located in Iron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
- Beaver County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wheatgrass, with the one closest to Wheatgrass listed first.
- Lees Spring ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Lees Spring is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lees Spring
- Minersville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Adamsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Adamsville is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsville
- Former names for Adamsville:
- Beaver Iron Works
- Wales
- Greenville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Greenville is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
- Beaver
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Beaver is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,200 people
- Beaver has also been known as:
- Beaver City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Beaver <1>
- Bradshaw ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Bradshaw is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradshaw
- Bradshaw has also been known as:
- Bradshaw City
- Cave Mine Camp
- Cave Mine
- Fort Cameron ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Fort Cameron is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Cameron
- Cook Corner
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cook Corner is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook Corner
- Laho
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Laho is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laho
- Thermo ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Thermo is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thermo
- North Creek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- North Creek is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Creek
- Manderfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Manderfield is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manderfield
- Upton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Upton is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upton
- Garfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wheatgrass, with the one closest to Wheatgrass listed first.
- Bear Valley Junction
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Bear Valley Junction is located in Garfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Valley Junction
- Panguitch Lake Resort
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Panguitch Fort ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Panguitch Fort is located in Garfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panguitch Fort
- Panguitch
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bone Valley
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Bone Valley is located in Garfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bone Valley
- Hillsdale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hillsdale is located in Garfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsdale
- Hatch
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Wheatgrass, see our County-by-County Page for Wheatgrass.
Cemeteries Near Wheatgrass ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Wheatgrass.
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 Wheatgrass - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Wheatgrass covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Wheatgrass, with the one closest to Wheatgrass listed first.
- Paragonah Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Parowan City Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Summit City Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Enoch City Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Minersville Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Spry Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Adamsville Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Greenville Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Panguitch City Cemetery
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Spry Cemetery
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Mountain View Cemetery
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Cedar City Cemetery
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Hillsdale Cemetery
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hatch City Cemetery
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
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 Wheatgrass in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Wheatgrass.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Wheatgrass, with the one closest to Wheatgrass listed first.
- Paragonah
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Paragonah is located in Iron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paragonah
- Population from the 2020 Census: 556 people
- Former names for Paragonah:
- Paragoonah
- Red Creek
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Paragonah <1>
- Parowan
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Minersville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Lees Spring ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Lees Spring is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lees Spring
- Adamsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Adamsville is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsville
- Former names for Adamsville:
- Beaver Iron Works
- Wales
- Greenville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Greenville is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
- Panguitch
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Beaver
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Beaver is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,200 people
- Beaver has also been known as:
- Beaver City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Beaver <1>
- Cedar City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar City is located in Iron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 36,090 people
- Former names for Cedar City:
- Coal Creek
- Little Muddy
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cedar City <1>
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Wheatgrass. See our List of 1890's Communities around Wheatgrass.
Newspapers Published in Wheatgrass ...
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 18 newspapers that have been published in the area around Wheatgrass.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Wheatgrass, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Wheatgrass.
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 Wheatgrass:
- Websites specific to Utah
- Pages specific to Iron County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Beaver County
- Garfield 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 Wheatgrass, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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 from Point A (ie- Wheatgrass) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |