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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 White Sands (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 White Sands. 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 northwest 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 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 west 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.

White Sands 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 White Sands. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to White Sands:

  • Salt Lake County     (The home county of White Sands)
    • The following are listed by their distance from White Sands, with the one closest to White Sands listed first.
    • White City
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • White City is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
    • Transwest Village
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Transwest Village is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Transwest Village
    • Cobblestone Village
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Cobblestone Village is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobblestone Village
    • Sandy
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Sandy is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 94,871 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sandy <1>
    • Dimple Dell Village
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Dimple Dell Village is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dimple Dell Village
    • Jordan Village
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Jordan Village is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan Village
    • Marion Village
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Marion Village is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion Village
    • Alta Canyon Village
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Alta Canyon Village is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alta Canyon Village
    • Avalon Village
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Avalon Village is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avalon Village
    • Canyon Village
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Canyon Village is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canyon Village
    • Raintree Village
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Raintree Village is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raintree Village
    • Draper
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Draper is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Draper
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 48,963 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Draper <1>
  • Davis County
    • The following are listed by their distance from White Sands, with the one closest to White Sands listed first.
    • Castle
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Castle is located in Davis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle
    • North Salt Lake
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Val Verda
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Val Verda is located in Davis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Val Verda
    • Oakhaven Village
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Oakhaven Village is located in Davis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakhaven Village
    • Woods Cross
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Bountiful Fort ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Bountiful Fort is located in Davis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bountiful Fort
    • Bountiful
      (22 miles [35.4 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
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Cottonwood Heights is located in Davis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood Heights
    • West Bountiful
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Center Village
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Center Village is located in Davis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Village
    • Centerville Fort ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Centerville Fort is located in Davis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville Fort
    • Centerville
      (24 miles [38.6 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
    • Porterville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Porterville is located in Morgan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porterville
  • Summit County
    • The following are listed by their distance from White Sands, with the one closest to White Sands listed first.
    • Altus ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Altus is located in Summit County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altus
    • Summit Park
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Summit Park is located in Summit County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Park
    • Snyderville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Park City
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Gorgosa
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Gorgosa is located in Summit County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gorgosa
    • South Snyderville Basin
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Silver Creek Junction
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • North Snyderville Basin
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Rockport ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Rockport is located in Summit County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockport
      • Former names for Rockport:
      • Crandall
      • Enoch City
      • Rock Fort
    • Wanship
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Fort Sage Bottom ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Fort Sage Bottom is located in Summit County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Sage Bottom
      • Fort Sage Bottom has also been known as:
      • Woodenshoe
    • Peoa
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Tooele County
    • The following are listed by their distance from White Sands, with the one closest to White Sands listed first.
    • Lincoln
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Lincoln is located in Tooele County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
      • Former names for Lincoln:
      • Lake View
      • Pine Canyon
    • Lake Point
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Lake Point is located in Tooele County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Point
    • Erda
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Mills Junction
      (22 miles [35.4 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
    • Stansbury park
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Tooele
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Ophir
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Ophir is located in Tooele County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ophir
      • Estimated population in 2017: 57 people
    • Gisborn ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Gisborn is located in Tooele County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gisborn
    • Jacob City ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Jacob City is located in Tooele County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacob City
    • Mercur ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Mercur is located in Tooele County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercur
    • Sunshine ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Sunshine is located in Tooele County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine
    • Batesville ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Batesville is located in Tooele County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batesville
  • Utah County
    • The following are listed by their distance from White Sands, with the one closest to White Sands listed first.
    • Alpine
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • 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>
    • Lehi
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Lehi is located in Utah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehi
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 73,383 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lehi <1>
    • Highland
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Cedar Hills
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Silver Lake
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • 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
    • American Fork
      (13 miles [20.9 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>
    • Deer Creek ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Deer Creek is located in Utah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Creek
    • Forest City ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Forest City is located in Utah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City
    • Mutual Dell
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Mutual Dell is located in Utah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mutual Dell
    • Saratoga Springs
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Pleasant Grove
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Lindon
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Wasatch County
    • The following are listed by their distance from White Sands, with the one closest to White Sands listed first.
    • Mound City
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Mound City is located in Wasatch County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound City
    • Interlaken
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Interlaken is located in Wasatch County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Interlaken
    • Midway
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Charleston
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Charleston is located in Wasatch County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 496 people
    • Cranmer
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Cranmer is located in Wasatch County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranmer
    • Jordanelle
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Jordanelle is located in Wasatch County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordanelle
    • Daniel
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Daniel is located in Wasatch County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daniel
      • Estimated population in 2015: 1,058 people
    • Hailstone ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Hailstone is located in Wasatch County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hailstone
    • Heber City
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • 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>
    • Keetley ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Keetley is located in Wasatch County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keetley
    • Hideout
      (25 miles [40.2 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
    • Independence
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Independence is located in Wasatch County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people

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

Cemeteries Near White Sands ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of White Sands.

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 White Sands - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for White Sands covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Lake Hills Memorial Park Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Crescent Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Larkin Sunset Gardens Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Sandy City Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Draper City Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • South Jordan Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Midvale City Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Granite City Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Union Pioneer Memorial Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Riverton City Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Cutler Hill Pioneer Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • West Jordan City Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (81 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.<3>

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

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

  • Sandy
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Sandy is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 94,871 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sandy <1>
  • Draper
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Draper is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Draper
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 48,963 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Draper <1>
  • Union
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Union is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
  • West Jordan
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Jordan
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jordan is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan
  • Taylorsville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Cottonwood
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Cottonwood is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood
  • Murray
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • 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>
  • Millcreek
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Millcreek is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millcreek
  • Herriman
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Alpine
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • 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>
  • Lehi
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Lehi is located in Utah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehi
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 73,383 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lehi <1>
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Granger
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Granger is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granger
    • Sugar House ‑ Historic
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Sugar House is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar House
    • Williams
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Williams is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams

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

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 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 White Sands:

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 White Sands, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.