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Introduction ...

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

We've added Willow Fort to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Willow Fort, 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 Willow Fort (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 Willow Fort. 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 hospitals 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Willow Fort is historic, it would have been located within present day Salt Lake 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 Salt Lake County: Davis, Morgan, Summit, Tooele, Utah & Wasatch.

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

  • Salt Lake County     (The home county of Willow Fort)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Willow Fort, with the one closest to Willow Fort listed first.
    • Draper
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Canyon Oak Village
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Canyon Oak Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canyon Oak Village
      • Canyon Oak Village is located in Salt Lake County
    • Cobblestone Village
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cobblestone Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobblestone Village
      • Cobblestone Village is located in Salt Lake County
    • Summerhill Village
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Summerhill Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerhill Village
      • Summerhill Village is located in Salt Lake County
    • Transwest Village
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Transwest Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Transwest Village
      • Transwest Village is located in Salt Lake County
    • Sandy
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sandy have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy
      • Sandy is located in Salt Lake County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 94,871 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sandy <2>
    • White City
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Dimple Dell Village
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dimple Dell Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dimple Dell Village
      • Dimple Dell Village is located in Salt Lake County
    • Sunset Meadows Village
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunset Meadows Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Meadows Village
      • Sunset Meadows Village is located in Salt Lake County
    • Riverton
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Alta Canyon Village
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alta Canyon Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alta Canyon Village
      • Alta Canyon Village is located in Salt Lake County
    • Bluffdale
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Davis County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Willow Fort, with the one closest to Willow Fort listed first.
    • North Salt Lake
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Salt Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Salt Lake
      • North Salt Lake is located in Davis County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 21,204 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for North Salt Lake <2>
    • Val Verda
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Val Verda. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Val Verda
      • Val Verda is located in Davis County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Val Verda
      • From Willow Fort to Val Verda
    • Cottonwood Heights
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cottonwood Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood Heights
      • Cottonwood Heights is located in Davis County
    • Oakhaven Village
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oakhaven Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakhaven Village
      • Oakhaven Village is located in Davis County
    • Woods Cross
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Bountiful Fort ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Bountiful
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • West Bountiful
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Bountiful have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bountiful
      • West Bountiful is located in Davis County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,920 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for West Bountiful <2>
    • Center Village
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Center Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Village
      • Center Village is located in Davis County
    • Centerville Fort ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Centerville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Benchmark Village
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Benchmark Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benchmark Village
      • Benchmark Village is located in Davis County
  • Summit County
  • Tooele County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Willow Fort, with the one closest to Willow Fort listed first.
    • Lincoln
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Mercur ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Ophir
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Tooele
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Lake Point
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Gisborn ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Gisborn. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gisborn
      • Gisborn is located in Tooele County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Gisborn
      • From Willow Fort to Gisborn
    • Jacob City ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Erda
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Erda have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erda
      • Erda is located in Tooele County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Erda <2>
    • Mills Junction
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Stansbury park
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stansbury park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stansbury park
      • Stansbury park is located in Tooele County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stansbury park <2>
    • Sunshine ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • 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.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine
      • Sunshine is located in Tooele County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Sunshine
      • From Willow Fort to Sunshine
    • Batesville ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Utah County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Willow Fort, with the one closest to Willow Fort listed first.
    • Alpine
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Lehi
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lehi have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehi
      • Lehi is located in Utah County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 73,383 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lehi <2>
    • Highland
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Highland have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
      • Highland is located in Utah County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 19,241 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Highland <2>
    • Cedar Hills
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hills
      • Cedar Hills is located in Utah County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,985 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cedar Hills <2>
    • American Fork
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Deer Creek ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Silver Lake
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Mutual Dell
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Pleasant Grove
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Forest City ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Saratoga Springs
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Lindon
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lindon have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindon
      • Lindon is located in Utah County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,462 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lindon <2>
  • Wasatch County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Willow Fort, with the one closest to Willow Fort listed first.
    • Mound City
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Interlaken
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Midway
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Midway have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
      • Midway is located in Wasatch County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,465 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Midway <2>
    • Charleston
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Charleston have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston
      • Charleston is located in Wasatch County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 496 people
    • Cranmer
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Cranmer. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranmer
      • Cranmer is located in Wasatch County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Cranmer
      • From Willow Fort to Cranmer
    • Daniel
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Heber City
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Jordanelle
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Hailstone ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Hailstone. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hailstone
      • Hailstone is located in Wasatch County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Hailstone
      • From Willow Fort to Hailstone
    • Keetley ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Keetley. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keetley
      • Keetley is located in Wasatch County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Keetley
      • From Willow Fort to Keetley
    • Hideout
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hideout have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hideout
      • Hideout is located in Wasatch County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,254 people
    • Independence
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)

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

Cemeteries Near Willow Fort ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Willow Fort.

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

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

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

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

  • Draper
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Sandy
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sandy have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy
    • Sandy is located in Salt Lake County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 94,871 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sandy <2>
  • Jordan
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jordan have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan
    • Jordan is located in Salt Lake County
  • Alpine
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Union
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Union have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
    • Union is located in Salt Lake County
  • Lehi
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lehi have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehi
    • Lehi is located in Utah County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 73,383 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lehi <2>
  • West Jordan
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Herriman
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Cottonwood
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • American Fork
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Taylorsville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Taylorsville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylorsville
    • Taylorsville is located in Salt Lake County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 59,402 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Taylorsville <2>
  • Murray
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Millcreek
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Millcreek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millcreek
      • Millcreek is located in Salt Lake County
    • Pleasant Grove
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Alta
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)

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

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 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 Willow Fort:

The official website for Salt Lake County: www.slco.org/

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 Willow Fort, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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>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.
<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.




 

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