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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 Woods Cross (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 Woods Cross. 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 Woods Cross ...

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.

While the name of this city is Woods Cross, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Woods Cross may originally have been Wood's Cross.

Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Woods Cross might be written as Wood Cross.

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.

A Few Details for Woods Cross ...

While it's still very early in our research, we found that:

  • Woods Cross was settled in 1865.
  • It was incorporated in 1935.

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 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.

Woods Cross is located in Davis 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 Davis County: Box Elder, Morgan, Salt Lake, Tooele & Weber.

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

  • Davis County     (The home county of Woods Cross)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Woods Cross, with the one closest to Woods Cross listed first.
    • Bountiful
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Cottonwood Heights
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • 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
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • 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
    • West Bountiful
      (Less than 2 miles 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>
    • Bountiful Fort ‑ Historic
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Val Verda
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • 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 Woods Cross to Val Verda
    • Centerville
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • North Salt Lake
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • 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>
    • Center Village
      (3 miles [4.8 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
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Benchmark Village
      (4 miles [6.4 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
    • Chase Lane Village
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chase Lane Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chase Lane Village
      • Chase Lane Village is located in Davis County
  • Morgan County
  • Salt Lake County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Woods Cross, with the one closest to Woods Cross listed first.
    • Jackson Park Village
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jackson Park Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Park Village
      • Jackson Park Village is located in Salt Lake County
    • Denver City
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Denver City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denver City
      • Denver City is located in Salt Lake County
    • Fort Salt Lake City ‑ Historic
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Salt Lake City
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • San Domingo City ‑ Historic
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Granite
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Granite have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite
      • Granite is located in Salt Lake County
    • Fort Douglas
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Lincoln Village
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lincoln Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Village
      • Lincoln Village is located in Salt Lake County
    • Foothill Village
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Foothill Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foothill Village
      • Foothill Village is located in Salt Lake County
    • University Village
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for University Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Village
      • University Village is located in Salt Lake County
    • South Salt Lake
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Victory Village
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Victory Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory Village
      • Victory Village is located in Salt Lake County
  • Summit County
  • Tooele County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Woods Cross, with the one closest to Woods Cross listed first.
    • Lake Point
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Mills Junction
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Stansbury park
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • 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>
    • Erda
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • 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>
    • Lincoln
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Utah County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Woods Cross, with the one closest to Woods Cross listed first.
    • Forest City ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Lincoln
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Alpine
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Silver Lake
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Deer Creek ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Wasatch County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Woods Cross, with the one closest to Woods Cross listed first.
    • Cranmer
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • 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 Woods Cross to Cranmer
    • Hideout
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • 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
    • Keetley ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • 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 Woods Cross to Keetley
  • Weber County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Woods Cross, with the one closest to Woods Cross listed first.
    • Uintah Fort ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Uintah
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Fort Kington ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Uintah Village
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Uintah Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uintah Village
      • Uintah Village is located in Weber County
    • Yorkshire Meadow
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Adamdell
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Rigde Villa
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Washington Terrace
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Washington Terrace have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Terrace
      • Washington Terrace is located in Weber County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,185 people
    • Hidden Village
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hidden Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Village
      • Hidden Village is located in Weber County
    • Riverdale
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Roy
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Roy have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roy
      • Roy is located in Weber County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 39,559 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Roy <2>
    • Greenwood Village
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenwood Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Village
      • Greenwood Village is located in Weber County

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

Cemeteries Near Woods Cross ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Woods Cross.

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 Woods Cross covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Woods Cross, with the one closest to Woods Cross 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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Woods Cross had railroad service and no post office. In 2020, Woods Cross had a population of 11,668 people.

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

  • Centerville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Hot Springs
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hot Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hot Springs
    • Hot Springs is located in Salt Lake County
  • Salt Lake City
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Farmington
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Farmington have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington
    • Farmington is located in Davis County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 25,387 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Farmington <2>
  • Buena Vista
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Buena Vista have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
    • Buena Vista is located in Salt Lake County
  • Franklin
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Franklin have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
    • Franklin is located in Salt Lake County
  • Fort Douglas
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Kaysville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kaysville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaysville
    • Kaysville is located in Davis County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 32,603 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kaysville <2>
  • Williams
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Williams have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams
    • Williams is located in Salt Lake County
  • Sugar House ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Riter
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Riter. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riter
    • Riter is located in Salt Lake County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Riter
    • From Woods Cross to Riter
  • El Dorado
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for El Dorado have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Dorado
    • El Dorado is located in Salt Lake County
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Granger
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Granger have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granger
      • Granger is located in Salt Lake County
    • Millcreek
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • 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
    • Layton
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Layton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layton
      • Layton is located in Davis County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 79,012 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Layton <2>

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

Newspapers Published in Woods Cross ...

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 5 newspapers that have been published in the area around Woods Cross.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Woods Cross, there are papers which were published within 2 miles [3.2 km]<7>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Woods Cross.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Woods Cross:

The official website for Woods Cross: www.woodscross.com/

The official website for Davis County: www.daviscountyutah.gov/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties).
<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.
<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 Woods Cross, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<7>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Woods Cross) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Woods Cross. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.8747, Longitude: -111.9020       In this case, the coordinates for Woods Cross have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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