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 Bridger (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 Bridger. 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.
Bridger is located in Uinta County.
To see how the shape of Wyoming's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Uinta County: Rich (UT), Summit (UT), Lincoln & Sweetwater.
Below are the counties that are near Bridger. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bridger:
- Uinta County (The home county of Bridger)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bridger, with the one closest to Bridger listed first.
- Carter
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carter
- Carter is located in Uinta County
- Fort Bridger
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Piedmont ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piedmont
- Piedmont is located in Uinta County
- Mountain View
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lyman
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Robertson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Evanston
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hilliard
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hilliard have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilliard
- Hilliard is located in Uinta County
- Almy ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Almy. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almy
- Almy is located in Uinta County
- Bear River
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bear River have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear River
- Bear River is located in Uinta County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 501 people
- Lincoln County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bridger, with the one closest to Bridger listed first.
- Oakley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakley
- Oakley is located in Lincoln County
- Diamondville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Kemmerer
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Frontier
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Opal
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rich County (UT)
- Woodruff
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodruff have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodruff
- Woodruff is located in Rich County (UT)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 210 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Woodruff <1>
- Summit County (UT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bridger, with the one closest to Bridger listed first.
- Black's Fork ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black's Fork
- Black's Fork is located in Summit County (UT)
- Black's Fork has also been known as:
- Blacks Fork Commissary
- Wahsatch ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wahsatch have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wahsatch
- Wahsatch is located in Summit County (UT)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Bridger, see our County-by-County Page for Bridger.
Newspapers Published in Bridger ...
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 15 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bridger.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bridger, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bridger.
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 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 Bridger:
- Websites specific to Wyoming
- Pages specific to Uinta County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Lincoln County
- Rich County
- Summit County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wyoming
Cemeteries Near Bridger ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bridger.
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 Bridger covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bridger, with the one closest to Bridger listed first.
- Spring Valley Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Spring Valley Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Spring Valley Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #84118 <5>
- Byrne Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Millburne Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Carter Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Thornburgh Gravesite
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Ft. Bridger Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Guild Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Cumberland Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Johnson Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lyman Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Evanston City Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Wyoming State Hospital Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Almy Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- South Lincoln Cemetery
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- South Lincoln Cemetery
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
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, Bridger had railroad service and no post office.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Bridger, with the one closest to Bridger listed first.
- Fort Bridger
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Aspen
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Aspen have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aspen
- Aspen is located in Uinta County
- Mountain View
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hampton
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hampton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton
- Hampton is located in Uinta County
- Evanston
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hilliard
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hilliard have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilliard
- Hilliard is located in Uinta County
- Wahsatch ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wahsatch have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wahsatch
- Wahsatch is located in Summit County (UT)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bridger. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bridger.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Bridger. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Uinta County: www.uintacounty.com/
The official website for State of Wyoming: www.wyo.gov/
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 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. |
<3> | 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. |
<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- Bridger) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Bridger. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.3819, Longitude: -110.5949 In this case, the coordinates for Bridger have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
<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 Bridger, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |