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List Of Cemeteries In Utah
This list of cemeteries in Utah includes currently operating, historical (closed for new interments), and defunct (graves abandoned or removed) cemeteries, columbaria, and mausolea. It does not include pet cemeteries. Beaver County * Adamsville Cemetery, in Adamsville * Beaver City Cemetery, in Beaver * Frisco Cemetery, in Frisco * Greenville Cemetery, in Greenville * Milford Cemetery, in Milford * Minersville Cemetery, in Minersville * Mountain View Cemetery, in Beaver * Squire Family Cemetery, 13 km from Newhouse Box Elder County * Bear River City Cemetery, in Bear River * Beaver Dam Cemetery, in Beaver Dam * Bothwell Cemetery, in Bothwell * Brigham City Cemetery, in Brigham City * Call's Fort Cemetery, in Honeyville * Clear Creek Cemetery, serving Naf, in Cassia County, Idaho * Corinne Cemetery, in Corinne * Deweyville Cemetery, in Deweyville * Early Plymouth Cemetery, in Portage * East Garland Cemetery, in Riverside * Elwood Cemetery, in Elwood * Fielding Cemete ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cemeteries
A cemetery, burial ground, gravesite or graveyard is a place where the remains of dead people are buried or otherwise interred. The word ''cemetery'' (from Greek , "sleeping place") implies that the land is specifically designated as a burial ground and originally applied to the Roman catacombs. The term ''graveyard'' is often used interchangeably with cemetery, but a graveyard primarily refers to a burial ground within a churchyard. The intact or cremated remains of people may be interred in a grave, commonly referred to as burial, or in a tomb, an "above-ground grave" (resembling a sarcophagus), a mausoleum, columbarium, niche, or other edifice. In Western cultures, funeral ceremonies are often observed in cemeteries. These ceremonies or rites of passage differ according to cultural practices and religious beliefs. Modern cemeteries often include crematoria, and some grounds previously used for both, continue as crematoria as a principal use long after the interment areas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corinne, Utah
Corinne ( ) is a town in Box Elder County, Utah, United States. The population was 685 at the 2010 census. Geography Corinne is located in southeastern Box Elder County, on the west side of the Bear River. It is the last town on the river before it enters the marsh complexes leading to the Great Salt Lake. Brigham City is to the southeast, and Bear River City is to the north. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which is land and , or 1.53%, is water. History For almost ten years from its founding on 25 March 1869, the town of Corinne prospered as the unofficial "Gentile Capital of Utah". As the Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroads approached their historic meeting place at Promontory Summit early in 1869, a group of former Union Army officers and some determined non-Mormon merchants from Salt Lake City decided to locate a Gentile town on the Union Pacific line, believing that the town could compete economically and p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penrose, Utah
Penrose is an Unincorporated area, unincorporated farming community in eastern Box Elder County, Utah, Box Elder County, Utah, United States. Description Penrose is located along the last of Utah State Route 102, approximately south of Thatcher, Utah, Thatcher. The community was named for Charles W. Penrose, an Apostle (Latter Day Saints), apostle for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The first permanent settler to the Penrose area was C.S. Rowher, in 1890. He, along with others, farmed beets, wheat, corn and hay. See also References External links Unincorporated communities in Box Elder County, Utah Unincorporated communities in Utah Populated places established in 1890 {{Utah-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Park Valley, Utah
Park Valley is an unincorporated community in north-central Box Elder County, Utah, United States. Description The community lies in the northwestern part of the state, northwest of the state capital at Salt Lake City, and west of the county seat at Brigham City. Utah State Route 30 runs through the center of the valley, generally from east to west. The valley is a roughly oval shape of about in length east to west and about north to south, covering a major portion of the western end of the county. Park Valley anchors the northern end of the Great Basin. The Raft River Mountains to the north mark the boundary between the Great Basin and the Snake River Plain. What is called the community of Park Valley includes name locations that used to be nearly separate communities, such as Rosette, Dove Creek, Muddy, Rosebud, and Kelton, as well as ones that have been almost forgotten by time, such as Ten-Mile, Clear Creek, Rosen Valley, Terrace, Golden, Matlin, and other lesser camp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mantua, Utah
Mantua ( or ) is a town on the eastern edge Box Elder County, Utah, United States. The population of the town was 687 at the 2010 census. History Mantua was settled in the mid-19th century when members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints were sent by Lorenzo Snow to the valley to grow flax. The first group arrived in Mantua in 1863 (although a sign at the main entry route states "Founded 1864"), and were all émigrés from Denmark led by Hans Jens Jensen. Snow was from Mantua, Ohio, and the town was named after the Ohio community in his honor. Due to Danish pronunciation the town's pronunciation was changed to ("man-Away") unlike Ohio's ("man-tooway") Prior to receiving its current name, the community was called Box Elder Valley, Copenhagen, Flaxville, Geneva, Hunsaker Valley, Little Copenhagen, and Little Valley. Geography Mantua lies at the head of Box Elder Canyon on the northern, western, and southern sides of the Mantua Reservoir. According to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lynn, Utah
Lynn is an Unincorporated area, unincorporated community in Box Elder County, Utah, Box Elder County, Utah, United States. It is located in the northwestern corner of the state, close to Utah's border with Idaho. Lynn lies in a valley between the Goose Creek Mountains to its west, and a portion of the Clear Creek Mountains and Sawtooth National Forest to its east. The south fork of Junction Creek passes through the town. No paved roads provide access to Lynn, though Utah State Route 30 passes close to the community. Lynn's name is an alteration of the last name of one of its founders, John Lind, a Sweden, Swedish immigrant who settled there in 1882.Huchel, Frederick MA History of Box Elder County pp. 359-60 (1999) In 1920, there was a Mormon church, grade school (the "Junction School"), and mail service in the Lynn area, all later abandoned. As of 1999, only two families lived all year round in Lynn, with some ranchers coming in the summers to attend to crops of hay and grain. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plymouth, Utah
Plymouth is a town in Box Elder County, Utah, United States. The population was 414 at the 2010 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.5 square mile (1.4 km2), all land. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 328 people, 105 households, and 89 families residing in the town. The population density was 607.0 people per square mile (234.5/km2). There were 114 housing units at an average density of 211.0 per square mile (81.5/km2). The racial makeup of the town was 99.09% White, 0.30% Native American, and 0.61% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.52% of the population. There were 105 households, out of which 51.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 70.5% were married couples living together, 10.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 15.2% were non-families. 15.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.6% had someone living alone who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Howell, Utah
Howell is a town located in the Blue Creek Valley in northeast Box Elder County, Utah, United States. The population was 245 at the 2010 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which is land and (0.56%) is water. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 221 people, 68 households, and 55 families residing in the town. The population density was 6.2 people per square mile (2.4/km2). There were 75 housing units at an average density of 2.1 per square mile (0.8/km2). The racial makeup of the town was 99.10% White, 0.45% African American and 0.45% Native American. There were 68 households, out of which 41.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 75.0% were married couples living together, 4.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 19.1% were non-families. 19.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 4.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The ave ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grouse Creek, Utah
Grouse Creek (also Cookesville) is an unincorporated community in the nearly unpopulated northwestern region of Box Elder County, Utah, United States, near the Idaho and Nevada borders. The community lies along unpaved roads north of State Route 30 in the Grouse Creek Mountains. Its elevation is 5,331 feet (1,625 m). It has a post office with the ZIP code 84313. History Grouse Creek was first settled in 1876. The community took its name from a nearby creek of the same name where grouse were abundant. Climate According to the Köppen Climate Classification The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems. It was first published by German-Russian climatologist Wladimir Köppen (1846–1940) in 1884, with several later modifications by Köppen, notabl ... system, Grouse Creek has a semi-arid climate, abbreviated "BSk" on climate maps. Demographics See also References External links Grouse Creek Country Clu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Garland, Utah
Garland is a city in northeastern Box Elder County, Utah, United States. The population was 2,400 at the 2010 census. History Garland was originally named "Sunset" and settled in 1890. The first settler was David E. Manning.Andrew Jenson. ''Encyclopedic History of the Church''. p. 275 It was a company town and was renamed after William Garland, the contractor who built the Utah Sugar Company factory at the location, completed in 1903. The company donated land to the LDS Church for a "ward chapel and amusement hall" and also built 14 homes, a hotel, and other buildings. The town had a general store, a bank, a post office, and a newspaper named '' The Garland Globe'' in 1906. By the 1920s there were other merchants, a flour mill, a Carnegie library, and a high school. Geography Garland is located in eastern Box Elder County in the Bear River Valley. It is bordered by the city of Tremonton to the south. Interstate 15 passes to the west of Garland, with the closest access fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fielding, Utah
Fielding is a town in Box Elder County, Utah, United States. The population was 455 at the 2010 census. History A post office called Fielding has been in operation since 1892. The town was named after Joseph Fielding Smith, Sr. (1838–1918), sixth president of the LDS Church, specifically his mother's (Mary Fielding Smith's maiden name. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.4 square mile (1.1 km2), all land. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 448 people, 139 households, and 119 families residing in the town. The population density was 1,014.3 people per square mile (393.1/km2). There were 142 housing units at an average density of 321.5 per square mile (124.6/km2). The racial makeup of the town was 97.77% White, 0.45% Native American, 0.67% from other races, and 1.12% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.23% of the population. There were 139 households, out of which 50.4% had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elwood, Utah
Elwood is a town in Box Elder County, Utah, United States. The population was 1,034 at the 2010 census. Geography Elwood is located in eastern Box Elder County in the Bear River Valley. The Bear River forms part of the eastern border of the town, and the Malad River forms part of the western border. The town of Deweyville and the city of Honeyville are to the east, and the city of Tremonton is to the northwest. Interstate Highways 15 and 84 run through the town, with access from Exit 376 (Utah State Route 13, the main local road through the town). According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which , or 0.17%, is water. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 678 people, 194 households, and 170 families residing in the town. The population density was 88.5 people per square mile (34.2/km2). There were 198 housing units at an average density of 25.8 per square mile (10.0/km2). The racial makeup of the town was 93.95% White, 0.4 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
