Register of the Utah Geographic Place Names Manuscript Collection,

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Collection Overview

Collection Inventory+/-

Biographical Note/Historical Note

Content Description

Collection Use

Administrative Information

Collection Overview +/-

Title: Utah Geographic Place Names Manuscript Collection
Dates: undated (inclusive)
Collection Number: Mss B 156
Summary: Series I is primarily composed of individual handwritten field notes collected for Phase II of the Utah Geographic Names Identification System project. Series I includes computer printouts of names shown on the topographic-map series, to be used for Phase II. Phase II being the systematic collection of names from other sources, including maps, charts, and text. Series II consists of alphabetically organized historical files of Utah place names.
Repository: Utah State Historical Society

Collection Inventory +/-

Box Folder Contents
Box , Folder : Series I - Field Notes
Box 1, Folder 1 : Preliminary Materials: Instructions I
Box , Folder 2 : Preliminary Materials: Instructions II
Box , Folder 3 : Preliminary Materials: Examples & Forms
Box , Folder 4 : Preliminary Materials: Work Plans
Box , Folder 5 : Preliminary Materials: Area Printout & Appendix B
Box , Folder 6 : State Historic Sites National Register (by county), A - F
Box , Folder 7 : State Historic Sites National Register (by county), O - Z
Box 2, Folder 1 : Phase I List by Map Name, A - E
Box , Folder 2 : Phase I List by Map Name, F - N
Box , Folder 3 : Phase I List by Map Name, O - Z
Box , Folder 4 : Phase I List by Feature Name, A - C
Box , Folder 5 : Phase I List by Feature Name, D - L
Box , Folder 6 : Phase I List by Feature Name, M - R
Box , Folder 7 : Phase I List by Feature Name, S - Z
Box , Folder 8 : Utah Geographic Names, Branch of Geographic Names, National Agricultural Library
Box 3, Folder 1 : Churches Non-LDS, A - C
Box , Folder 2 : Churches Non-LDS, D - G
Box , Folder 3 : Churches Non-LDS, H - Mc
Box , Folder 4 : Churches Non-LDS, N - R
Box , Folder 5 : Churches Non-LDS, S
Box , Folder 6 : Churches Non-LDS, T - Z
Box , Folder 7 : Churches LDS, A
Box , Folder 8 : Churches LDS, B - Bonneville
Box , Folder 9 : Churches LDS, Boulder - Bridgeland
Box , Folder 10 : Churches LDS, Brigham - Butler
Box , Folder 11 : Churches LDS, B.Y.U.
Box , Folder 12 : Churches LDS, C - Cedar
Box , Folder 13 : Churches LDS, Center - Cleveland
Box , Folder 14 : Churches LDS, Clinton - Cottonwood
Box , Folder 15 : Churches LDS, Country - D
Box 4, Folder 1 : Churches LDS, E
Box , Folder 2 : Churches LDS, F - G
Box , Folder 3 : Churches LDS, H
Box , Folder 4 : Churches LDS, I - K
Box , Folder 5 : Churches LDS, L
Box , Folder 6 : Churches LDS, M - Mc
Box , Folder 7 : Churches LDS, N - O
Box , Folder 8 : Churches LDS, P
Box , Folder 9 : Churches LDS, Q - S(alt)
Box , Folder 10 : Churches LDS, Sandy
Box , Folder 11 : Churches LDS, T - Z
Box , Folder 12 : Churches LDS, W - Z
Box 5, Folder 1 : New Names, A - Anchorage
Box , Folder 2 : New Names, Anderson
Box , Folder 3 : New Names, B - Beaver
Box , Folder 4 : New Names, Beck - Bingham
Box , Folder 5 : New Names, Birch - Bluewater
Box , Folder 6 : New Names, Bluff - Boy Scouts
Box , Folder 7 : New Names, Boynton - Bryce
Box , Folder 8 : New Names, Buccaneer
Box , Folder 9 : New Names, C - Casting Lots Area
Box , Folder 10 : New Names, Castle - Cedar
Box , Folder 11 : New Names, Cemetery Wildlife - Civic Center Park
Box , Folder 12 : New Names, Clark - Copper
Box 6, Folder 1 : New Names, Coral - Cyclone
Box , Folder 2 : New Names, D - Deer
Box , Folder 3 : New Names, Delano - Doutres
Box , Folder 4 : New Names, Dowds - Dyches
Box , Folder 5 : New Names, E
Box , Folder 6 : New Names, F - Five Points Shopping Center
Box , Folder 7 : New Names, Flaming Gorge - Funnel Falls
Box , Folder 8 : New Names, G - Golley
Box , Folder 9 : New Names, Good Hope Bay - Gray Hills
Box , Folder 10 : New Names, Great Gallery - Gypsum
Box , Folder 11 : New Names, H - Hens
Box , Folder 12 : New Names, Hercules - Hogup
Box 7, Folder 1 : New Names, Holden - Huntsville
Box , Folder 2 : New Names, Hurricane - Hyrum
Box , Folder 3 : New Names, I
Box , Folder 4 : New Names, J
Box , Folder 5 : New Names, K
Box , Folder 6 : New Names, L - Leeds
Box , Folder 7 : New Names, Left - Lizonbee
Box , Folder 8 : New Names, Lloyds - Lynn
Box , Folder 9 : New Names, M - Meander
Box , Folder 10 : New Names, Melody - Mitton
Box , Folder 11 : New Names, Moab - Mossy
Box 8, Folder 1 : New Names, Mound - Me
Box , Folder 2 : New Names, N - Newton
Box , Folder 3 : New Names, Nixon - Nutters
Box , Folder 4 : New Names, O
Box , Folder 5 : New Names, P - Portridge
Box , Folder 6 : New Names, Pasture - Piute
Box , Folder 7 : New Names, Plain - Pyramid
Box , Folder 8 : New Names, Q - Rattlesnake
Box , Folder 9 : New Names, Reading - Renegade
Box , Folder 10 : New Names, Ribbon - Riverwood
Box , Folder 11 : New Names, Road - Ryan
Box 9, Folder 1 : New Names, S - Saluation
Box , Folder 2 : New Names, San Pollock - Sawtooth
Box , Folder 3 : New Names, Scenic - Shunesburg
Box , Folder 4 : New Names, Sidehill - Smyths
Box , Folder 5 : New Names, Snap - Sowers
Box , Folder 6 : New Names, Spanish - St. Michaels
Box , Folder 7 : New Names, Stairs - Studhorse
Box , Folder 8 : New Names, Subway - Syracuse
Box , Folder 9 : New Names, T - Tacaboo
Box , Folder 10 : New Names, Tidwell - TyHatch
Box , Folder 11 : New Names, U - V
Box , Folder 12 : New Names, W - Westwater
Box , Folder 13 : New Names, Wetherill - Wyuta
Box , Folder 14 : New Names, X - Z
Box 10, Folder 1 : Variants & Changes Examples and Forms
Box , Folder 2 : Variants & Changes, A
Box , Folder 3 : Variants & Changes, B - Blue
Box , Folder 4 : Variants & Changes, Bolden - Butler
Box , Folder 5 : Variants & Changes, C - Chuck
Box , Folder 6 : Variants & Changes, Cisco - Cuts
Box , Folder 7 : Variants & Changes, D
Box , Folder 8 : Variants & Changes, E
Box , Folder 9 : Variants & Changes, F
Box , Folder 10 : Variants & Changes, G
Box , Folder 11 : Variants & Changes, H
Box , Folder 12 : Variants & Changes, I - K
Box , Folder 13 : Variants & Changes, L
Box 11, Folder 1 : Variants & Changes, M - Me
Box , Folder 2 : Variants & Changes, N - O
Box , Folder 3 : Variants & Changes, P
Box , Folder 4 : Variants & Changes, Q - R
Box , Folder 5 : Variants & Changes, S - Shirts
Box , Folder 6 : Variants & Changes, Silver - Spur
Box , Folder 7 : Variants & Changes, St. Christophers - Syder
Box , Folder 8 : Variants & Changes, T
Box , Folder 9 : Variants & Changes, U - V
Box , Folder 10 : Variants & Changes, W - Z
Box 12, Folder 1 : Subdivisions Cache County, A - C
Box , Folder 2 : Subdivisions Cache County, D - H
Box , Folder 3 : Subdivisions Cache County, I - O
Box , Folder 4 : Subdivisions Cache County, P - S
Box , Folder 5 : Subdivisions Cache County, T - Z
Box , Folder 6 : Subdivisions Davis County, Book 1 (A - Z)
Box , Folder 7 : Subdivisions Davis County, Book 2 (A - Z)
Box , Folder 8 : Subdivisions Davis County, Book 3 (A - Z)
Box , Folder 9 : Subdivisions Davis County, Book 4 (A - Z)
Box , Folder 10 : Subdivisions Davis County, Book 5 (A - Z)
Box , Folder 11 : Subdivisions Davis County, Book 6 (A - Z)
Box , Folder 12 : Subdivisions Davis County, Book 7 (A - Z)
Box , Folder 13 : Subdivisions Davis County, Book 8 (A - Z)
Box , Folder 14 : Subdivisions Davis County, Book 9 (A - Z)
Box , Folder 15 : Subdivisions Davis County, Book 10 (A - Z)
Box , Folder 16 : Subdivisions Davis County, Book 11 (A - Z)
Box , Folder 17 : Subdivisions Davis County, Book 12 (A - Z)
Box , Folder 18 : Subdivisions Davis County, Book 13 (A - Z)
Box , Folder 19 : Subdivisions Davis County, Book 14 (A - Z)
Box 13, Folder 1 : Subdivisions Salt Lake County, Bk 7 (A - Z) Bk 8 (A - Z)
Box , Folder 2 : Subdivisions Salt Lake County, Bk 9 (A - Z)
Box , Folder 3 : Subdivisions Salt Lake County, Bk 10 (A - Z)
Box , Folder 4 : Subdivisions Salt Lake County, Bk 14 (A - C)
Box , Folder 5 : Subdivisions Salt Lake County, Bk 14 (D - Z)
Box , Folder 6 : Subdivisions Salt Lake County, Bk 15 (A - D)
Box , Folder 7 : Subdivisions Salt Lake County, Bk 15 (E - J)
Box , Folder 8 : Subdivisions Salt Lake County, Bk 15 (K - R)
Box , Folder 9 : Subdivisions Salt Lake County, Bk 15 (S - T)
Box , Folder 10 : Subdivisions Salt Lake County, Bk 15 (U - Z)
Box , Folder 11 : Subdivisions Salt Lake County, Plat Book 16 (A - R) Bp - Cg
Box , Folder 12 : Subdivisions Salt Lake County, Plat Book 16 (A - R) Ch - Co
Box , Folder 13 : Subdivisions Salt Lake County, Plat Book 16 (A - R) Bk 16 (A - B)
Box , Folder 14 : Subdivisions Salt Lake County, Plat Book 16 (C - Fairway)
Box , Folder 15 : Subdivisions Salt Lake County, Plat Book 16 (A - R) Federal - Heughley
Box 14, Folder 1 : Subdivisions Salt Lake County, Plat Book 16 (Highland - K)
Box , Folder 2 : Subdivisions Salt Lake County, Plat Book 16 (L)
Box , Folder 3 : Subdivisions Salt Lake County, Plat Book 16 (M)
Box , Folder 4 : Subdivisions Salt Lake County, Plat Book 16 (N - P)
Box , Folder 5 : Subdivisions Salt Lake County, Plat Book 16 (R)
Box , Folder 6 : Subdivisions Salt Lake County, Plat Book 16 (S)
Box , Folder 7 : Subdivisions Salt Lake County, Plat Book 16 (T - Z)
Box , Folder 8 : Subdivisions Salt Lake County, Plat Book 22 (A -B)
Box , Folder 9 : Subdivisions Salt Lake County, Plat Book 22 (C)
Box , Folder 10 : Subdivisions Salt Lake County, Plat Book 22 (D - G)
Box , Folder 11 : Subdivisions Salt Lake County, Plat Book 22 (H - I)
Box , Folder 12 : Subdivisions Salt Lake County, Plat Book 22 (J - M)
Box , Folder 13 : Subdivisions Salt Lake County, Plat Book 22 (N - Q)
Box , Folder 14 : Subdivisions Salt Lake County, Plat Book 22 (R - S)
Box 15, Folder 1 : Subdivisions Salt Lake County, Plat Book 22 (T - Z)
Box , Folder 2 : Subdivisions Salt Lake County, Plat Books 23-24 Bks (23-24,26)
Box , Folder 3 : Subdivisions Salt Lake County, Plat Books 23-24 Bk 27 (A - K)
Box , Folder 4 : Subdivisions Salt Lake County, Plat Books 23-24 Bk 27 (L - Z)
Box , Folder 5 : Subdivisions Salt Lake County, Plat Books 23-24 Bk 28 (A - D)
Box , Folder 6 : Subdivisions Salt Lake County, Plat Books 23-24 Bk 28 (E - H)
Box , Folder 7 : Subdivisions Salt Lake County, Plat Books 23-24 Bk 28 (I - R)
Box , Folder 8 : Subdivisions Salt Lake County, Plat Books 23-24 Bk 28 (S - Z)
Box , Folder 9 : Subdivisions Salt Lake County, Plat Books 23-24 Bks (29-30,32-34)
Box 16, Folder 1 : Subdivisions Weber County, Plat Books 1-15 Bk 1 (A - Z) Bk 2 (A - Z)
Box , Folder 2 : Subdivisions Weber County, Plat Books 1-25 Bks 3-5 (A - Z)
Box , Folder 3 : Subdivisions Weber County, Plat Books 1-25 Bk 6 (A - Z)
Box , Folder 4 : Subdivisions Weber County, Plat Books 1-25 Bk 7 (A - Z)
Box , Folder 5 : Subdivisions Weber County, Plat Books 1-25 Bk 8 (A - Z)
Box , Folder 6 : Subdivisions Weber County, Plat Books 1-25 Bk 9 (A - Z)
Box , Folder 7 : Subdivisions Weber County, Plat Books 1-25 Bks 10,11 (A - Z)
Box , Folder 8 : Subdivisions Weber County, Plat Books 1-25 Bk 12 (A - Z)
Box , Folder 9 : Subdivisions Weber County, Plat Books 1-25 Bk 13 (A - Z)
Box , Folder 10 : Subdivisions Weber County, Plat Books 1-25 Bk 14 (A - Z)
Box , Folder 11 : Subdivisions Weber County, Plat Books 1-25 Bk 15 (A - Z)
Box , Folder 12 : Subdivisions Weber County, Plat Books 1-25 Bk 16 (A - Z)
Box , Folder 13 : Subdivisions Weber County, Plat Books 1-25 Bk 17 (A - Z)
Box , Folder 14 : Subdivisions Weber County, Plat Books 1-25 Bk 18-24 [no 25] (A - Z)
Box 17, Folder 1 : Names & Variants List, (Abajo Peak - Monument Peak) - Copy 1
Box , Folder 2 : Names & Variants List, (Old Larssen Mine - West Fork Beaver Creek) - Copy 1
Box , Folder 3 : Names & Variants List, (Burnt Ridge - Ross Creek) - Copy 1
Box , Folder 4 : Names & Variants List, (Rossi Hill - Zane) - Copy 1
Box , Folder 5 : Names & Variants List, (house range - Cottenwood Creek) - Copy 1
Box , Folder 6 : Names & Variants List, (Cottonwood Creek - KWCR) - Copy 1
Box , Folder 7 : Names & Variants List, (KWHO - Red Hollow Res.) - Copy 1
Box , Folder 8 : Names & Variants List, (Red Hollow Spring - Zwahlen) - Copy 1
Box 18, Folder 1 : Bound Volumes, A
Box , Folder 2 : Bound Volumes, B - Black Willow Canyon
Box 19, Folder 1 : Bound Volumes, Black Willow Spring - By
Box , Folder 2 : Bound Volumes, CCC - Cleveland Res.
Box 20, Folder 1 : Bound Volumes, Cliff Arch - Cy
Box , Folder 2 : Bound Volumes, D
Box 21, Folder 1 : Bound Volumes, E - F
Box , Folder 2 : Bound Volumes, G
Box 22, Folder 1 : Bound Volumes, H
Box , Folder 2 : Bound Volumes, I - K
Box 23, Folder 1 : Bound Volumes, L
Box 24, Folder 1 : Bound Volumes, M
Box 25, Folder 1 : Bound Volumes, N
Box , Folder 2 : Bound Volumes, O - P
Box 26, Folder 1 : Bound Volumes, Q - R
Box , Folder 2 : Bound Volumes, Sb - Snow Park Ski Lifts
Box 27, Folder 1 : Bound Volumes, Snow Plow - Sy
Box , Folder 2 : Bound Volumes, T - V
Box 28, Folder 1 : Bound Volumes, W - Z
Box 29, Folder 1 : Bound Volumes, US Bureau of Mines; Utah Mining Deposits by County
Box , Folder : Series II - Historic Place Names
Box 30, Folder 1 : Aardvark - Azure Lake
Box , Folder 2 : Bailey Cabin Spring - Berry Spring Creek
Box , Folder 3 : Briddlecome Ridge - Bitumen Mesa
Box , Folder 4 : Black Birch Canyon - Bluff Bench
Box , Folder 5 : Boar Hole - Box Elder Peak
Box , Folder 6 : Bradley Canyon - Bryce Canyon
Box , Folder 7 : Buck Basin - Butterfly Lake
Box , Folder 8 : Cable Mountain - Cave Valley
Box , Folder 9 : Cedar Breaks National Monument - Clover Flat
Box , Folder 10 : Coal Canyon - Coyote Hollow
Box , Folder 11 : Crane Creek - Curry Peak
Box , Folder 12 : D D Hollow - Dewal Spring
Box , Folder 13 : Diamond Fork - Dutton (Mt.)
Box , Folder 14 : Eagle Crags - Ed Richie Creek
Box , Folder 15 : Egg Canyon - Explorer Peak
Box , Folder 16 : Fairview Lakes - Funk Canyon
Box , Folder 17 : Garfield Creek - Governor Dern Lake
Box , Folder 18 : The Grabens - Gunsight Peak
Box , Folder 19 : Halgaitoh Wash (Hilkito) - Heughs Canyon
Box , Folder 20 : Hicks Gultch - Hyrum
Box 31, Folder 1 : Iant Creek - Ivans Mountains
Box , Folder 2 : Jackrabbit Wash - Juniper Canyon (Gen Canyon)
Box , Folder 3 : Kabell Lakes - Kolob Terrace
Box , Folder 4 : LaBaron Reservoir - La Verkin
Box , Folder 5 : Leamington - Lewis Peak
Box , Folder 6 : Lick Wash - Lloyd Creek
Box , Folder 7 : Lobo Natural Arch - Lydias Canyon
Box , Folder 8 : Maba Lake - Maze Area
Box , Folder 9 : Meacham Canyon - Mirror Lake Region
Box , Folder 10 : Moepitz Canyon - Mountain Home Range
Box , Folder 11 : Mud Canyon - Mystery Mountain
Box , Folder 12 : Na-Gah Flat - North Canyon
Box , Folder 13 : North Cedar Ridge Canyon - Number Three Canyon
Box , Folder 14 : Oak Canyon - Owl Creek
Box , Folder 15 : Pack Saddle Gulch - Petty Point
Box , Folder 16 : Phantom Bay - Plateau Valley
Box , Folder 17 : Plot Creek - Pyrite Point
Box , Folder 18 : The Quarry - Reservoir Canyon
Box , Folder 19 : Rhoades Canal - Rishel Peak
Box , Folder 20 : Road Draw - Ryder Lake
Box 32, Folder 1 : Sac Bay - Scad Ridge
Box , Folder 2 : Schumake Hollow - Shurts Creek
Box , Folder 3 : Sid Whiskers Butte - Snow Ridge
Box , Folder 4 : Soapstone Creek - Southern Utah Names
Box , Folder 5 : The Spearhead - Sweetwater Creek
Box , Folder 6 : Tabby Mountain - Tintic Quadrangle Names
Box , Folder 7 : Tobin Bench - Twin Spring Creek
Box , Folder 8 : U.M. Creek - Virgin River
Box , Folder 9 : Wades Canyon - West Fork North Canyon
Box , Folder 10 : West Hills - Wynopits Mountain
Box , Folder 11 : Yellow Creek - Zion National Park Names

Biographical Note/Historical Note +/-

The Geographic Names Information System is a computer-based information system that provides information for named entities in the United States. To meet major national needs, in 1978 the United States Geological Survey agreed to develop and maintain a master computer-based catalog of domestic geographic names. This program provides direct support to the United States Geological Survey mapping mission, the USGS being responsible for providing staff support for the domestic names activities. A separate file is maintained for each state, territory, and outlying area. The National Geographic Names Database is the largest database in the Geographic Names Identification System. Databases in the GNIS include:

The National Geographic Names Database

The National Topographic Map Names Database

The Reference Database

The Board on Geographic Names Database

The goal of the United States Board on Geographic Names is to create and develop an information depository that could facilitate the standardization of geographic names in the United States and be able to meet a variety of special needs.

This collection is primarily concerned with the Phase II work done for Utah State.

Content Description +/-

The material in series I was gathered from field-work done in Utah for Phase II of the United States Geographic Names Identification System. Materials include: Printouts from the completed Phase I project to be used for the Phase II project, instructions regarding Phase II, worksheets on individual place names that include the co-ordinates, names, and variants. Series I includes bound computer printouts and unbound handwritten field notes on worksheets.

Series II is a collection of established and registered geographic place names for Utah.

Collection Use +/-

Restrictions on Access:

Restrictions on Use

Administrative Information +/-

Arrangement:

Creator:

Language:

English.

Sponsor:

Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant, 2007-2008

Quantity:

Series I: 29 boxes

Quantity:

Series II: 3 boxes

Language of the Finding Aid:

Finding aid written in Englishin Latin script

EAD Creation Date:

2004.