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 Agua Ramon (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 Agua Ramon. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Agua Ramon is located in Rio Grande County.

To see how the shape of Colorado's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Rio Grande County: Alamosa, Archuleta, Conejos, Mineral & Saguache.

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

• Rio Grande County     (The home county of Agua Ramon)
  • The following are listed by their distance from Agua Ramon, with the one closest to Agua Ramon listed first.
  • Gerrard
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gerrard
    • Gerrard is located in Rio Grande County
  • South Fork
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Fork have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Fork
    • South Fork is located in Rio Grande County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 425 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for South Fork <2>
  • Del Norte
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Del Norte
    • Del Norte is located in Rio Grande County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,541 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Del Norte <2>
  • Summitville ‑ Historic
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summitville
    • Summitville is located in Rio Grande County
  • Monte Vista
    (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Monte Vista have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monte Vista
    • Monte Vista is located in Rio Grande County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,067 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Monte Vista <2>
  • Center
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center
    • Center is located in Rio Grande County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,385 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Center <2>
  • Homelake
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Homelake have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homelake
    • Homelake is located in Rio Grande County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Homelake <2>
• Alamosa County
  • Parma
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Parma have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parma
    • Parma is located in Alamosa County
• Conejos County
  • Platoro
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Platoro
    • Platoro is located in Conejos County
• Mineral County
  • The following are listed by their distance from Agua Ramon, with the one closest to Agua Ramon listed first.
  • Creede
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creede
    • Creede is located in Mineral County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 315 people
    • Former name for Creede:
    • Amethyst
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Creede <2>
  • Spar City ‑ Historic
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spar City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spar City
    • Spar City is located in Mineral County
  • Bachelor City ‑ Historic
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bachelor City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bachelor City
    • Bachelor City is located in Mineral County

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

Newspapers Published in Agua Ramon ...

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 26 newspapers that have been published in the area around Agua Ramon.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Agua Ramon, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Agua Ramon.

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 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 Agua Ramon:

• Websites specific to Colorado
  • Jump to Cyndi's List
  • Jump to Family Search
  • Jump to Genealogy Trails
  • Website for the //www.colorado.gov/archives/

• Pages specific to Rio Grande County
  • Jump to Cyndi's List
  • Jump to Family Search
  • Jump to Genealogy Trails

• Genealogy information for nearby counties
  • Alamosa County
    • Jump to Cyndi's List
    • Jump to Family Search
    • Jump to Genealogy Trails
  • Conejos County
    • Jump to Cyndi's List
    • Jump to Family Search
    • Jump to Genealogy Trails
  • Mineral County
    • Jump to Cyndi's List
    • Jump to Family Search
    • Jump to Genealogy Trails

• Cemetery Information and Directories for Colorado
  • Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Colorado
  • Cyndi's List
  • Cemeteries of Colorado
  • Cemeteries of Rio Grande County
  • FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Colorado
  • Find-A-Grave: Home Page
  • Interment.net
  • Cemeteries of Colorado
  • Cemeteries of Rio Grande County

Cemeteries Near Agua Ramon ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Agua Ramon.

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 Agua Ramon covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Agua Ramon, with the one closest to Agua Ramon listed first.

• Del Norte Cemetery
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Del Norte Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Del Norte Cemetery
• Valdeses Cemetery
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Valdeses Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Valdeses Cemetery
• San Luis Valley Cemetery
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the San Luis Valley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the San Luis Valley Cemetery
• Lariat Cemetery
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
  • The Lariat Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Workers Union Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lariat Cemetery
• Monte Vista Cemetery
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Monte Vista Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #57436 <4>
• Creede Cemetery
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
  • The Creede Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Sunny Side Chapel Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Creede Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2159609 <4>
• Rock Creek Cemetery
  (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rock Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rock Creek Cemetery
• McCoy Cemetery
  (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the McCoy Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the McCoy Cemetery

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.<5>

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

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

• South Fork
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Fork have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Fork
  • South Fork is located in Rio Grande County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 425 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for South Fork <2>
• Del Norte
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Del Norte
  • Del Norte is located in Rio Grande County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,541 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Del Norte <2>
• Summitville ‑ Historic
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summitville
  • Summitville is located in Rio Grande County
• La Garita
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for La Garita have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Garita
  • La Garita is located in Saguache County
• Jasper ‑ Historic
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jasper have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jasper
  • Jasper is located in Rio Grande County
• Creede
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creede
  • Creede is located in Mineral County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 315 people
  • Former name for Creede:
  • Amethyst
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Creede <2>
• Monte Vista
  (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Monte Vista have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monte Vista
  • Monte Vista is located in Rio Grande County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,067 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Monte Vista <2>
• Platoro
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Platoro
  • Platoro is located in Conejos County

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Agua Ramon. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Rio Grande County: www.riograndecounty.org/

The official website for State of Colorado: https://www.colorado.gov/