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Welcome to Glentivar ...

So far, we found very little information about Glentivar. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Glentivar to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Glentivar, please Contact Us.


Glentivar would have been located within present day Park County<2>.


The location of Glentivar has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>


While we don't have a date for the founding of Glentivar, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1921.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Glentivar is 8,860 feet [2,701 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the altitude of Glentivar is about 1¾ mile [or ~2¾ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: The area where Glentivar was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities near Glentivar ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Glentivar.

  • Pike - San Isabel Village
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pike - San Isabel Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike - San Isabel Village
    • Pike - San Isabel Village is located in Park County
  • Hartsel
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Lake George
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake George have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake George
    • Lake George is located in Park County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lake George <5>
  • Florissant
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Florissant have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florissant
    • Florissant is located in Teller County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Florissant <5>
  • Guffey
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Guffey have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guffey
    • Guffey is located in Park County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Guffey <5>
  • Como
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Fairplay
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Westcreek
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westcreek
    • Westcreek is located in Douglas County
  • Bailey
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bailey have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey
    • Bailey is located in Park County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bailey <5>
  • Divide
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Divide have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Divide
    • Divide is located in Teller County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Divide <5>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Glentivar. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Glentivar.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Glentivar. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Glentivar.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Glentivar. See our Newspapers Page for Glentivar.

Adding Glentivar to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Glentivar in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Glentivar was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Glentivar post office opened in 1921.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Glentivar.

The official website for Park County: www.parkco.us/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Glentivar, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Colorado's counties, including Park, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<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>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Glentivar - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/









 

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