Welcome to Gilpin ...

Although we found mention of Gilpin during our research, we really don't have any information about it.<1> Given the context of how Gilpin was mentioned, we believe that it was a community rather than a locale or some type of landmark. We have done a cursory search and if it was a community, we haven't been able to find any evidence that it still exists..

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

While we don't have a date for the founding of Gilpin, you might get a feel for it by knowing that during our research the earliest mention that we found (so far) was on a map dated 1925.

Time Zone: The area where we believe that Gilpin might be (or was) located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time. The time zone in French: PST- Heure Normale du Pacifique (HNP), PDT- Heure Avancée du Pacifique (HAP).

We believe that Gilpin would be found within the (250) & (778)<2> area codes.

Communities Also Named Gilpin ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 8 communities that are also named Gilpin - they are located in Colorado (2), Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Texas.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Gilpin.

Communities near Gilpin ...

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

Grand Forks
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grand Forks came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Forks
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grand Forks <4>
Greenwood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Greenwood <4>
Laurier
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurier
- Laurier is located in Ferry County (WA)
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Laurier <4>
Cascade
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade
Christina Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christina Lake
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Christina Lake <4>
Fife
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fife
Danville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danville
- Danville is located in Ferry County (WA)
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Danville <4>
Niagara
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Niagara
Lafferty ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Lafferty. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lafferty
Orient
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orient
- Orient is located in Ferry County (WA)

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 Gilpin. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Gilpin.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Gilpin ...

Looking for more information about Gilpin? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Gilpin, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Gilpin.

Adding Gilpin to Our Gazetteer ...

As we work on our Gazetteer, we occasionally find mention of a community that is new to us. When we find such a community, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope of adding more information in the future.

The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Gilpin was on a map titled Map of British Columbia (from Gulf Refining, 1925).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Gilpin.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Province of British Columbia: https://www.gov.bc.ca/

Footnotes ...

<1>	If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer. For example, we might find a sentence like "He went north past Gilpin and then turned east". While Gilpin could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added Gilpin as a placeholder with the hope that we'll be able to add more information in the future. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Gilpin could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong . Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<2>	Area code (778) is an overlay for area code (250).
<3>	If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database.
<4>	While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>	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.