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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Antero Junction. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Antero Junction to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Antero Junction, please Contact Us.
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 Antero Junction (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 Antero Junction. 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.
Name Variations for Antero Junction ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Antero Junction: Antero Jct. (or less commonly used: Antero Jctn.)
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 doctors 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Antero Junction is historic, it would have been located within present day Park County.
To see how the shape of Colorado's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Park County: Chaffee, Clear Creek, Douglas, Fremont, Jefferson, Lake, Summit & Teller.
Below are the counties that are near Antero Junction. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Antero Junction:
- Park County (The home county of Antero Junction)
- The following are listed by their distance from Antero Junction, with the one closest to Antero Junction listed first.
- Hartsel
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pike - San Isabel Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Fairplay
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Horseshoe ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Horseshoe is located in Park County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horseshoe
- Alma Junction
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Alma Junction is located in Park County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma Junction
- Alma
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Park City ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Park City is located in Park County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park City
- Buckskin Joe ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Buckskin Joe is located in Park County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckskin Joe
- Guffey
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Como
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Chaffee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Antero Junction, with the one closest to Antero Junction listed first.
- Johnson Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Americus
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Americus is located in Chaffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Americus
- Buena Vista
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Nathrop
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Pine Creek is located in Chaffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Creek
- Hawkinsville ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hawkinsville is located in Chaffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawkinsville
- Granite
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Turret ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Turret is located in Chaffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turret
- Browns Canon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Browns Canon is located in Chaffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browns Canon
- Vicksburg ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Vicksburg is located in Chaffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vicksburg
- Vicksburg has also been known as:
- Vicksburg Mining Camp
- Belleview
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Belleview is located in Chaffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleview
- Banker Mine ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Banker Mine is located in Chaffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banker Mine
- Fremont County
- Wellsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Wellsville is located in Fremont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellsville
- Gunnison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Antero Junction, with the one closest to Antero Junction listed first.
- Tincup
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Tincup is located in Gunnison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tincup
- Abbeyville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Abbeyville is located in Gunnison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbeyville
- Former name for Abbeyville:
- Hillerton
- Lake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Antero Junction, with the one closest to Antero Junction listed first.
- Low Pass ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Low Pass is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Low Pass
- Twin Lakes
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Oro City ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Oro City is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oro City
- Leadville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Malta ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Malta is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malta
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Antero Junction, see our County-by-County Page for Antero Junction.
Cemeteries Near Antero Junction ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Antero Junction.
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.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Antero Junction - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Antero Junction covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Antero Junction, with the one closest to Antero Junction listed first.
- Buffalo Springs Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Mt. Olivet Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hartsel Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Centerville Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Granite Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Fairplay Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Old Fairplay Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Windfield Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Park City Cemetery
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Dudley Cemetery
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Buckskin Cemetery
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Fairview Cemetery
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Como Cemetery
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Cleora Cemetery
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
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.
While we didn't find Antero Junction in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Antero Junction.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Antero Junction, with the one closest to Antero Junction listed first.
- Haver ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Haver is located in Park County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haver
- Americus
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Americus is located in Chaffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Americus
- Buena Vista
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hartsel
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Riverside
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Riverside is located in Chaffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Nathrop
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Garo ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Garo is located in Park County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garo
- Pine Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Pine Creek is located in Chaffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Creek
- Granite
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Fairplay
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Alpine ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Alpine is located in Chaffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
- Browns Canon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Browns Canon is located in Chaffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browns Canon
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Belleview
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Belleview is located in Chaffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleview
- Twin Lakes
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Alma
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Antero Junction. See our List of 1890's Communities around Antero Junction.
Newspapers Published in Antero Junction ...
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 35 newspapers that have been published in the area around Antero Junction.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Antero Junction, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Antero Junction.
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 helpful 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 Antero Junction:
- Websites specific to Colorado
- Pages specific to Park County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Chaffee County
- Fremont County
- Gunnison County
- Lake County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Colorado
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 Antero Junction, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Antero Junction) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |