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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 Baxter (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 Baxter. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Baxter is located in Pueblo 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 Pueblo County: Crowley, Custer, El Paso, Fremont, Huerfano, Las Animas, Lincoln & Otero.

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

  • Pueblo County     (The home county of Baxter)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Baxter, with the one closest to Baxter listed first.
    • Vineland
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Vineland is located in Pueblo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vineland
    • Nyberg
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Nyberg is located in Pueblo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nyberg
    • Lombard Village
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Lombard Village is located in Pueblo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lombard Village
    • Salt Creek
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Salt Creek is located in Pueblo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt Creek
    • Pueblo
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Pueblo is located in Pueblo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pueblo
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 112,751 people
      • Former names for Pueblo:
      • Bessemer
      • Central Pueblo
      • South Pueblo
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pueblo <1>
    • Avondale
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Fort Reynolds
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Fort Reynolds is located in Pueblo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Reynolds
    • Boone
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Pinon
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Pinon is located in Pueblo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinon
    • Pueblo West
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Stone City
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Stone City is located in Pueblo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone City
    • Siloam
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Siloam is located in Pueblo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siloam
    • Beulah Valley
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Beulah Valley is located in Pueblo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah Valley
  • Crowley County
    • Olney Springs
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • El Paso County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Baxter, with the one closest to Baxter listed first.
    • Henkel
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Henkel is located in El Paso County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henkel
    • Wigwam
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Wigwam is located in El Paso County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wigwam
    • Fountain
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Fremont County
  • Otero County
    • Fowler
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)

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

Cemeteries Near Baxter ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Baxter.

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 Baxter - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Baxter covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Roselawn Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Masonic Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Mountain View Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Mountain View Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the southwest of Pueblo.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #57448 <2>
  • Valhalla Memorial Park
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • San Jose Church Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Doyle Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Verde Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Swallows Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Finn Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
  • Wilson Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson Cemetery
    • The Wilson Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Butte Cemetery
  • Highland Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Powers Graves
    (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (7 more) ...
    • Chico Basin Cemetery
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chico Basin Cemetery
      • The Chico Basin Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Hanover Cemetery
    • Leader Church Cemetery
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Evergreen Cemetery
      (27 miles [43.5 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.<4>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Baxter had railroad service and no post office.

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

  • Nyberg
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Nyberg is located in Pueblo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nyberg
  • Salt Creek
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Salt Creek is located in Pueblo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt Creek
  • Pueblo
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Pueblo is located in Pueblo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pueblo
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 112,751 people
    • Former names for Pueblo:
    • Bessemer
    • Central Pueblo
    • South Pueblo
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pueblo <1>
  • Eden
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Eden is located in Pueblo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
  • Goodnight
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Goodnight is located in Pueblo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodnight
  • Boone
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Pinon
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Pinon is located in Pueblo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinon
  • Wigwam
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Wigwam is located in El Paso County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wigwam
  • Nepesta
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Nepesta is located in Pueblo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nepesta
  • Swallows
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Swallows is located in Pueblo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swallows
  • Buttes
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Buttes is located in El Paso County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buttes
  • Siloam
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Siloam is located in Pueblo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siloam
  • Fowler
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)

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

Newspapers Published in Baxter ...

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 69 newspapers that have been published in the area around Baxter.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Baxter, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Baxter.

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 websites either 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 Baxter:

Footnotes ...

<1>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<2>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.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Baxter) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<4>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 Baxter, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.