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 Blue Mountain (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 Blue Mountain. 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 Blue Mountain ...

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.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Blue Mountain: Blue Mtn. (or less commonly used: Blue Mntn.)

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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.

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 south 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.

Blue Mountain is located in Moffat 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 Moffat County: Rio Blanco, Routt, Daggett (UT), Uintah (UT), Carbon (WY) & Sweetwater (WY).

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

• Moffat County     (The home county of Blue Mountain)
  • The following are listed by their distance from Blue Mountain, with the one closest to Blue Mountain listed first.
  • Dinosaur
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dinosaur
    • Dinosaur is located in Moffat County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 334 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dinosaur <1>
  • Elk Springs
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Springs
    • Elk Springs is located in Moffat County
• Rio Blanco County
  • Rangely
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rangely have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rangely
    • Rangely is located in Rio Blanco County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,300 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rangely <1>
• Uintah County (UT)
  • The following are listed by their distance from Blue Mountain, with the one closest to Blue Mountain listed first.
  • Bonanza
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonanza
    • Bonanza is located in Uintah County (UT)
  • Ignatio ‑ Historic
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Ignatio. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ignatio
    • Ignatio is located in Uintah County (UT)
    • Ignatio has also been known as:
    • Ignacio
    • White River Station
  • Jensen
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jensen
    • Jensen is located in Uintah County (UT)
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jensen <1>
  • Watson ‑ Historic
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Watson have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watson
    • Watson is located in Uintah County (UT)

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

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Blue Mountain:

• 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 Moffat County
  • Jump to Cyndi's List
  • Jump to Family Search
  • Jump to Genealogy Trails

• Genealogy information for nearby counties
  • Rio Blanco County
    • Jump to Cyndi's List
    • Jump to Family Search
    • Jump to Genealogy Trails
  • Uintah 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 Moffat County
  • FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Colorado
  • Find-A-Grave: Home Page
  • Interment.net
  • Cemeteries of Colorado
  • Cemeteries of Moffat County

Cemeteries Near Blue Mountain ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Blue Mountain.

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 Blue Mountain covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

• Dinosaur Cemetery
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Dinosaur Cemetery is located outside and to the south of Dinosaur.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dinosaur Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2152981 <4>
• Rangely Cemetery
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rangely Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2145366 <4>
• Deadmans Grave
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Deadmans Grave have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Deadmans Grave
• Jensen Cemetery
  (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jensen Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #77280 <4>

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 Blue Mountain in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Blue Mountain.

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

• Angora
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Angora have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angora
  • Angora is located in Rio Blanco County
• Jensen
  (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jensen
  • Jensen is located in Uintah County (UT)
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jensen <1>

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

The official website for Moffat County: www.co.moffat.co.us/

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