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Welcome to Bordenville ...

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

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


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

While we don't have a date for the founding of Bordenville, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1879.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Bordenville is 8,990 feet [2,740 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Bordenville is about 1¾ mile [or 2¾ km] above sea level.

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

Communities near Bordenville ...

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

  • Fairplay
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Jefferson
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Como
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Grant
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grant have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant
    • Grant is located in Park County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grant <4>
  • Shawnee
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shawnee have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawnee
    • Shawnee is located in Park County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Shawnee <4>
  • Webster ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Webster. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster
    • Webster is located in Park County
  • Weller
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weller
    • Weller is located in Park County
  • Bailey
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bailey have been provided by the GNIS.<5> 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 <4>
  • Pike - San Isabel Village
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pike - San Isabel Village have been provided by the GNIS.<5> 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
  • Crossons
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Crossons. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossons
    • Crossons is located in Jefferson County

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

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Bordenville. 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 Bordenville.

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

Adding Bordenville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Bordenville 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 Bordenville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

X2X - From that list, the Bordenville post office opened in 1879.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Bordenville.

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 Bordenville, 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 elevation is an estimate for the area around Bordenville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>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.
<7>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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