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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 Buckskin Joe (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 Buckskin Joe. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Buckskin Joe is located in Fremont 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 Fremont County: Chaffee, Custer, El Paso, Park, Pueblo, Saguache & Teller.

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

  • Fremont County     (The home county of Buckskin Joe)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Buckskin Joe, with the one closest to Buckskin Joe listed first.
    • Canon City
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Prospect Heights
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Prospect Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect Heights
      • Prospect Heights is located in Fremont County
    • Lincoln Park
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lincoln Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Park
      • Lincoln Park is located in Fremont County
    • Sunset City
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunset City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset City
      • Sunset City is located in Fremont County
    • Brookside
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brookside have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookside
      • Brookside is located in Fremont County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 261 people
    • Williamsburg
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Williamsburg have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg
      • Williamsburg is located in Fremont County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 682 people
    • Rockvale
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Echo
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Echo have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo
      • Echo is located in Fremont County
    • Coal Creek
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Florence
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Penrose
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Cotopaxi
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
  • Custer County
  • Park County
    • Guffey
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Guffey have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guffey
      • Guffey is located in Park County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Guffey <1>
  • Pueblo County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Buckskin Joe, with the one closest to Buckskin Joe listed first.
    • Siloam
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Siloam. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siloam
      • Siloam is located in Pueblo County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Siloam
      • From Buckskin Joe to Siloam
    • Stone City
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stone City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone City
      • Stone City is located in Pueblo County
  • Teller County

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

Cemeteries Near Buckskin Joe ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Buckskin Joe.

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 Buckskin Joe covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Greenwood Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Greenwood Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Greenwood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • IOOF Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the IOOF Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the IOOF Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Lakeside Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Abbey Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Abbey Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Abbey Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Fremont Memory Gardens Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fremont Memory Gardens Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fremont Memory Gardens Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Mountain Vale Memory Gardens
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mountain Vale Memory Gardens
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mountain Vale Memory Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Union Highland Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Union Highland Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Union Highland Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • San Juan Bautisa Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the San Juan Bautisa Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the San Juan Bautisa Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Penrose Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Penrose Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Penrose Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Upper Beaver Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Upper Beaver Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Upper Beaver Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Victor Sunnyside Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Hillside Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hillside Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hillside Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...

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

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

  • Parkdale
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Parkdale have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkdale
    • Parkdale is located in Fremont County
  • Canon City
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Brookside
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brookside have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookside
    • Brookside is located in Fremont County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 261 people
  • Chandler ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chandler have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chandler
    • Chandler is located in Fremont County
  • Williamsburg
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Williamsburg have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg
    • Williamsburg is located in Fremont County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 682 people
  • Echo
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Echo have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo
    • Echo is located in Fremont County
  • Rockvale
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Coal Creek
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Florence
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Texas Creek
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Texas Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texas Creek
    • Texas Creek is located in Fremont County
  • Cotopaxi
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
  • Wetmore
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (9 more) ...

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

Newspapers Published in Buckskin Joe ...

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 51 newspapers that have been published in the area around Buckskin Joe.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Buckskin Joe, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Buckskin Joe.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Buckskin Joe:

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

The official website for Fremont County: www.fremontco.com/

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

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 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.
<3>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.
<4>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.
<5>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 Buckskin Joe, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Buckskin Joe) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Buckskin Joe. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.4760, Longitude: -105.3265    









 

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