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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 Cedaredge (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 Cedaredge. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals 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.

Cedaredge is located in Delta 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 Delta County: Gunnison, Mesa & Montrose.

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

  • Delta County     (The home county of Cedaredge)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cedaredge, with the one closest to Cedaredge listed first.
    • Eckert
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Orchard City
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Orchard City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard City
      • Orchard City is located in Delta County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,242 people
    • Austin
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Austin have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
      • Austin is located in Delta County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Austin <1>
    • Cory
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cory have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cory
      • Cory is located in Delta County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cory <1>
    • Grand Mesa
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Lazear
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lazear have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lazear
      • Lazear is located in Delta County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lazear <1>
    • North Delta
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Hotchkiss
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Delta
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Roubideau
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Roubideau. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roubideau
      • Roubideau is located in Delta County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Roubideau
      • From Cedaredge to Roubideau
    • Paonia
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Bowie
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bowie. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowie
      • Bowie is located in Delta County
      • Former names for Bowie:
      • Reading
      • Wauneta
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Bowie
      • From Cedaredge to Bowie
  • Gunnison County
    • Somerset
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Somerset have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerset
      • Somerset is located in Gunnison County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Somerset <1>
  • Mesa County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cedaredge, with the one closest to Cedaredge listed first.
    • Molina
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Mesa
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Collbran
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Collbran have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collbran
      • Collbran is located in Mesa County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 727 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Collbran <1>
    • Plateau City
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plateau City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plateau City
      • Plateau City is located in Mesa County
    • Cameo
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Palisade
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Palisade have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palisade
      • Palisade is located in Mesa County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,797 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Palisade <1>
    • Whitewater
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Whitewater have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitewater
      • Whitewater is located in Mesa County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Whitewater <1>
    • Clifton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clifton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
      • Clifton is located in Mesa County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clifton <1>
  • Montrose County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cedaredge, with the one closest to Cedaredge listed first.
    • Olathe
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Olathe have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olathe
      • Olathe is located in Montrose County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,824 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Olathe <1>
    • Maher
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Montrose
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)

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

Cemeteries Near Cedaredge ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cedaredge.

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

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

  • Cedaredge Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Eckert Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Eckert Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Eckert Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Cory Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cory Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cory Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Crim Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Read Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Read Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Read Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Memory Gardens Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Memory Gardens Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Memory Gardens Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Mesa View Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mesa View Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mesa View Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Delta Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Hill Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Ash Mesa Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ash Mesa Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ash Mesa Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Bethlehem Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bethlehem Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bethlehem Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Cedar Hill Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cedar Hill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cedar Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (12 more) ...
    • Pea Green Cemetery
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pea Green Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pea Green Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Olson Cemetery
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Olson Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Olson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Olathe Cemetery
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Olathe Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Olathe Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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

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

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Cedaredge ...

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 60 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cedaredge.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Cedaredge. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Cedaredge and those printed in the larger area surrounding Cedaredge.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<6> of Cedaredge.

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 Cedaredge:

The official website for Cedaredge: www.cedaredgecolorado.com/

The official website for Delta County: www.deltacounty.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 Cedaredge, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Cedaredge) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Cedaredge. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.9007, Longitude: -107.9275    









 

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