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A visit to the Poncha Springs Cemetery ...

Introduction ...

Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the Poncha Springs Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Poncha Springs Cemetery (FG ID #1969760)

Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. Without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery was actually buried elsewhere.

We discovered that his burial had been refused at the last moment and the family had scrambled to make new arrangements. By looking at nearby cemeteries, the surrounding communities and in newspapers of the period, we were finally able to locate his burial site.

Should you find yourself in the same situation, we hope that our Gazetteer helps you discover your lost ancestor.

The Location of the Poncha Springs Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Poncha Springs Cemetery

Lat:   38.5064°   (38° 30' 23")

Lon:   -106.0809°   (-106° 4' 51")

The cemetery is located in Chaffee County<2>.

As an estimate, the Poncha Springs Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of Poncha Springs.

The county seat for Chaffee County is located in Salida. Salida lies just to the east northeast of the Poncha Springs Cemetery .

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3> of the Poncha Springs Cemetery.<4>

We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Poncha Springs Cemetery, with the nearest first.

  • Fairview Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Woodlawn Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Cleora Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Centerville Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Centerville Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Centerville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Centerville Cemetery is located in Chaffee County
  • Tomichi Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tomichi Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Tomichi Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Tomichi Cemetery is located in Gunnison County
  • Howard Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Howard Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Howard Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Howard Cemetery is located in Fremont County
  • White Pine Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the White Pine Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the White Pine Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The White Pine Cemetery is located in Gunnison County
  • Villa Grove Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Villa Grove Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Villa Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Villa Grove Cemetery is located in Saguache County
  • Whites Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Whites Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Whites Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Whites Cemetery is located in Saguache County
  • Mt. Olivet Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
  • Pitkin Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pitkin Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pitkin Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Pitkin Cemetery is located in Gunnison County
  • Jacks Creek Cemetery
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jacks Creek Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jacks Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Jacks Creek Cemetery is located in Saguache County
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    • Boothill Cemetery
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Tincup Cemetery
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tincup Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Tincup Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Tincup Cemetery is located in Gunnison County
    • Doyleville Cemetery #1
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Ohio City Cemetery
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ohio City Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ohio City Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Ohio City Cemetery is located in Gunnison County
    • Doyle Cemetery
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Doyle Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Doyle Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Doyle Cemetery is located in Gunnison County
    • Campo Santo Cemetery
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Campo Santo Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Campo Santo Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Campo Santo Cemetery is located in Saguache County
    • Hillside Cemetery
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • 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.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Hillside Cemetery is located in Saguache County
    • Mirage Cemetery
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mirage Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mirage Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Mirage Cemetery is located in Saguache County
    • Cotton Creek Cemetery
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cotton Creek Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cotton Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Cotton Creek Cemetery is located in Saguache County
    • Hillside Cemetery
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • 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.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Hillside Cemetery is located in Fremont County

For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 23 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Poncha Springs Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Poncha Springs Cemetery, with the nearest first.

For the full list of neighboring communities with details, please visit our extended List of Communities.

Nearby communities with newspapers ...

The following communities are those where newspapers have been published and are located in the vicinity of the Poncha Springs Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Chaffee County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Poncha Springs Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

  • Bonanza
    • Bonanza lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> to the South Southwest (SSW) of the Poncha Springs Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Bonanza.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonanza
  • Nathrop
  • Saint Elmo - Historic
  • Salida
    • Salida lies 5 miles [8 km]<3> to the East Northeast (ENE) of the Poncha Springs Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Salida.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salida
  • Turret - Historic
    • Turret lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the North Northeast (NNE) of the Poncha Springs Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Turret.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turret
  • Whitepine

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 websites are open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that might help with the Poncha Springs Cemetery:

Miscellaneous References and Mentions ...

Our approach is to add the name of a cemetery whenever we see it mentioned - usually from newspapers, old books and maps. Typically we have little information to start with, but we continue to add detail as we find it.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that we found useful for the Poncha Springs Cemetery:

The official website for Chaffee County: www.chaffeecounty.org/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Colorado's counties, including Chaffee, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Poncha Springs Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.5064, Longitude: -106.0809    
<4>While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), you can be assured that it's not complete and our list will be missing cemeteries.
<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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<7>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.




 

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