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 Centerville (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 Centerville. 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.
Centerville is located in Chaffee County.
To see how the shape of Colorado's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Chaffee County: Fremont, Gunnison, Lake, Park, Pitkin & Saguache.
Below are the counties that are near Centerville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Centerville:
- Chaffee County (The home county of Centerville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Centerville, with the one closest to Centerville listed first.
- Nathrop
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Johnson Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Browns Canon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Browns Canon is located in Chaffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browns Canon
- Turret ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Turret is located in Chaffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turret
- Buena Vista
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Belleview
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Belleview is located in Chaffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleview
- Maysville ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Maysville is located in Chaffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maysville
- Americus
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Americus is located in Chaffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Americus
- Poncha Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Salida
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Iron City ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Iron City is located in Chaffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
- Saint Elmo ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Saint Elmo is located in Chaffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Elmo
- Cleora
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cleora is located in Chaffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleora
- Fremont County
- The following are listed by their distance from Centerville, with the one closest to Centerville listed first.
- Wellsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Wellsville is located in Fremont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellsville
- Calcite ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Calcite is located in Fremont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calcite
- Howard
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Vallie
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Vallie is located in Fremont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vallie
- Coaldale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Gunnison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Centerville, with the one closest to Centerville listed first.
- Whitepine
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Whitepine is located in Gunnison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitepine
- Whitepine has also been known as:
- White Pine
- Abbeyville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Abbeyville is located in Gunnison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbeyville
- Former name for Abbeyville:
- Hillerton
- Tincup
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Tincup is located in Gunnison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tincup
- Pitkin
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Bowerman ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bowerman is located in Gunnison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowerman
- Bowerman has also been known as:
- Camp Bowerman
- Nugget City
- Pieplant ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pieplant is located in Gunnison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pieplant
- Pieplant has also been known as:
- Pie Plant
- Pieplant Mill
- Ohio City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Lake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Centerville, with the one closest to Centerville listed first.
- Low Pass ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Low Pass is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Low Pass
- Twin Lakes
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Park County
- The following are listed by their distance from Centerville, with the one closest to Centerville listed first.
- Hartsel
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Guffey
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Pike - San Isabel Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Saguache County
- The following are listed by their distance from Centerville, with the one closest to Centerville listed first.
- Sargents
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bonanza
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Bonanza is located in Saguache County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonanza
- Population from the 2020 Census: 21 people
- Kerper City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Kerper City is located in Saguache County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerper City
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Centerville, see our County-by-County Page for Centerville.
Cemeteries Near Centerville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Centerville.
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.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Centerville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Centerville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Centerville, with the one closest to Centerville listed first.
- Centerville Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Mt. Olivet Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Fairview Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Poncha Springs Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Cleora Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Tomichi Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- White Pine Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Boothill Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Tincup Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Buffalo Springs Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Pitkin Cemetery
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Windfield Cemetery
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Howard Cemetery
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Granite Cemetery
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
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.<3>
While we didn't find Centerville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Centerville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Centerville, with the one closest to Centerville listed first.
- Nathrop
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Browns Canon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Browns Canon is located in Chaffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browns Canon
- Buena Vista
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Belleview
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Belleview is located in Chaffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleview
- Alpine ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Alpine is located in Chaffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
- Maysville ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Maysville is located in Chaffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maysville
- Americus
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Americus is located in Chaffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Americus
- Poncha Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Salida
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Elmo ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Saint Elmo is located in Chaffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Elmo
- Cleora
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cleora is located in Chaffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleora
- Garfield ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Garfield is located in Chaffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Romley ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Romley is located in Chaffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romley
- Monarch
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Riverside
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Riverside is located in Chaffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Centerville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Centerville.
Newspapers Published in Centerville ...
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 59 newspapers that have been published in the area around Centerville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Centerville, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Centerville.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Centerville:
- Websites specific to Colorado
- Pages specific to Chaffee County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Fremont County
- Gunnison County
- Lake County
- Park County
- Saguache County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Colorado
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 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. |
| <3> | 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 Centerville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Centerville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |