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 Cold Spring (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 Cold Spring. 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.
Name Variations for Cold Spring ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Cold Spring: Cold Spg. (or less commonly used: Cold Spng. or Cold Sprng.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Cold Spring. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Cold Spring.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 doctors and 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.
Cold Spring is located in Custer 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 Custer County: Fremont, Huerfano, Pueblo & Saguache.
Below are the counties that are near Cold Spring. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Cold Spring:
- Custer County (The home county of Cold Spring)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cold Spring, with the one closest to Cold Spring listed first.
- Querida ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Querida is located in Custer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Querida
- Querida has also been known as:
- Bassick
- Querida Junction
- Rosita
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rosita is located in Custer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosita
- Greenwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Greenwood is located in Custer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Silver Cliff
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Wetmore
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Westcliffe
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Ula ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Ula is located in Custer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ula
- Fremont County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cold Spring, with the one closest to Cold Spring listed first.
- Coal Creek
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Rockvale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Williamsburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Williamsburg is located in Fremont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 682 people
- Brookside
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Brookside is located in Fremont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookside
- Population from the 2020 Census: 261 people
- Florence
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Lincoln Park
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Lincoln Park is located in Fremont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Park
- Prospect Heights
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Prospect Heights is located in Fremont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect Heights
- Canon City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Sunset City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sunset City is located in Fremont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset City
- Hillside
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Penrose
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Buckskin Joe
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Buckskin Joe is located in Fremont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckskin Joe
- Huerfano County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cold Spring, with the one closest to Cold Spring listed first.
- Bradford
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Bradford is located in Huerfano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford
- Gardner
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Red Wing
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Apache City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Apache City is located in Huerfano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apache City
- Pueblo County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cold Spring, with the one closest to Cold Spring listed first.
- Beulah
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Beulah Valley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Beulah Valley is located in Pueblo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah Valley
- Siloam
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Siloam is located in Pueblo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siloam
- Rye
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Colorado City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Colorado City is located in Pueblo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colorado City
- Greenhorn
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Greenhorn is located in Pueblo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenhorn
- Stone City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Stone City is located in Pueblo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone City
- Saguache County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cold Spring, with the one closest to Cold Spring listed first.
- Crestone
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Duncan ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Duncan is located in Saguache County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncan
- Liberty ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Liberty is located in Saguache County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Cold Spring, see our County-by-County Page for Cold Spring.
Cemeteries Near Cold Spring ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cold Spring.
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 Cold Spring - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Cold Spring covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Cold Spring, with the one closest to Cold Spring listed first.
- Rosita Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Silver Cliff Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Hope Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ula Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Beulah Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Union Highland Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- San Juan Bautisa Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Fremont Memory Gardens Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Mountain Vale Memory Gardens
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Lakeside Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- IOOF Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Pines Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pines Cemetery
- The Pines Cemetery has also been known as:
- Cusacks Cemetery Of The Pines
- The Pines Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Cisneros Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
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 Cold Spring in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Cold Spring.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Cold Spring, with the one closest to Cold Spring listed first.
- Rosita
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rosita is located in Custer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosita
- Greenwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Greenwood is located in Custer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Silver Cliff
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Fairview
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Fairview is located in Custer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Wetmore
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Westcliffe
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Beulah
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Coal Creek
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Rockvale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Chandler ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Chandler is located in Fremont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chandler
- Siloam
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Siloam is located in Pueblo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siloam
- Williamsburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Williamsburg is located in Fremont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 682 people
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Florence
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Brookside
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Brookside is located in Fremont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookside
- Population from the 2020 Census: 261 people
- Bradford
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Bradford is located in Huerfano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Cold Spring. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cold Spring.
Newspapers Published in Cold Spring ...
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 31 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cold Spring.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cold Spring, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Cold Spring.
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 helpful 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 Cold Spring:
- Websites specific to Colorado
- Pages specific to Custer County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Fremont County
- Huerfano County
- Pueblo 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 Cold Spring, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Cold Spring) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |