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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 Doyleville (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 Doyleville. 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 hospitals 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.

Doyleville is located in Gunnison 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 Gunnison County: Chaffee, Delta, Hinsdale, Ouray, Pitkin & Saguache.

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

  • Gunnison County     (The home county of Doyleville)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Doyleville, with the one closest to Doyleville listed first.
    • Bowerman ‑ Historic
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Bowerman is located in Gunnison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowerman
      • Bowerman has also been known as:
      • Camp Bowerman
      • Nugget City
    • Parlin
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Ohio City
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Pitkin
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Whitepine
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Whitepine is located in Gunnison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitepine
      • Whitepine has also been known as:
      • White Pine
    • Gunnison
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Almont
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Tincup
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Tincup is located in Gunnison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tincup
    • Abbeyville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Abbeyville is located in Gunnison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbeyville
      • Former name for Abbeyville:
      • Hillerton
    • Iola ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Iola is located in Gunnison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iola
    • Powderhorn
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Chaffee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Doyleville, with the one closest to Doyleville listed first.
    • Monarch
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Hancock ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Hancock is located in Chaffee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancock
    • Saint Elmo ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Saint Elmo is located in Chaffee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Elmo
    • Maysville ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Maysville is located in Chaffee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maysville
    • Iron City ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Iron City is located in Chaffee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
    • Mears Junction
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Mears Junction is located in Chaffee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mears Junction
    • Poncha Springs
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
  • Saguache County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Doyleville, with the one closest to Doyleville listed first.
    • Sargents
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Bonanza
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Bonanza is located in Saguache County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonanza
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 21 people
    • Kerper City
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Kerper City is located in Saguache County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerper City
    • Spook City
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Spook City is located in Saguache County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spook City

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

Cemeteries Near Doyleville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Doyleville.

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 Doyleville - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Doyleville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Doyle Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Doyleville Cemetery #1
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Parlin Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Ohio City Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Iris Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Pitkin Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • White Pine Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Tomichi Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Gunnison Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gunnison Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Gunnison Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Gunnison.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #57319 <2>
  • Palisade Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Boothill Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
  • Tincup Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...
    • Jacks Creek Cemetery
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Jacks Cabin Cemetery
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Powderhorn Family Cemetery
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Doyleville had a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Parlin
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Ohio City
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Sargents
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Pitkin
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Chester
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Chester is located in Saguache County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester
  • Monarch
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Garfield ‑ Historic
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Garfield is located in Chaffee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
  • Gunnison
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Almont
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Romley ‑ Historic
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Romley is located in Chaffee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romley
  • Saint Elmo ‑ Historic
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Saint Elmo is located in Chaffee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Elmo
  • Tincup
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Tincup is located in Gunnison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tincup
  • Continue List   (8 more) ...
    • Maysville ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Maysville is located in Chaffee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maysville
    • Hierro
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Hierro is located in Gunnison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hierro
    • Alpine ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Alpine is located in Chaffee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine

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

Newspapers Published in Doyleville ...

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 49 newspapers that have been published in the area around Doyleville.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Doyleville, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Doyleville.

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 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 Doyleville:

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 Doyleville, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Doyleville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.