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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Dyersville. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Dyersville to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Dyersville, please Contact Us.

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 Dyersville (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 Dyersville. 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 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Dyersville is historic, it would have been located within present day Summit 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 Summit County: Clear Creek, Eagle, Grand, Lake & Park.

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

  • Summit County     (The home county of Dyersville)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dyersville, with the one closest to Dyersville listed first.
    • Blue River
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blue River have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue River
      • Blue River is located in Summit County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 928 people
    • Wild Irishman ‑ Historic
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wild Irishman
      • Wild Irishman is located in Summit County
      • Wild Irishman has also been known as:
      • Preston Mill
      • Preston
    • Breckenridge
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Swandyke ‑ Historic
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Swandyke. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swandyke
      • Swandyke is located in Summit County
    • Mayflower Gulch ‑ Historic
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayflower Gulch
      • Mayflower Gulch is located in Summit County
    • Rexford ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rexford have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rexford
      • Rexford is located in Summit County
    • Copper Mountain
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Saint Johns ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Johns
      • Saint Johns is located in Summit County
    • Keystone
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Montezuma
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Frisco
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Frisco have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frisco
      • Frisco is located in Summit County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,874 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Frisco <3>
    • Chihuahua ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Chihuahua. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chihuahua
      • Chihuahua is located in Summit County
  • Chaffee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dyersville, with the one closest to Dyersville listed first.
    • Hawkinsville ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Hawkinsville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawkinsville
      • Hawkinsville is located in Chaffee County
    • Granite
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Clear Creek County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dyersville, with the one closest to Dyersville listed first.
    • Silver Plume
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silver Plume have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Plume
      • Silver Plume is located in Clear Creek County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Silver Plume <3>
    • Silverdale ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silverdale
      • Silverdale is located in Clear Creek County
    • Berthoud Falls
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berthoud Falls
      • Berthoud Falls is located in Clear Creek County
    • Georgetown
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Berthoud Pass
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berthoud Pass
      • Berthoud Pass is located in Clear Creek County
    • Empire
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire
      • Empire is located in Clear Creek County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 302 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Empire <3>
    • Silver Creek ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Creek
      • Silver Creek is located in Clear Creek County
    • Downieville - Lawson - Dumont
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Downieville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Lawson
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawson
      • Lawson is located in Clear Creek County
  • Eagle County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dyersville, with the one closest to Dyersville listed first.
    • Camp Hale ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Hale
      • Camp Hale is located in Eagle County
    • Pando ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pando
      • Pando is located in Eagle County
    • Red Cliff
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Bighorn
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bighorn have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bighorn
      • Bighorn is located in Eagle County
    • Gilman ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilman
      • Gilman is located in Eagle County
    • Astor City ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Astor City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Astor City
      • Astor City is located in Eagle County
    • Vail
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vail have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vail
      • Vail is located in Eagle County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,489 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vail <3>
    • Minturn
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Minturn have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minturn
      • Minturn is located in Eagle County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,147 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Minturn <3>
    • Holy Cross City ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Cross City
      • Holy Cross City is located in Eagle County
  • Lake County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dyersville, with the one closest to Dyersville listed first.
    • Climax ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Climax
      • Climax is located in Lake County
    • Oro City ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oro City
      • Oro City is located in Lake County
    • Leadville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Low Pass ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Low Pass. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Low Pass
      • Low Pass is located in Lake County
  • Park County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dyersville, with the one closest to Dyersville listed first.
    • Como
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Jefferson
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Alma Junction
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma Junction
      • Alma Junction is located in Park County
    • Alma
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Buckskin Joe ‑ Historic
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckskin Joe
      • Buckskin Joe is located in Park County
    • Park City ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Park City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park City
      • Park City is located in Park County
    • Fairplay
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Horseshoe ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Horseshoe have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horseshoe
      • Horseshoe is located in Park County
    • Grant
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grant have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant
      • Grant is located in Park County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grant <3>
    • Weller
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weller
      • Weller is located in Park County
    • Shawnee
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shawnee have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawnee
      • Shawnee is located in Park County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Shawnee <3>
    • Bailey
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bailey have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey
      • Bailey is located in Park County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bailey <3>

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

Newspapers Published in Dyersville ...

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 61 newspapers that have been published in the area around Dyersville.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Dyersville, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Dyersville.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Dyersville:

Cemeteries Near Dyersville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Dyersville.

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

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

  • Valley Brook Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Valley Brook Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Valley Brook Cemetery
  • Como Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Como Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Como Cemetery
  • Dudley Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Dudley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dudley Cemetery
  • Buckskin Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Buckskin Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Buckskin Cemetery
  • Park City Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Park City Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Park City Cemetery
  • Fairplay Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fairplay Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fairplay Cemetery
  • Old Fairplay Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Fairplay Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Fairplay Cemetery
  • Dillon Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Dillon Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dillon Cemetery
  • Lamping Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lamping Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lamping Cemetery
  • Webster Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Webster Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Webster Cemetery
  • Bordenville Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bordenville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bordenville Cemetery
  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (21 more) ...
    • Leadville Hebrew Cemetery
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Leadville Hebrew Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Leadville Hebrew Cemetery is located outside and to the west of Leadville.
      • The Leadville Hebrew Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Hebrew Cemetery of Leadville
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Leadville Hebrew Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2209837 <6>
    • Odd Fellows Cemetery
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Mt. Holy Cross Cemetery
      (21 miles [33.8 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.

While we didn't find Dyersville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Dyersville.

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

  • Breckenridge
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Como
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Alma
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Jefferson
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Kokomo ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kokomo have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kokomo
    • Kokomo is located in Summit County
  • Climax ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Climax
    • Climax is located in Lake County
  • Keystone
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Frisco
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Frisco have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frisco
    • Frisco is located in Summit County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,874 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Frisco <3>
  • Montezuma
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Fairplay
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Dillon
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dillon have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dillon
    • Dillon is located in Summit County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 967 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dillon <3>
  • Webster ‑ Historic
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Webster have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster
    • Webster is located in Park County
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Chihuahua ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Chihuahua. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chihuahua
      • Chihuahua is located in Summit County
    • Birdseye
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Birdseye have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdseye
      • Birdseye is located in Lake County
    • Grant
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grant have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant
      • Grant is located in Park County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grant <3>

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

The official website for Summit County: www.co.summit.co.us/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Dyersville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>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- Dyersville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Dyersville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.4207, Longitude: -105.9838    
<6>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.




 

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