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 East Portal (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 East Portal. 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 East Portal ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for East Portal: E. Portal
You might be interested in other communities that are also named East Portal. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for East Portal.
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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
East Portal is located in Gilpin 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 Gilpin County: Boulder, Clear Creek, Grand & Jefferson.
Below are the counties that are near East Portal. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to East Portal:
- Gilpin County (The home county of East Portal)
- The following are listed by their distance from East Portal, with the one closest to East Portal listed first.
- American City ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- American City is located in Gilpin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for American City
- Kingston ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Kingston is located in Gilpin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston
- Apex ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Apex is located in Gilpin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apex
- Rollinsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Nevadaville ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Nevadaville is located in Gilpin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nevadaville
- Nevadaville has also been known as:
- Bald Mountain
- Nevada City
- Black Hawk
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Central City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Russell Gulch
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Russell Gulch is located in Gilpin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell Gulch
- Smith Hill ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Smith Hill is located in Gilpin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Hill
- Cottonwood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cottonwood is located in Gilpin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood
- Boulder County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Portal, with the one closest to East Portal listed first.
- Eldora
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Eldora is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldora
- Former names for Eldora:
- El Dora
- Eldorado
- Eldora has also been known as:
- Happy Valley
- Caribou ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Caribou is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caribou
- Caribou has also been known as:
- Caribou City
- Nederland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Nederland is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nederland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,557 people
- Former names for Nederland:
- Browns Crossing
- Dayton
- Middle Boulder
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nederland <1>
- Tungsten ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Tungsten is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tungsten
- Pinecliffe
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Wondervu
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Wondervu is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wondervu
- Ward
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Crescent Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Crescent Village is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent Village
- Gold Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Gold Hill is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Hill
- Magnolia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Magnolia is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- Wallstreet
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wallstreet is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallstreet
- Salina
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Salina is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salina
- Broomfield County
- Broomfield Heights
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Broomfield Heights is located in Broomfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broomfield Heights
- Clear Creek County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Portal, with the one closest to East Portal listed first.
- Alice
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Alice is located in Clear Creek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alice
- Saint Mary's
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Saint Mary's is located in Clear Creek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Mary's
- Downieville - Lawson - Dumont
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Downieville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Dumont
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Lawson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Lawson is located in Clear Creek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawson
- Empire
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Silver Creek ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Silver Creek is located in Clear Creek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Creek
- Berthoud Pass
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Berthoud Pass is located in Clear Creek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berthoud Pass
- Idaho Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Berthoud Falls
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Berthoud Falls is located in Clear Creek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berthoud Falls
- Georgetown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Grand County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Portal, with the one closest to East Portal listed first.
- Winter Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Fraser
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Tabernash
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Granby
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Grand Lake
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hot Sulphur Springs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Parshall
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Portal, with the one closest to East Portal listed first.
- Coal Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Coal Creek is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Creek
- Twin Spruce
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Twin Spruce is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Spruce
- Bergen Park
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bergen Park is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bergen Park
- Genesee
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Golden
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Evergreen
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Kittredge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Arapahoe ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Arapahoe is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arapahoe
- Brook Forest
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Brook Forest is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brook Forest
- Idledale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Applewood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Applewood is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Applewood
- Oak Park
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Oak Park is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Park
- Larimer County
- Big Elk Meadows
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Big Elk Meadows is located in Larimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Elk Meadows
- Park County
- Grant
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Summit County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Portal, with the one closest to East Portal listed first.
- Chihuahua ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Chihuahua is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chihuahua
- Montezuma
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Johns ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Johns is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Johns
- Keystone
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Dillon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Rexford ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Rexford is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rexford
- Silverthorne
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Swandyke ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Swandyke is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swandyke
- Wildernest
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to East Portal, see our County-by-County Page for East Portal.
Cemeteries Near East Portal ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of East Portal.
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 East Portal - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for East Portal covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from East Portal, with the one closest to East Portal listed first.
- Cozens Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cozens Cemetery
- The Cozens Cemetery has also been known as:
- Cozens Ranch Cemetery
- IOOF Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Catholic Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Foresters Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Red Men Lodge Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- City Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Knights of Pythias Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Masonic Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Nederland Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Dumont Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Bald Mtn. Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Dory Hill Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (52 more) ...
- Fraser Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Empire Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Empire Cemetery is located outside and to the south of Empire.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #57258 <2>
- Old Georgetown Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Georgetown Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Old Georgetown Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the southeast of Empire.
- The Old Georgetown Cemetery has also been known as:
- Georgetown Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #722258 <2>
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.<4>
While we didn't find East Portal in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of East Portal.
These communities are listed based on their distance from East Portal, with the one closest to East Portal listed first.
- Caribou ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Caribou is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caribou
- Caribou has also been known as:
- Caribou City
- Rollinsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Nederland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Nederland is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nederland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,557 people
- Former names for Nederland:
- Browns Crossing
- Dayton
- Middle Boulder
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nederland <1>
- Lawson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Lawson is located in Clear Creek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawson
- Dumont
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Nevadaville ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Nevadaville is located in Gilpin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nevadaville
- Nevadaville has also been known as:
- Bald Mountain
- Nevada City
- Fraser
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Empire
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Russell Gulch
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Russell Gulch is located in Gilpin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell Gulch
- Central City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Black Hawk
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lamartine ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Lamartine is located in Clear Creek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamartine
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Idaho Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Georgetown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Smith Hill ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Smith Hill is located in Gilpin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Hill
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around East Portal. See our List of 1890's Communities around East Portal.
Newspapers Published in East Portal ...
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 73 newspapers that have been published in the area around East Portal.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of East Portal, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for East Portal.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start 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 East Portal:
- Websites specific to Colorado
- Pages specific to Gilpin County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Boulder County
- Broomfield County
- Clear Creek County
- Grand County
- Jefferson County
- Larimer County
- Park County
- Summit 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> | 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 from Point A (ie- East Portal) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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 East Portal, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |