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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 Edwards (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 Edwards. 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 southeast 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 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 east 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.

Edwards is located in Eagle 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 Eagle County: Garfield, Grand, Lake, Pitkin, Routt & Summit.

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

  • Eagle County     (The home county of Edwards)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Edwards, with the one closest to Edwards listed first.
    • Avon
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Avon is located in Eagle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,952 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Avon <1>
    • Beaver Creek
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Wolcott
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Minturn
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Astor City ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Astor City is located in Eagle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Astor City
    • Vail
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Vail is located in Eagle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vail
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,489 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vail <1>
    • Eagle
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Gilman ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Gilman is located in Eagle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilman
    • Bighorn
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Bighorn is located in Eagle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bighorn
    • Troutville ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Troutville is located in Eagle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troutville
    • Red Cliff
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Bond
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Grand County
    • Kremmling
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Lake County
    • Climax ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Climax is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Climax
  • Pitkin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Edwards, with the one closest to Edwards listed first.
    • Meredith
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Thomasville ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Thomasville is located in Pitkin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomasville
    • Biglow
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Biglow is located in Pitkin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biglow
    • Norrie
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Norrie is located in Pitkin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norrie
    • Lenado ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Lenado is located in Pitkin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenado
    • Woody Creek
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Snowmass
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Routt County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Edwards, with the one closest to Edwards listed first.
    • Egeria
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Egeria is located in Routt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egeria
    • Toponas
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Summit County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Edwards, with the one closest to Edwards listed first.
    • Heeney
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Copper Mountain
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Wildernest
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Kokomo ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Kokomo is located in Summit County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kokomo
    • Frisco
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Silverthorne
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Mayflower Gulch ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Mayflower Gulch is located in Summit County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayflower Gulch
    • Dillon
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)

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

Cemeteries Near Edwards ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Edwards.

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

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

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

  • Brett Family Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Edwards Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • River View Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Greenwood Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Gold Park Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • McCoy Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Sheephorn Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Cedar Hill Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Dotsero Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...

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, Edwards had a post office and railroad service.

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

  • Avon
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Avon is located in Eagle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,952 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Avon <1>
  • Wolcott
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Minturn
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Eagle
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Belden
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Belden is located in Eagle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belden
  • Gilman ‑ Historic
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Gilman is located in Eagle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilman
  • Red Cliff
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Holy Cross City ‑ Historic
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Holy Cross City is located in Eagle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Cross City
  • Gypsum
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • McCoy
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Pando ‑ Historic
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Pando is located in Eagle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pando
  • Thomasville ‑ Historic
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Thomasville is located in Pitkin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomasville
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Ruedi ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Ruedi is located in Eagle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruedi
    • Norrie
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Norrie is located in Pitkin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norrie
    • Mitchell
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Mitchell is located in Eagle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell

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

Newspapers Published in Edwards ...

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 30 newspapers that have been published in the area around Edwards.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Edwards, 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 Edwards.

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 Edwards:

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 Edwards, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Edwards) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.