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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 Emma (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 Emma. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors 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.

Emma is located in Pitkin 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 Pitkin County: Chaffee, Eagle, Garfield, Gunnison, Lake & Mesa.

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

  • Pitkin County     (The home county of Emma)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Emma, with the one closest to Emma listed first.
    • Snowmass
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Woody Creek
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Snowmass Village
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Redstone
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Meredith
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Aspen
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Lenado ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Lenado is located in Pitkin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenado
    • Thomasville ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Thomasville is located in Pitkin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomasville
    • Biglow
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Biglow is located in Pitkin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biglow
    • Norrie
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Norrie is located in Pitkin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norrie
    • Ashcroft ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Ashcroft is located in Pitkin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashcroft
      • Former names for Ashcroft:
      • Castle Forks City
      • Chloride
    • Independence ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Independence is located in Pitkin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
      • Independence has also been known as:
      • Chipeta
      • Farwell
      • Hunter's Pass
      • Mammoth City
      • Mount Hope
      • Sparkill
  • Eagle County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Emma, with the one closest to Emma listed first.
    • Basalt
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Basalt is located in Eagle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Basalt
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,183 people
      • Former names for Basalt:
      • Aspen Junction
      • Fryingpan Town
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Basalt <1>
    • El Jebel
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Ruedi ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Ruedi is located in Eagle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruedi
    • Gypsum
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Troutville ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Troutville is located in Eagle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troutville
    • Eagle
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Wolcott
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Garfield County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Emma, with the one closest to Emma listed first.
    • Carbondale
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Cardiff
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Cardiff is located in Garfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardiff
    • Glenwood Springs
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Chacra
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Chacra is located in Garfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chacra
    • New Castle
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Carbonate ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Carbonate is located in Garfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbonate
  • Gunnison County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Emma, with the one closest to Emma listed first.
    • Crystal ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Crystal is located in Gunnison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal
    • Marble
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Gothic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Gothic is located in Gunnison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gothic

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

Cemeteries Near Emma ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Emma.

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

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

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

  • Fairview Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Wheatley Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Carbondale Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Weaver Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Fisher Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Marion Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Red Butte Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Rosebud Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Ute Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Aspen Grove Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Dotsero Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Cedar Hill Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Marble Cemetery
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • High Land Cemetery
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)

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, Emma had a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Basalt
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Basalt is located in Eagle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Basalt
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,183 people
    • Former names for Basalt:
    • Aspen Junction
    • Fryingpan Town
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Basalt <1>
  • Carbondale
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Satank
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Satank is located in Garfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Satank
  • Woody Creek
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Cattle Creek
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Cattle Creek is located in Garfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cattle Creek
  • Ruedi ‑ Historic
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Ruedi is located in Eagle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruedi
  • Shoshone
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Shoshone is located in Garfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoshone
  • Cardiff
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Cardiff is located in Garfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardiff
  • Aspen
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Lenado ‑ Historic
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Lenado is located in Pitkin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenado
  • Glenwood Springs
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Thomasville ‑ Historic
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Thomasville is located in Pitkin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomasville
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Dotsero
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Dotsero is located in Eagle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dotsero
    • Gypsum
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Marble
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)

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

Newspapers Published in Emma ...

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 60 newspapers that have been published in the area around Emma.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Emma, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Emma.

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 Emma:

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