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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 Flagler (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 Flagler. 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 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.

Flagler is located in Kit Carson 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 Kit Carson County: Cheyenne, Lincoln, Washington, Yuma, Cheyenne (KS), Sherman (KS) & Wallace (KS).

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

  • Kit Carson County     (The home county of Flagler)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Flagler, with the one closest to Flagler listed first.
    • Seibert
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Vona
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vona have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vona
      • Vona is located in Kit Carson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 106 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vona <1>
    • Stratton
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stratton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stratton
      • Stratton is located in Kit Carson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 640 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stratton <1>
  • Lincoln County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Flagler, with the one closest to Flagler listed first.
    • Arriba
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Genoa
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Hugo
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hugo
      • Hugo is located in Lincoln County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 782 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hugo <1>
    • Boyero
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Washington County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Flagler, with the one closest to Flagler listed first.
    • Thurman ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Thurman have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thurman
      • Thurman is located in Washington County
    • Arickaree ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Arickaree have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arickaree
      • Arickaree is located in Washington County
    • Cope
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Flagler ...

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 12 newspapers that have been published in the area around Flagler.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Flagler. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Flagler and those printed in the larger area surrounding Flagler.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<3> of Flagler.

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 websites either 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 Flagler:

Cemeteries Near Flagler ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Flagler.

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

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

  • Flagler Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Flagler Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Flagler Cemetery
  • Arriba Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Arriba Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Arriba Cemetery
  • Arriba Evergreen Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Arriba Evergreen Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Arriba Evergreen Cemetery
  • New Freidonburg Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the New Freidonburg Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the New Freidonburg Cemetery
  • Bovina Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bovina Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bovina Cemetery
  • Vona Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Vona Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Vona Cemetery
  • Parker Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Parker Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Parker Cemetery
  • Smit Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Smit Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Smit Cemetery
  • Lutheran Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lutheran Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lutheran Cemetery
  • Genoa Lutheran Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Genoa Lutheran Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Genoa Lutheran Cemetery
  • Genoa Community Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Genoa Community Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Genoa Community Cemetery
  • Hugo Old Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hugo Old Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hugo Old Cemetery
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Clifford Cemetery
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Clifford Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Clifford Cemetery
    • Thurman Cemetery
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Thurman Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Thurman Cemetery
    • Hugo Evergreen Cemetery
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hugo Evergreen Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hugo Evergreen Cemetery

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Flagler had a population of 99 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Flagler had a population of 567 people.

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

  • Seibert
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Arriba
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Vona
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vona have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vona
    • Vona is located in Kit Carson County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 106 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vona <1>
  • Bovina
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bovina have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bovina
    • Bovina is located in Lincoln County
    • Former name for Bovina:
    • Bo Vina
  • Hugo
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hugo
    • Hugo is located in Lincoln County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 782 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hugo <1>
  • Boyero
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)

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

The official website for Flagler: www.flaglercolorado.com/

The official website for Kit Carson County: www.kitcarsoncounty.org/

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

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 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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Flagler) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Flagler. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.2937, Longitude: -103.0653    
<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 Flagler, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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