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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 Fort Boettcher (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 Fort Boettcher. 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 Fort Boettcher ...

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.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Fort Boettcher: Ft. Boettcher

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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors 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.

Fort Boettcher is located in Jackson 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 Jackson County: Grand, Larimer, Routt, Albany (WY) & Carbon (WY).

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

  • Jackson County     (The home county of Fort Boettcher)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fort Boettcher, with the one closest to Fort Boettcher listed first.
    • Higho
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Higho. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Higho
      • Higho is located in Jackson County
    • Cowdrey
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Pearl ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl
      • Pearl is located in Jackson County
    • Brownlee ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownlee
      • Brownlee is located in Jackson County
    • Walden
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Northgate
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Northgate have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northgate
      • Northgate is located in Jackson County
    • Hebron ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
      • Hebron is located in Jackson County
    • Coalmont
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalmont
      • Coalmont is located in Jackson County
    • Kings Canyon
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Canyon
      • Kings Canyon is located in Jackson County
    • Spicer ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spicer
      • Spicer is located in Jackson County
    • Rand
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rand have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rand
      • Rand is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rand <2>
  • Routt County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fort Boettcher, with the one closest to Fort Boettcher listed first.
    • Clark
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Glen Eden
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Eden
      • Glen Eden is located in Routt County
    • Hahns Peak
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hahns Peak
      • Hahns Peak is located in Routt County
    • Columbine
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbine
      • Columbine is located in Routt County
    • Mad Creek
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mad Creek
      • Mad Creek is located in Routt County
    • Steamboat Springs
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Trull ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Trull. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trull
      • Trull is located in Routt County
  • Albany County (WY)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fort Boettcher, with the one closest to Fort Boettcher listed first.
    • Foxpark
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Foxpark have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxpark
      • Foxpark is located in Albany County (WY)
    • Keystone
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Keystone. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone
      • Keystone is located in Albany County (WY)
      • Keystone has also been known as:
      • Douglas Creek
  • Carbon County (WY)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fort Boettcher, with the one closest to Fort Boettcher listed first.
    • Encampment
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Grand Encampment
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grand Encampment came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Encampment
      • Grand Encampment is located in Carbon County (WY)

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

Cemeteries Near Fort Boettcher ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fort Boettcher.

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

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

  • Walden Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Jackson County Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Clark Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
  • Dead Mexican Park Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dead Mexican Park Cemetery
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Dead Mexican Park Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
  • Hahns Peak Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hahns Peak Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Hahns Peak Cemetery is located outside and to the southeast of Hahns Peak.
  • Platt Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Platt Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Platt Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #84100 <5>
  • Steamboat Springs Cemetery
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Tathem Cemetery
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tathem Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Tathem Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Deep Creek Cemetery
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Elk Mtn. Cemetery
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Robert Wiliamson Grave
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Robert Wiliamson Grave
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Robert Wiliamson Grave have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Three Forks Cemetery
    (29 miles [46.7 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.<6>

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

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

  • Higho
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Higho. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Higho
    • Higho is located in Jackson County
  • Walden
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Clark
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
  • Hahns Peak
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hahns Peak
    • Hahns Peak is located in Routt County
  • Trull ‑ Historic
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Trull. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trull
    • Trull is located in Routt County
  • Steamboat Springs
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Keystone
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Keystone. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone
    • Keystone is located in Albany County (WY)
    • Keystone has also been known as:
    • Douglas Creek

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

Newspapers Published in Fort Boettcher ...

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 14 newspapers that have been published in the area around Fort Boettcher.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Fort Boettcher, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<7>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Fort Boettcher.

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 professional and volunteer 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 Fort Boettcher:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Fort Boettcher. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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.
<4>If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database.
<5>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.
<6>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 Fort Boettcher, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<7>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- Fort Boettcher) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Fort Boettcher. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.8044, Longitude: -106.5439       In this case, the coordinates for Fort Boettcher have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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