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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Fulford. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Fulford to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Fulford, please Contact Us.

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 Fulford (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 Fulford. 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Fulford is historic, it would have been located within present day 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 Fulford. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Fulford:

  • Eagle County     (The home county of Fulford)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fulford, with the one closest to Fulford listed first.
    • Troutville ‑ Historic
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Troutville is located in Eagle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troutville
    • Edwards
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Beaver Creek
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Avon
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • 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 <2>
    • Holy Cross City ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Holy Cross City is located in Eagle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Cross City
    • Ruedi ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Ruedi is located in Eagle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruedi
    • Astor City ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Astor City is located in Eagle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Astor City
    • Minturn
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Wolcott
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Eagle
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Gilman ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Gilman is located in Eagle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilman
    • Red Cliff
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Gypsum
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Garfield County
    • Carbondale
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Lake County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fulford, with the one closest to Fulford listed first.
    • Malta ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Malta is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malta
    • Climax ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Climax is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Climax
    • Leadville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Oro City ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Oro City is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oro City
  • Pitkin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fulford, with the one closest to Fulford listed first.
    • Thomasville ‑ Historic
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Thomasville is located in Pitkin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomasville
    • Biglow
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Biglow is located in Pitkin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biglow
    • Meredith
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Norrie
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Norrie is located in Pitkin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norrie
    • Lenado ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Lenado is located in Pitkin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenado
    • Woody Creek
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Snowmass
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Aspen
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Snowmass Village
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Independence ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • 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
  • Summit County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fulford, with the one closest to Fulford listed first.
    • Kokomo ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Kokomo is located in Summit County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kokomo
    • Copper Mountain
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Mayflower Gulch ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Mayflower Gulch is located in Summit County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayflower Gulch
    • Frisco
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
    • Wildernest
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
    • Heeney
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)

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

Cemeteries Near Fulford ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fulford.

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

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

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

  • Edwards Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Brett Family Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • River View Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Gold Park Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Greenwood Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Cedar Hill Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Wheatley Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Fairview Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Red Butte Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
  • Dotsero Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
  • Ute Cemetery
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
  • Aspen Grove Cemetery
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (11 more) ...
    • Mt. Holy Cross Cemetery
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Leadville City Cemetery
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Leadville Hebrew Cemetery
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leadville Hebrew Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Leadville Hebrew Cemetery is located outside and to the west of Leadville.
      • The Leadville Hebrew Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Hebrew Cemetery of Leadville
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2209837 <3>

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.

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

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

  • Edwards
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Thomasville ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Thomasville is located in Pitkin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomasville
  • Holy Cross City ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Holy Cross City is located in Eagle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Cross City
  • Avon
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • 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 <2>
  • Ruedi ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Ruedi is located in Eagle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruedi
  • Norrie
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Norrie is located in Pitkin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norrie
  • Minturn
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Eagle
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Wolcott
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Belden
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Belden is located in Eagle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belden
  • Gilman ‑ Historic
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Gilman is located in Eagle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilman
  • Nast
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Nast is located in Pitkin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nast
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Red Cliff
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Gypsum
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Pando ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Pando is located in Eagle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pando

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Fulford ...

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 38 newspapers that have been published in the area around Fulford.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Fulford. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Fulford and those printed in the larger area surrounding Fulford.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4> of Fulford.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Fulford:

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Fulford, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 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.
<4>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 from Point A (ie- Fulford) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.