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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Garo. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Garo to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Garo, 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 Garo (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 Garo. 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 Garo ...
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 occur.
Another variation: Garo Park.
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 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 Garo is historic, it would have been located within present day Park 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 Park County: Chaffee, Clear Creek, Douglas, Fremont, Jefferson, Lake, Summit & Teller.
Below are the counties that are near Garo. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Garo:
- Park County (The home county of Garo)
- The following are listed by their distance from Garo, with the one closest to Garo listed first.
- Hartsel
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pike - San Isabel Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Fairplay
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Horseshoe ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Horseshoe is located in Park County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horseshoe
- Como
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Alma Junction
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Alma Junction is located in Park County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma Junction
- Alma
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Buckskin Joe ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Buckskin Joe is located in Park County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckskin Joe
- Park City ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Park City is located in Park County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park City
- Jefferson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Webster ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Webster is located in Park County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster
- Grant
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Weller
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Weller is located in Park County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weller
- Chaffee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Garo, with the one closest to Garo listed first.
- Pine Creek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Creek is located in Chaffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Creek
- Hawkinsville ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Hawkinsville is located in Chaffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawkinsville
- Americus
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Americus is located in Chaffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Americus
- Granite
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Buena Vista
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Johnson Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Nathrop
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Vicksburg ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Vicksburg is located in Chaffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vicksburg
- Vicksburg has also been known as:
- Vicksburg Mining Camp
- Banker Mine ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Banker Mine is located in Chaffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banker Mine
- Winfield ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Winfield is located in Chaffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winfield
- Eagle County
- Mitchell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mitchell is located in Eagle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell
- Lake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Garo, with the one closest to Garo listed first.
- Low Pass ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Low Pass is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Low Pass
- Oro City ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Oro City is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oro City
- Leadville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Climax ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Climax is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Climax
- Malta ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Malta is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malta
- Twin Lakes
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Summit County
- The following are listed by their distance from Garo, with the one closest to Garo listed first.
- Dyersville ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Dyersville is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyersville
- Blue River
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Blue River is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue River
- Population from the 2020 Census: 928 people
- Mayflower Gulch ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mayflower Gulch is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayflower Gulch
- Breckenridge
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Wild Irishman ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Wild Irishman is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wild Irishman
- Wild Irishman has also been known as:
- Preston Mill
- Preston
- Kokomo ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Kokomo is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kokomo
- Swandyke ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Swandyke is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swandyke
- Rexford ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Rexford is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rexford
- Copper Mountain
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Garo, see our County-by-County Page for Garo.
Cemeteries Near Garo ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Garo.
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 Garo - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Garo covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Garo, with the one closest to Garo listed first.
- Buffalo Springs Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hartsel Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Fairplay Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Old Fairplay Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Como Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Park City Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bordenville Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Dudley Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Buckskin Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Farnum Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Granite Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Mt. Olivet Cemetery
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Leadville City Cemetery
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Evergreen Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Leadville.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #57260 <3>
- Leadville Hebrew Cemetery
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- 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.
Garo itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a population of 90 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Garo, with the one closest to Garo listed first.
- Hartsel
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Haver ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Haver is located in Park County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haver
- Fairplay
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Como
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Alma
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Creek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Creek is located in Chaffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Creek
- Riverside
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Riverside is located in Chaffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Jefferson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Granite
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Americus
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Americus is located in Chaffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Americus
- Oro City ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Oro City is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oro City
- Birdseye
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Birdseye is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdseye
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Buena Vista
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Leadville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Climax ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Climax is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Climax
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Garo. See our List of 1890's Communities around Garo.
Newspapers Published in Garo ...
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 51 newspapers that have been published in the area around Garo.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Garo, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Garo.
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 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 Garo:
- Websites specific to Colorado
- Pages specific to Park County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Chaffee County
- Eagle County
- Lake County
- Summit County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Colorado
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 Garo, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Garo) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |