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Our Genealogy Helper

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 Gateway (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 Gateway. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.

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 south 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.

Gateway is located in Mesa 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 Mesa County: Delta, Garfield, Gunnison, Montrose, Pitkin & Grand (UT).

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

  • Mesa County     (The home county of Gateway)
    • Glade Park
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glade Park have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glade Park
      • Glade Park is located in Mesa County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Glade Park <2>
  • Montrose County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gateway, with the one closest to Gateway listed first.
    • Paradox
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Paradox have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradox
      • Paradox is located in Montrose County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Paradox <2>
    • Bedrock
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bedrock have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bedrock
      • Bedrock is located in Montrose County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bedrock <2>
    • Uravan ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Grand County (UT)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gateway, with the one closest to Gateway listed first.
    • Basin ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Dewey ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Dewey. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dewey
      • Dewey is located in Grand County (UT)
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Dewey
      • From Gateway to Dewey
    • Castleton ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Richardson ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Richardson. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richardson
      • Richardson is located in Grand County (UT)
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Richardson
      • From Gateway to Richardson
    • Castle Valley
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Castle Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Valley
      • Castle Valley is located in Grand County (UT)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 351 people
    • Wilson's Mesa ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Wilson's Mesa. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson's Mesa
      • Wilson's Mesa is located in Grand County (UT)
      • Wilson's Mesa has also been known as:
      • Mesa
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Wilson's Mesa
      • From Gateway to Wilson's Mesa
    • Agate ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Cisco ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Westwater ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Westwater. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westwater
      • Westwater is located in Grand County (UT)
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Westwater
      • From Gateway to Westwater
    • Plainfield ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Plainfield. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainfield
      • Plainfield is located in Grand County (UT)
      • Plainfield has also been known as:
      • Bueno
      • Poverty Flat
      • Poverty Flats
      • Spanish Valley
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Plainfield
      • From Gateway to Plainfield
  • San Juan County (UT)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gateway, with the one closest to Gateway listed first.
    • La Sal ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for La Sal. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Sal
      • La Sal is located in San Juan County (UT)
      • Former name for La Sal:
      • Coyote
      • La Sal has also been known as:
      • Old La Sal
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to La Sal
      • From Gateway to La Sal
    • Spanish Valley
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • La Sal
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Gateway ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Gateway.

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

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

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.<5>

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

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

  • Paradox
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Paradox have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradox
    • Paradox is located in Montrose County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Paradox <2>
  • Richardson ‑ Historic
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Richardson. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richardson
    • Richardson is located in Grand County (UT)
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Richardson
    • From Gateway to Richardson
  • La Sal ‑ Historic
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for La Sal. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Sal
    • La Sal is located in San Juan County (UT)
    • Former name for La Sal:
    • Coyote
    • La Sal has also been known as:
    • Old La Sal
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to La Sal
    • From Gateway to La Sal
  • Bedrock
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bedrock have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bedrock
    • Bedrock is located in Montrose County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bedrock <2>
  • Agate ‑ Historic
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Cisco ‑ Historic
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Westwater ‑ Historic
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Westwater. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westwater
    • Westwater is located in Grand County (UT)
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Westwater
    • From Gateway to Westwater
  • Cottonwood
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cottonwood have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood
    • Cottonwood is located in Grand County (UT)
  • La Sal
    (29 miles [46.7 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 Gateway. See our List of 1890's Communities around Gateway.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Gateway:

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

The official website for Mesa County: www.co.mesa.co.us/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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.
<4>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.
<5>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 Gateway, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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