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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 Goodpasture (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 Goodpasture. 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 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 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.

Goodpasture is located in Pueblo 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 Pueblo County: Crowley, Custer, El Paso, Fremont, Huerfano, Las Animas, Lincoln & Otero.

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

  • Pueblo County     (The home county of Goodpasture)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Goodpasture, with the one closest to Goodpasture listed first.
    • Beulah Valley
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beulah Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah Valley
      • Beulah Valley is located in Pueblo County
    • Beulah
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beulah have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah
      • Beulah is located in Pueblo County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Beulah <2>
    • Colorado City
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colorado City
      • Colorado City is located in Pueblo County
    • Rye
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rye
      • Rye is located in Pueblo County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 253 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rye <2>
    • Siloam
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Siloam have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siloam
      • Siloam is located in Pueblo County
    • Pueblo West
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pueblo West have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pueblo West
      • Pueblo West is located in Pueblo County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pueblo West <2>
    • Pueblo
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pueblo
      • Pueblo is located in Pueblo County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 112,751 people
      • Former names for Pueblo:
      • Bessemer
      • Central Pueblo
      • South Pueblo
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pueblo <2>
    • Salt Creek
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt Creek
      • Salt Creek is located in Pueblo County
    • Lombard Village
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lombard Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lombard Village
      • Lombard Village is located in Pueblo County
    • Stone City
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stone City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone City
      • Stone City is located in Pueblo County
    • Vineland
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vineland
      • Vineland is located in Pueblo County
    • Pinon
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinon
      • Pinon is located in Pueblo County
  • Custer County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Goodpasture, with the one closest to Goodpasture listed first.
    • Wetmore
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wetmore have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wetmore
      • Wetmore is located in Custer County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wetmore <2>
    • Querida ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Querida
      • Querida is located in Custer County
      • Querida has also been known as:
      • Bassick
      • Querida Junction
    • Rosita
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosita
      • Rosita is located in Custer County
    • Silver Cliff
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silver Cliff have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Cliff
      • Silver Cliff is located in Custer County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 741 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Silver Cliff <2>
    • Westcliffe
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
  • Fremont County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Goodpasture, with the one closest to Goodpasture listed first.
    • Coal Creek
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Florence
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Rockvale
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Penrose
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Williamsburg
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Williamsburg have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg
      • Williamsburg is located in Fremont County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 682 people
    • Brookside
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brookside have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookside
      • Brookside is located in Fremont County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 261 people
    • Lincoln Park
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lincoln Park have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Park
      • Lincoln Park is located in Fremont County
    • Prospect Heights
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Prospect Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect Heights
      • Prospect Heights is located in Fremont County
    • Canon City
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Huerfano County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Goodpasture, with the one closest to Goodpasture listed first.
    • Apache City
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Apache City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apache City
      • Apache City is located in Huerfano County
    • Lascar
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lascar
      • Lascar is located in Huerfano County
    • Gardner
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Tioga
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tioga have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tioga
      • Tioga is located in Huerfano County
    • Bradford
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bradford have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford
      • Bradford is located in Huerfano County
    • Calumet
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calumet
      • Calumet is located in Huerfano County
    • Alamo
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alamo
      • Alamo is located in Huerfano County

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

Newspapers Published in Goodpasture ...

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 28 newspapers that have been published in the area around Goodpasture.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Goodpasture, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Goodpasture.

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 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 Goodpasture:

Cemeteries Near Goodpasture ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Goodpasture.

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

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

  • Beulah Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Beulah Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Beulah Cemetery
  • Brookside Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Brookside Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brookside Cemetery
  • Verde Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Verde Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Verde Cemetery
  • Swallows Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Valhalla Memorial Park
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Evergreen Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Evergreen Cemetery
  • Mountain View Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Cisneros Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cisneros Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cisneros Cemetery
  • Maes Creek Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Maes Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Maes Creek Cemetery
  • Roselawn Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Masonic Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Masonic Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Masonic Cemetery
  • Butte Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Butte Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Butte Cemetery
  • Continue List   (21 more) ...
    • Speed Cemetery
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Speed Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Speed Cemetery
    • San Juan Bautisa Cemetery
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the San Juan Bautisa Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the San Juan Bautisa Cemetery
    • Union Highland Cemetery
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Union Highland Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Union Highland 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.<5>

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

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

  • Beulah
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beulah have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah
    • Beulah is located in Pueblo County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Beulah <2>
  • Fairview
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fairview have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
    • Fairview is located in Custer County
  • Rye
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rye
    • Rye is located in Pueblo County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 253 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rye <2>
  • Siloam
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Siloam have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siloam
    • Siloam is located in Pueblo County
  • Greenhorn
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenhorn have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenhorn
    • Greenhorn is located in Pueblo County
  • Greenwood
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenwood have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
    • Greenwood is located in Custer County
  • Wetmore
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wetmore have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wetmore
    • Wetmore is located in Custer County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wetmore <2>
  • Swallows
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Swallows have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swallows
    • Swallows is located in Pueblo County
  • Goodnight
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Goodnight have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodnight
    • Goodnight is located in Pueblo County
  • Salt Creek
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt Creek
    • Salt Creek is located in Pueblo County
  • Pueblo
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pueblo
    • Pueblo is located in Pueblo County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 112,751 people
    • Former names for Pueblo:
    • Bessemer
    • Central Pueblo
    • South Pueblo
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pueblo <2>
  • Coal Creek
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Rosita
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosita
      • Rosita is located in Custer County
    • Florence
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Eden
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eden have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
      • Eden is located in Pueblo County

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

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

The official website for Pueblo County: www.co.pueblo.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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Goodpasture) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Goodpasture. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.0833, Longitude: -104.9200       In this case, the coordinates for Goodpasture have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Goodpasture, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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