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 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals 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.
Goodpasture is located in Pueblo 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 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)
- Beulah Valley is located in Pueblo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah Valley
- Beulah
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Colorado City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Colorado City is located in Pueblo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colorado City
- Rye
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Siloam
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Siloam is located in Pueblo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siloam
- Greenhorn
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Greenhorn is located in Pueblo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenhorn
- Pueblo West
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pueblo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pueblo is located in Pueblo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pueblo
- 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 <1>
- Salt Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Salt Creek is located in Pueblo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt Creek
- Lombard Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lombard Village is located in Pueblo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lombard Village
- Stone City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Stone City is located in Pueblo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone City
- Vineland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Vineland is located in Pueblo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vineland
- Pinon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pinon is located in Pueblo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinon
- Custer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Goodpasture, with the one closest to Goodpasture listed first.
- Greenwood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Greenwood is located in Custer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Wetmore
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Querida ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Querida is located in Custer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Querida
- Querida has also been known as:
- Bassick
- Querida Junction
- Rosita
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Rosita is located in Custer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosita
- Silver Cliff
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- 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)
- Williamsburg is located in Fremont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 682 people
- Brookside
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Brookside is located in Fremont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookside
- Population from the 2020 Census: 261 people
- Lincoln Park
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lincoln Park is located in Fremont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Park
- Prospect Heights
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Prospect Heights is located in Fremont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect Heights
- 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)
- Apache City is located in Huerfano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apache City
- Lascar
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lascar is located in Huerfano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lascar
- Gardner
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Tioga
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Tioga is located in Huerfano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tioga
- Bradford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bradford is located in Huerfano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford
- Calumet
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Calumet is located in Huerfano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calumet
- Alamo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Alamo is located in Huerfano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alamo
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Goodpasture, see our County-by-County Page for 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.
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 Goodpasture - one of the links might be able to help.
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)
- Brookside Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Verde Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- 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)
- Mountain View Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mountain View Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the southwest of Pueblo.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #57448 <2>
- Cisneros Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Maes Creek Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Roselawn Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Masonic Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Butte Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Continue List (21 more) ...
- Speed Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- San Juan Bautisa Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Union Highland Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 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.<4>
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)
- Fairview
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Fairview is located in Custer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Rye
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Siloam
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Siloam is located in Pueblo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siloam
- Greenhorn
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Greenhorn is located in Pueblo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenhorn
- Greenwood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Greenwood is located in Custer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Wetmore
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Swallows
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Swallows is located in Pueblo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swallows
- Goodnight
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Goodnight is located in Pueblo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodnight
- Salt Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Salt Creek is located in Pueblo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt Creek
- Pueblo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pueblo is located in Pueblo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pueblo
- 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 <1>
- Coal Creek
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Rosita
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Rosita is located in Custer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosita
- Florence
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Eden
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Eden is located in Pueblo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
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.
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 first visit 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 Goodpasture:
- Websites specific to Colorado
- Pages specific to Pueblo County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Custer County
- Fremont County
- Huerfano County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Colorado
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' 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. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |