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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 Guffey (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 Guffey. 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 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.

Guffey is located in Park 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 Park County: Chaffee, Clear Creek, Douglas, Fremont, Jefferson, Lake, Summit & Teller.

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

  • Park County     (The home county of Guffey)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Guffey, with the one closest to Guffey listed first.
    • Lake George
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake George have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake George
      • Lake George is located in Park County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lake George <2>
    • Hartsel
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Pike - San Isabel Village
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pike - San Isabel Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike - San Isabel Village
      • Pike - San Isabel Village is located in Park County
  • Chaffee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Guffey, with the one closest to Guffey listed first.
    • Turret ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turret
      • Turret is located in Chaffee County
    • Salida
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Nathrop
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nathrop have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nathrop
      • Nathrop is located in Chaffee County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nathrop <2>
    • Belleview
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Belleview have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleview
      • Belleview is located in Chaffee County
    • Browns Canon
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Browns Canon have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browns Canon
      • Browns Canon is located in Chaffee County
  • El Paso County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Guffey, with the one closest to Guffey listed first.
    • Green Mountain Falls
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Chipita Park
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Crystola
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crystola have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystola
      • Crystola is located in El Paso County
  • Fremont County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Guffey, with the one closest to Guffey listed first.
    • Buckskin Joe
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckskin Joe
      • Buckskin Joe is located in Fremont County
    • Sunset City
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunset City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset City
      • Sunset City is located in Fremont County
    • Canon City
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Cotopaxi
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Lincoln Park
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • 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
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • 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
    • Howard
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Wellsville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellsville
      • Wellsville is located in Fremont County
    • Vallie
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vallie have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vallie
      • Vallie is located in Fremont County
    • Brookside
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • 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
    • Calcite ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Calcite have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calcite
      • Calcite is located in Fremont County
    • Coaldale
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Teller County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Guffey, with the one closest to Guffey listed first.
    • Cripple Creek
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Florissant
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Florissant have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florissant
      • Florissant is located in Teller County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Florissant <2>
    • Independence ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Independence have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
      • Independence is located in Teller County
    • Victor
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Goldfield
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldfield
      • Goldfield is located in Teller County
    • Divide
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Divide have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Divide
      • Divide is located in Teller County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Divide <2>
    • Woodland Park
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodland Park have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Park
      • Woodland Park is located in Teller County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,151 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Woodland Park <2>

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

Newspapers Published in Guffey ...

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 57 newspapers that have been published in the area around Guffey.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Guffey, 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 Guffey.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Guffey:

Cemeteries Near Guffey ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Guffey.

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

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

  • Fourmile Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Mt. Pisgah Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Rocky Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rocky Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rocky Cemetery
  • Spring Creek Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Spring Creek Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Spring Creek Cemetery
  • Florissant Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Lake George Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lake George Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lake George Cemetery
  • Victor Sunnyside Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • The Victor Sunnyside Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Sunnsyside Cemetery
    • Victor City Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Victor Sunnyside Cemetery
  • Gillett Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Gillett Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gillett Cemetery
  • Divide Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
  • Hartsel Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hartsel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hartsel Cemetery
  • Wildhorn Ranch Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Wildhorn Ranch Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wildhorn Ranch Cemetery
  • Greenwood Cemetery
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Greenwood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Greenwood Cemetery
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • IOOF Cemetery
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the IOOF Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the IOOF Cemetery
    • Abbey Cemetery
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Abbey Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Abbey Cemetery
    • Howard Cemetery
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Howard Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Howard 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.<6>

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

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

  • Lake George
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake George have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake George
    • Lake George is located in Park County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lake George <2>
  • Parkdale
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Parkdale have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkdale
    • Parkdale is located in Fremont County
  • Echo
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Echo have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo
    • Echo is located in Fremont County
  • Texas Creek
    (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Texas Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texas Creek
    • Texas Creek is located in Fremont County
  • Hartsel
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
  • Canon City
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Haver ‑ Historic
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Haver have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haver
    • Haver is located in Park County
  • Wellsville
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellsville
    • Wellsville is located in Fremont County
  • Howard
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Cotopaxi
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
  • Vallie
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vallie have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vallie
    • Vallie is located in Fremont County
  • Salida
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...
    • Cleora
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cleora have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleora
      • Cleora is located in Chaffee County
    • Coaldale
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Brookside
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • 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

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

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

The official website for Park County: www.parkco.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 from Point A (ie- Guffey) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Guffey. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.7511, Longitude: -105.5214       In this case, the coordinates for Guffey 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>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.
<6>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 Guffey, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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