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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Hamilton. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Hamilton to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Hamilton, 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 Hamilton (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 Hamilton. 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 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Hamilton is historic, it would have been located within present day Chaffee 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 Chaffee County: Fremont, Gunnison, Lake, Park, Pitkin & Saguache.
Below are the counties that are near Hamilton. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hamilton:
- Chaffee County (The home county of Hamilton)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hamilton, with the one closest to Hamilton listed first.
- Winfield ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Winfield is located in Chaffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winfield
- Banker Mine ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Banker Mine is located in Chaffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banker Mine
- Vicksburg ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Vicksburg is located in Chaffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vicksburg
- Vicksburg has also been known as:
- Vicksburg Mining Camp
- Pine Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Pine Creek is located in Chaffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Creek
- Granite
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hawkinsville ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hawkinsville is located in Chaffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawkinsville
- Americus
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Americus is located in Chaffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Americus
- Saint Elmo ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Saint Elmo is located in Chaffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Elmo
- Iron City ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Iron City is located in Chaffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
- Buena Vista
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Johnson Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Hancock ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Hancock is located in Chaffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancock
- Nathrop
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Gunnison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hamilton, with the one closest to Hamilton listed first.
- Pieplant ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Pieplant is located in Gunnison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pieplant
- Pieplant has also been known as:
- Pie Plant
- Pieplant Mill
- Abbeyville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Abbeyville is located in Gunnison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbeyville
- Former name for Abbeyville:
- Hillerton
- Tincup
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Tincup is located in Gunnison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tincup
- Pitkin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Ohio City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Whitepine
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Whitepine is located in Gunnison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitepine
- Whitepine has also been known as:
- White Pine
- Mount Crested Butte
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Mount Crested Butte is located in Gunnison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Crested Butte
- Population from the 2020 Census: 893 people
- Almont
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bowerman ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Bowerman is located in Gunnison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowerman
- Bowerman has also been known as:
- Camp Bowerman
- Nugget City
- Crested Butte
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Gothic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Gothic is located in Gunnison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gothic
- Lake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hamilton, with the one closest to Hamilton listed first.
- Twin Lakes
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Low Pass ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Low Pass is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Low Pass
- Malta ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Malta is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malta
- Leadville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Oro City ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Oro City is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oro City
- Park County
- Horseshoe ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Horseshoe is located in Park County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horseshoe
- Pitkin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hamilton, with the one closest to Hamilton listed first.
- Ruby ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ruby is located in Pitkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruby
- Independence ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Independence is located in Pitkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
- Independence has also been known as:
- Chipeta
- Farwell
- Hunter's Pass
- Mammoth City
- Mount Hope
- Sparkill
- Ashcroft ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ashcroft is located in Pitkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashcroft
- Former names for Ashcroft:
- Castle Forks City
- Chloride
- Aspen
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lenado ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lenado is located in Pitkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenado
- Norrie
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Norrie is located in Pitkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norrie
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hamilton, see our County-by-County Page for Hamilton.
Cemeteries Near Hamilton ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hamilton.
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 Hamilton - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hamilton covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hamilton, with the one closest to Hamilton listed first.
- Windfield Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Boothill Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Tincup Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Granite Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Olivet Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Pitkin Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Leadville City Cemetery
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Leadville Hebrew Cemetery
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- 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>
- Mt. Holy Cross Cemetery
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Odd Fellows Cemetery
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Joseph Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Joseph Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Leadville.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #57530 <3>
- Tomichi Cemetery
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Evergreen Cemetery
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- 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>
- Jacks Cabin Cemetery
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ohio City Cemetery
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
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.
While we didn't find Hamilton in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hamilton.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hamilton, with the one closest to Hamilton listed first.
- Winfield ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Winfield is located in Chaffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winfield
- Tincup
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Tincup is located in Gunnison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tincup
- Twin Lakes
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Pine Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Pine Creek is located in Chaffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Creek
- Granite
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Riverside
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Riverside is located in Chaffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Americus
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Americus is located in Chaffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Americus
- Saint Elmo ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Saint Elmo is located in Chaffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Elmo
- Romley ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Romley is located in Chaffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romley
- Alpine ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Alpine is located in Chaffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
- Buena Vista
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Ashcroft ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ashcroft is located in Pitkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashcroft
- Former names for Ashcroft:
- Castle Forks City
- Chloride
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Malta ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Malta is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malta
- Pitkin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Nathrop
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hamilton. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hamilton.
Newspapers Published in Hamilton ...
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 48 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hamilton.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hamilton, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hamilton.
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 websites either 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 Hamilton:
- Websites specific to Colorado
- Pages specific to Chaffee County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Gunnison County
- Lake County
- Park County
- Pitkin 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 Hamilton, 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Hamilton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |