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 Hobson (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 Hobson. 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.
Hobson 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 Hobson. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hobson:
- Pueblo County (The home county of Hobson)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hobson, with the one closest to Hobson listed first.
- Siloam
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Siloam is located in Pueblo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siloam
- Stone City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Stone City is located in Pueblo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone City
- Pueblo West
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Pinon
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Pinon is located in Pueblo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinon
- Pueblo
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- 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>
- Beulah Valley
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Beulah Valley is located in Pueblo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah Valley
- Beulah
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Salt Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Salt Creek is located in Pueblo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt Creek
- Lombard Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Lombard Village is located in Pueblo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lombard Village
- Vineland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Vineland is located in Pueblo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vineland
- Colorado City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Colorado City is located in Pueblo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colorado City
- Rye
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Greenhorn
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Greenhorn is located in Pueblo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenhorn
- Custer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hobson, with the one closest to Hobson listed first.
- Wetmore
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Greenwood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Greenwood is located in Custer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Querida ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Querida is located in Custer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Querida
- Querida has also been known as:
- Bassick
- Querida Junction
- Rosita
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Rosita is located in Custer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosita
- Silver Cliff
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- El Paso County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hobson, with the one closest to Hobson listed first.
- Henkel
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Henkel is located in El Paso County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henkel
- Wigwam
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Wigwam is located in El Paso County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wigwam
- Fountain
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Fort Carson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Widefield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Fremont County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hobson, with the one closest to Hobson listed first.
- Penrose
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Florence
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Coal Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Rockvale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Williamsburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Williamsburg is located in Fremont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 682 people
- Brookside
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Brookside is located in Fremont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookside
- Population from the 2020 Census: 261 people
- Lincoln Park
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Lincoln Park is located in Fremont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Park
- Canon City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Prospect Heights
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Prospect Heights is located in Fremont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect Heights
- Buckskin Joe
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Buckskin Joe is located in Fremont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckskin Joe
- Sunset City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Sunset City is located in Fremont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset City
- Teller County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hobson, with the one closest to Hobson listed first.
- Victor
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Goldfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Goldfield is located in Teller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldfield
- Independence ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Independence is located in Teller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
- Cripple Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hobson, see our County-by-County Page for Hobson.
Cemeteries Near Hobson ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hobson.
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 Hobson - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hobson covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hobson, with the one closest to Hobson listed first.
- Swallows Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Penrose Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- San Juan Bautisa Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Union Highland Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Upper Beaver Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Valhalla Memorial Park
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mountain Vale Memory Gardens
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Fremont Memory Gardens Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Abbey Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lakeside Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Mountain View Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- 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>
- Masonic Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Greenwood Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- IOOF Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Beulah Cemetery
(18 miles [29 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.<4>
While we didn't find Hobson in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hobson.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hobson, with the one closest to Hobson listed first.
- Swallows
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Swallows is located in Pueblo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swallows
- Siloam
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Siloam is located in Pueblo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siloam
- Wetmore
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Florence
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Coal Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Greenwood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Greenwood is located in Custer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Rockvale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Williamsburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Williamsburg is located in Fremont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 682 people
- Brookside
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Brookside is located in Fremont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookside
- Population from the 2020 Census: 261 people
- Chandler ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Chandler is located in Fremont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chandler
- Goodnight
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Goodnight is located in Pueblo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodnight
- Eden
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Eden is located in Pueblo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Canon City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Beulah
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Pueblo
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- 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>
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hobson. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hobson.
Newspapers Published in Hobson ...
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 84 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hobson.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hobson, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hobson.
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 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 Hobson:
- Websites specific to Colorado
- Pages specific to Pueblo County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Custer County
- El Paso County
- Fremont County
- Teller 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Hobson) 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 Hobson, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |