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Welcome to Holy Cross City ...So far, we found very little information about Holy Cross City. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Holy Cross City to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Holy Cross City, please Contact Us. Holy Cross City would have been located within present day Eagle County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Holy Cross City, you might get a feel for it by knowing that during our research the earliest mention that we found (so far) was in a book dated 1895. While the community is gone, the present day location for Holy Cross City is 11,420 feet [3,481 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Holy Cross City is about 2¼ miles [or ~3½ km] above sea level. Time Zone: The area where Holy Cross City was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time If Holy Cross City still existed, it would have been in the (970) area code. Communities near Holy Cross City ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Holy Cross City.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Holy Cross City. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Holy Cross City. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Holy Cross City. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Holy Cross City. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Holy Cross City. See our Newspapers Page for Holy Cross City. Adding Holy Cross City to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Holy Cross City in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Holy Cross City was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Holy Cross City. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Eagle County: www.eagle-county.com/ The official website for State of Colorado: https://www.colorado.gov/ Footnotes ...
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