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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 John Held Corner (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 John Held Corner. 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.

Name Variations for John Held Corner ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

For example, a typical abbreviation for John Held Corner: John Held Cor. (or less commonly used: John Held Crn.)

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

John Held Corner is located in Mesa 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 Mesa County: Delta, Garfield, Gunnison, Montrose, Pitkin & Grand (UT).

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

  • Mesa County     (The home county of John Held Corner)
    • The following are listed by their distance from John Held Corner, with the one closest to John Held Corner listed first.
    • Mesa
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Molina
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Cameo
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Cameo is located in Mesa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cameo
    • Plateau City
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Plateau City is located in Mesa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plateau City
    • Collbran
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Palisade
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • De Beque
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Clifton
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Fruitvale
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Whitewater
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Grand Junction
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Orchard Mesa
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Orchard Mesa is located in Mesa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Mesa
  • Delta County
    • The following are listed by their distance from John Held Corner, with the one closest to John Held Corner listed first.
    • Grand Mesa
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Grand Mesa is located in Delta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Mesa
    • Cedaredge
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Eckert
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Orchard City
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Orchard City is located in Delta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard City
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,242 people
    • Cory
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Dominguez
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Dominguez is located in Delta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dominguez
    • North Delta
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • North Delta is located in Delta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Delta
    • Austin
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Delta
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Escalante
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Escalante is located in Delta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Escalante
    • Roubideau
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Roubideau is located in Delta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roubideau
  • Garfield County
    • The following are listed by their distance from John Held Corner, with the one closest to John Held Corner listed first.
    • Una
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Una is located in Garfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Una
    • Battlement Mesa
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Parachute
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Parachute is located in Garfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parachute
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,114 people
      • Former name for Parachute:
      • Grand Valley
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Parachute <1>

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

Cemeteries Near John Held Corner ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of John Held Corner.

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 John Held Corner - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for John Held Corner covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Mesa Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mesa Cemetery
    • The Mesa Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Fairview Cemetery
    • Mesa - Molina Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #57426 <2>
  • Eagalite Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Cedar Crest Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • IOOF Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • De Beque Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Clover Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Whitewater Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Memorial Gardens of the Valley
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
  • Cedaredge Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Battlement Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
  • Eckert Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Russey - Hurlburt Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (9 more) ...
    • Calvary Cemetery
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • IOOF & Masonic Cemetery
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Cory 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.<3>

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

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

  • Mesa
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Cameo
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Cameo is located in Mesa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cameo
  • De Beque
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Clifton
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Una
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Una is located in Garfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Una
  • Whitewater
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Parachute
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Parachute is located in Garfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parachute
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,114 people
    • Former name for Parachute:
    • Grand Valley
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Parachute <1>
  • Grand Junction
    (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
  • Dominguez
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Dominguez is located in Delta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dominguez
  • Escalante
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Escalante is located in Delta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Escalante
  • Roubideau
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Roubideau is located in Delta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roubideau
  • Delta
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)

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

Newspapers Published in John Held Corner ...

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 39 newspapers that have been published in the area around John Held Corner.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of John Held Corner, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for John Held Corner.

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 professional and volunteer 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 John Held Corner:

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>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 John Held Corner, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- John Held Corner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.