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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Logtown. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Logtown to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Logtown, 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 Logtown (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 Logtown. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Logtown is historic, it would have been located within present day La Plata 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 La Plata County: Archuleta, Dolores, Hinsdale, Montezuma, San Juan & San Juan (NM).

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

  • La Plata County     (The home county of Logtown)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Logtown, with the one closest to Logtown listed first.
    • Vallecito
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Rockwood
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwood
      • Rockwood is located in La Plata County
    • Hermosa
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermosa
      • Hermosa is located in La Plata County
    • Bayfield
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bayfield have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayfield
      • Bayfield is located in La Plata County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,586 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bayfield <2>
    • Gem Village
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gem Village
      • Gem Village is located in La Plata County
    • Florida
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florida
      • Florida is located in La Plata County
    • Durango
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Carbon Junction
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon Junction
      • Carbon Junction is located in La Plata County
    • Ignacio
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
    • Hesperus
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Archuleta County
    • Chimney Rock
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chimney Rock have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chimney Rock
      • Chimney Rock is located in Archuleta County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chimney Rock <2>
  • Dolores County
    • Rico
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rico have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rico
      • Rico is located in Dolores County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 262 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rico <2>
  • Hinsdale County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Logtown, with the one closest to Logtown listed first.
    • Old Carson ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Carson
      • Old Carson is located in Hinsdale County
    • Carson ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carson
      • Carson is located in Hinsdale County
  • Ouray County
    • Red Mountain ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Mountain
      • Red Mountain is located in Ouray County
  • San Juan County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Logtown, with the one closest to Logtown listed first.
    • Silverton
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Howardsville ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howardsville
      • Howardsville is located in San Juan County
    • Graysill ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Graysill. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graysill
      • Graysill is located in San Juan County
    • Eureka ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
      • Eureka is located in San Juan County
    • Chattanooga ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chattanooga
      • Chattanooga is located in San Juan County
    • Animas Forks ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Animas Forks
      • Animas Forks is located in San Juan County
  • San Miguel County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Logtown, with the one closest to Logtown listed first.
    • Ophir
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ophir
      • Ophir is located in San Miguel County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 190 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ophir <2>
    • Alta ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alta
      • Alta is located in San Miguel County
    • Tomboy ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tomboy have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomboy
      • Tomboy is located in San Miguel County
    • Liberty Bell ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Bell
      • Liberty Bell is located in San Miguel County
    • Pandora
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pandora
      • Pandora is located in San Miguel County
    • Telluride
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Mountain Village
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mountain Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Village
      • Mountain Village is located in San Miguel County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,470 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mountain Village <2>
    • San Miguel ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Miguel
      • San Miguel is located in San Miguel County
    • Vance Junction
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vance Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vance Junction
      • Vance Junction is located in San Miguel County

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

Newspapers Published in Logtown ...

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 80 newspapers that have been published in the area around Logtown.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Logtown, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Logtown.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start 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 Logtown:

Cemeteries Near Logtown ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Logtown.

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

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

  • Shreck Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Shreck Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Shreck Cemetery
  • Hermosa Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hermosa Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hermosa Cemetery
  • Hillside Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Bayfield Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bayfield Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bayfield Cemetery
  • Animas Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Animas Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Animas Cemetery
  • Crestview Memorial Garden
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Crestview Memorial Garden have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Crestview Memorial Garden
  • Green Mtn. Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Green Mtn. Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Green Mtn. Cemetery
  • Greenmount Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Rico Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rico Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rico Cemetery
  • Lone Tree Cemetery
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lone Tree Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lone Tree Cemetery
  • Lone Tree Cemetery
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Ouray Memorial Cemetery
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ouray Memorial Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ouray Memorial 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.

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

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

  • Rockwood
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwood
    • Rockwood is located in La Plata County
  • Hermosa
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermosa
    • Hermosa is located in La Plata County
  • Trimble
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Trimble have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trimble
    • Trimble is located in La Plata County
  • Silverton
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Howardsville ‑ Historic
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howardsville
    • Howardsville is located in San Juan County
  • Eureka ‑ Historic
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
    • Eureka is located in San Juan County
  • Chattanooga ‑ Historic
    (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chattanooga
    • Chattanooga is located in San Juan County
  • Durango
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Ophir
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ophir
    • Ophir is located in San Miguel County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 190 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ophir <2>
  • Red Mountain ‑ Historic
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Mountain
    • Red Mountain is located in Ouray County
  • Rico
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rico have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rico
    • Rico is located in Dolores County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 262 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rico <2>
  • Ironton ‑ Historic
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ironton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironton
    • Ironton is located in Ouray County
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...
    • Piedra
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Piedra have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piedra
      • Piedra is located in Archuleta County
    • Animas Forks ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Animas Forks
      • Animas Forks is located in San Juan County
    • Ames ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ames have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ames
      • Ames is located in San Miguel County

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

The official website for La Plata County: www.co.laplata.co.us/

The official website for State of Colorado: https://www.colorado.gov/

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 Logtown, 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 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.
<4>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.
<5>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Logtown) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Logtown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.5517, Longitude: -107.5914       In this case, the coordinates for Logtown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>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.




 

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