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 Maitland (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 Maitland. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
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 south 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.
Maitland is located in Huerfano 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 Huerfano County: Alamosa, Costilla, Custer, Las Animas & Pueblo.
Below are the counties that are near Maitland. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Maitland:
- Huerfano County (The home county of Maitland)
- The following are listed by their distance from Maitland, with the one closest to Maitland listed first.
- Calumet
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Calumet is located in Huerfano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calumet
- Walsenburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Tioga
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Tioga is located in Huerfano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tioga
- Alamo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Alamo is located in Huerfano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alamo
- Cuchara Junction
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Cuchara Junction is located in Huerfano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuchara Junction
- Lascar
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Lascar is located in Huerfano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lascar
- Apache City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Apache City is located in Huerfano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apache City
- La Veta
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- La Veta Pass
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- La Veta Pass is located in Huerfano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Veta Pass
- Muleshoe
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Muleshoe is located in Huerfano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muleshoe
- Gardner
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Uptop ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Uptop is located in Huerfano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uptop
- Costilla County
- Russell ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Russell is located in Costilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell
- Las Animas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maitland, with the one closest to Maitland listed first.
- Aguilar
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Gulnare
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Ludlow ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ludlow is located in Las Animas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludlow
- Pueblo County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maitland, with the one closest to Maitland listed first.
- Greenhorn
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Greenhorn is located in Pueblo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenhorn
- Colorado City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Colorado City is located in Pueblo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colorado City
- Rye
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Beulah Valley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Beulah Valley is located in Pueblo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah Valley
- Beulah
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Maitland, see our County-by-County Page for Maitland.
Cemeteries Near Maitland ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Maitland.
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 Maitland - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Maitland covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Maitland, with the one closest to Maitland listed first.
- St. Marys Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Bustos Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Butte Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Laguna Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Valdez Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Speed Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Chavez Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Old La Veta Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- La Veta Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Veta Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the La Veta Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<2> to the east of La Veta.
- The La Veta Cemetery has also been known as:
- La Veta Spanish Cemetery
- La Wahatoya Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2256280 <3>
- Farisita Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sanches Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Yellowstone Creek Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Oak View Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Thomas Rodger Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Maes Creek Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
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 Maitland in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Maitland.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Maitland, with the one closest to Maitland listed first.
- Pictou
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Pictou is located in Huerfano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pictou
- Walsenburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Tioga
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Tioga is located in Huerfano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tioga
- Cuchara Junction
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Cuchara Junction is located in Huerfano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuchara Junction
- Badito
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Badito is located in Huerfano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Badito
- Rouse
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Rouse is located in Huerfano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rouse
- La Veta
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Greenhorn
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Greenhorn is located in Pueblo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenhorn
- Muleshoe
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Muleshoe is located in Huerfano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muleshoe
- Rye
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Aguilar
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Gardner
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Gulnare
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Malachite
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Malachite is located in Huerfano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malachite
- Russell ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Russell is located in Costilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Maitland. See our List of 1890's Communities around Maitland.
Newspapers Published in Maitland ...
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 20 newspapers that have been published in the area around Maitland.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Maitland, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Maitland.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 Maitland:
- Websites specific to Colorado
- Pages specific to Huerfano County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Costilla County
- Las Animas County
- Pueblo 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> | 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- Maitland) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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> | 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 Maitland, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |