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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 Mesa Lakes Resort (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 Mesa Lakes Resort. 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 Mesa Lakes Resort ...

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.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Mesa Lakes Resort: Mesa Lks. Resort

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 southeast 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 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.

Mesa Lakes Resort is located in Mesa 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 Mesa County: Delta, Garfield, Gunnison, Montrose, Pitkin & Grand (UT).

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

  • Mesa County     (The home county of Mesa Lakes Resort)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mesa Lakes Resort, with the one closest to Mesa Lakes Resort listed first.
    • Mesa
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Molina
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Cameo
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cameo
      • Cameo is located in Mesa County
    • Collbran
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Collbran have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collbran
      • Collbran is located in Mesa County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 727 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Collbran <1>
    • Plateau City
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plateau City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plateau City
      • Plateau City is located in Mesa County
    • Palisade
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Palisade have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palisade
      • Palisade is located in Mesa County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,797 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Palisade <1>
    • Clifton
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clifton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
      • Clifton is located in Mesa County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clifton <1>
    • Whitewater
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Whitewater have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitewater
      • Whitewater is located in Mesa County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Whitewater <1>
    • De Beque
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Fruitvale
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fruitvale have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitvale
      • Fruitvale is located in Mesa County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fruitvale <1>
    • Orchard Mesa
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Orchard Mesa have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Mesa
      • Orchard Mesa is located in Mesa County
    • Grand Junction
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
  • Delta County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mesa Lakes Resort, with the one closest to Mesa Lakes Resort listed first.
    • Grand Mesa
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Mesa
      • Grand Mesa is located in Delta County
    • Cedaredge
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Eckert
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Orchard City
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Orchard City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard City
      • Orchard City is located in Delta County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,242 people
    • Cory
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cory have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cory
      • Cory is located in Delta County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cory <1>
    • North Delta
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Delta
      • North Delta is located in Delta County
    • Austin
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Austin have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
      • Austin is located in Delta County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Austin <1>
    • Delta
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Roubideau
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Roubideau. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roubideau
      • Roubideau is located in Delta County
    • Dominguez
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Dominguez. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dominguez
      • Dominguez is located in Delta County
    • Escalante
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Escalante. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Escalante
      • Escalante is located in Delta County
    • Lazear
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lazear have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lazear
      • Lazear is located in Delta County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lazear <1>
  • Garfield County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mesa Lakes Resort, with the one closest to Mesa Lakes Resort listed first.
    • Una
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Una. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Una
      • Una is located in Garfield County
    • Battlement Mesa
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Battlement Mesa have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Battlement Mesa
      • Battlement Mesa is located in Garfield County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Battlement Mesa <1>
    • Parachute
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parachute
      • Parachute is located in Garfield County
      • 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 Mesa Lakes Resort, see our County-by-County Page for Mesa Lakes Resort.

Cemeteries Near Mesa Lakes Resort ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mesa Lakes Resort.

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 Mesa Lakes Resort covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Mesa Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mesa Cemetery
    • The Mesa Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Fairview Cemetery
    • Mesa - Molina Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #57426 <4>
  • Eagalite Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Eagalite Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Eagalite Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Cedaredge Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cedaredge Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Cedaredge Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of Cedaredge.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1960144 <4>
  • Cedar Crest Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cedar Crest Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cedar Crest Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Eckert Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Eckert Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Eckert Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Clover Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Clover Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Clover Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • IOOF Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the IOOF Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the IOOF Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Cory Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cory Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cory Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Whitewater Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Whitewater Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Whitewater Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Memory Gardens Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Memory Gardens Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Memory Gardens Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Mesa View Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mesa View Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mesa View Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Crim Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Delta Cemetery
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • De Beque Cemetery
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Read Cemetery
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Read Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Read Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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.<5>

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

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

  • Mesa
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Cameo
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cameo
    • Cameo is located in Mesa County
  • Whitewater
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Whitewater have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitewater
    • Whitewater is located in Mesa County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Whitewater <1>
  • Clifton
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clifton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
    • Clifton is located in Mesa County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clifton <1>
  • De Beque
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
  • Dominguez
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Dominguez. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dominguez
    • Dominguez is located in Delta County
  • Roubideau
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Roubideau. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roubideau
    • Roubideau is located in Delta County
  • Delta
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
  • Escalante
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Escalante. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Escalante
    • Escalante is located in Delta County
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Una
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Una. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Una
      • Una is located in Garfield County
    • Chipeta
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chipeta have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chipeta
      • Chipeta is located in Delta County
    • Grand Junction
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Hotchkiss
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Parachute
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parachute
      • Parachute is located in Garfield County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,114 people
      • Former name for Parachute:
      • Grand Valley
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Parachute <1>
    • Paonia
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)

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

Newspapers Published in Mesa Lakes Resort ...

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 49 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mesa Lakes Resort.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mesa Lakes Resort, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Mesa Lakes Resort.

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 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 Mesa Lakes Resort:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Mesa Lakes Resort. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Mesa County: www.co.mesa.co.us/

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

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 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.
<3>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.
<4>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.
<5>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 Mesa Lakes Resort, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>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- Mesa Lakes Resort) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Mesa Lakes Resort. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.0491, Longitude: -108.0915       In this case, the coordinates for Mesa Lakes Resort have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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