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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 Model (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 Model. 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 hospitals and 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.

Model is located in Las Animas 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 Las Animas County: Baca, Bent, Costilla, Huerfano, Otero, Pueblo, Colfax (NM) & Union (NM).

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

  • Las Animas County     (The home county of Model)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Model, with the one closest to Model listed first.
    • Hoehne
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hoehne have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoehne
      • Hoehne is located in Las Animas County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hoehne <2>
    • Thatcher
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Thatcher have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thatcher
      • Thatcher is located in Las Animas County
    • El Moro
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Moro
      • El Moro is located in Las Animas County
    • Houghton ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houghton
      • Houghton is located in Las Animas County
    • Ludlow ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludlow
      • Ludlow is located in Las Animas County
    • Engleville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Engleville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Engleville
      • Engleville is located in Las Animas County
    • San Miguel ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for San Miguel have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Miguel
      • San Miguel is located in Las Animas County
    • Trinidad
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Aguilar
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Starkville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Sopris ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sopris have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sopris
      • Sopris is located in Las Animas County
    • Trinchera
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)

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

Newspapers Published in Model ...

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 70 newspapers that have been published in the area around Model.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Model, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Model.

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 Model:

  • Genealogy information for nearby counties

Cemeteries Near Model ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Model.

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

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

  • Wilcox Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wilcox Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wilcox Cemetery
  • Bloom Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bloom Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bloom Cemetery
  • Simpson Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Simpson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Simpson Cemetery
  • Martinez Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Martinez Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Martinez Cemetery
  • Chicosa Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Chicosa Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Chicosa Cemetery
  • Valdez Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Valdez Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Valdez Cemetery
  • Rivera Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rivera Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rivera Cemetery
  • Vigil Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Vigil Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Vigil Cemetery
  • Mestas Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mestas Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mestas Cemetery
  • Gallegos Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Gallegos Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gallegos Cemetery
  • Thorp Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Thorp Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Thorp Cemetery
  • Los Hermanos Penitentes Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Los Hermanos Penitentes Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Los Hermanos Penitentes Cemetery
  • Continue List   (27 more) ...
    • Valdez Cemetery
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Valdez Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Valdez Cemetery
    • Cordova Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cordova Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cordova Cemetery
    • Catholic Cemetery
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)

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 Model in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Model.

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

  • Earl
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Earl have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earl
    • Earl is located in Las Animas County
  • Tyrone
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyrone
    • Tyrone is located in Las Animas County
  • Thatcher
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Thatcher have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thatcher
    • Thatcher is located in Las Animas County
  • El Moro
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Moro
    • El Moro is located in Las Animas County
  • Barela
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Barela have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barela
    • Barela is located in Las Animas County
  • Forbes ‑ Historic
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forbes have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forbes
    • Forbes is located in Las Animas County
  • Engleville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Engleville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Engleville
    • Engleville is located in Las Animas County
  • Trinidad
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Aguilar
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
  • Starkville
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
  • Sopris ‑ Historic
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sopris have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sopris
    • Sopris is located in Las Animas County
  • Trinchera
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...
    • Rouse
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rouse have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rouse
      • Rouse is located in Huerfano County
    • Madrid ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madrid
      • Madrid is located in Las Animas County
    • Morley
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Morley have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morley
      • Morley is located in Las Animas County

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

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

The official website for Las Animas County: www.tlac.net/county/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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- Model) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Model. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.3736, Longitude: -104.2442    
<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 Model, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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