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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 Moseley (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 Moseley. 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 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.

Moseley is located in Morgan 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 Morgan County: Adams, Logan, Washington & Weld.

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

  • Morgan County     (The home county of Moseley)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Moseley, with the one closest to Moseley listed first.
    • Fort Morgan
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Log Lane Village
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Log Lane Village is located in Morgan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Log Lane Village
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 848 people
    • Brush
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Snyder
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Twelvemile Corner
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Twelvemile Corner is located in Morgan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twelvemile Corner
    • Hillrose
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Weldona
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Wiggins
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Orchard
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Hoyt
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Hoyt is located in Morgan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoyt
  • Adams County
    • Shamrock
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Shamrock is located in Adams County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamrock
  • Logan County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Moseley, with the one closest to Moseley listed first.
    • Willard ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Willard is located in Logan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willard
    • Merino
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Washington County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Moseley, with the one closest to Moseley listed first.
    • Pinneo ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Pinneo is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinneo
    • Midway ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Midway is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
    • Woodrow
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Messex
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Messex is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Messex
    • Xenia ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Xenia is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Xenia
      • Xenia has also been known as:
      • Cody
    • Rago ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Rago is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rago
    • Akron
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Akron is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akron
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,682 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Akron <1>
  • Weld County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Moseley, with the one closest to Moseley listed first.
    • Raymer
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Raymer is located in Weld County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymer
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 120 people
      • Raymer has also been known as:
      • New Raymer
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Raymer <1>
    • Stoneham
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Dearfield ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Dearfield is located in Weld County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dearfield

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

Cemeteries Near Moseley ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Moseley.

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 Moseley - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Presbyterian Church Columbarium
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Riverside Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Eben - Ezer Lutheran Care Center Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Brush Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • J. L. Brush Memorial Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Weldona Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Wiggins Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Adena Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Hoyt Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Merino Cemetery
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Prairie Lawn Cemetery
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Gebaurer Family Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (7 more) ...
    • Prairie View Cemetery
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Swan Cemetery
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Raymer Cemetery
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)

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.<2>

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

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

  • Fort Morgan
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Brush
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Pinneo ‑ Historic
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Pinneo is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinneo
  • Goodrich
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Goodrich is located in Morgan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodrich
  • Balzac
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Balzac is located in Morgan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balzac
  • Raymer
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Raymer is located in Weld County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymer
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 120 people
    • Raymer has also been known as:
    • New Raymer
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Raymer <1>
  • Willard ‑ Historic
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Willard is located in Logan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willard
  • Stoneham
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
  • Merino
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Masters
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Masters is located in Weld County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masters
  • Buckingham ‑ Historic
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Buckingham is located in Weld County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckingham
  • Akron
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Akron is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akron
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,682 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Akron <1>

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

Newspapers Published in Moseley ...

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 22 newspapers that have been published in the area around Moseley.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Moseley, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Moseley.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Moseley:

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>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 Moseley, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Moseley) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.