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 Mount Massive Lakes (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 Mount Massive Lakes. 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 Mount Massive Lakes ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Mount Massive Lakes: Mt. Massive Lks.
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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors 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.
Mount Massive Lakes is located in Lake 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 Lake County: Chaffee, Eagle, Park, Pitkin & Summit.
Below are the counties that are near Mount Massive Lakes. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Mount Massive Lakes:
- Lake County (The home county of Mount Massive Lakes)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Massive Lakes, with the one closest to Mount Massive Lakes listed first.
- Malta ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Malta is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malta
- Leadville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Oro City ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Oro City is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oro City
- Low Pass ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Low Pass is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Low Pass
- Twin Lakes
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Climax ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Climax is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Climax
- Chaffee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Massive Lakes, with the one closest to Mount Massive Lakes listed first.
- Granite
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Hawkinsville ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Hawkinsville is located in Chaffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawkinsville
- Vicksburg ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Vicksburg is located in Chaffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vicksburg
- Vicksburg has also been known as:
- Vicksburg Mining Camp
- Pine Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Pine Creek is located in Chaffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Creek
- Banker Mine ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Banker Mine is located in Chaffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banker Mine
- Winfield ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Winfield is located in Chaffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winfield
- Americus
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Americus is located in Chaffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Americus
- Buena Vista
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Johnson Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Iron City ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Iron City is located in Chaffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
- Nathrop
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Eagle County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Massive Lakes, with the one closest to Mount Massive Lakes listed first.
- Mitchell
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Mitchell is located in Eagle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell
- Camp Hale ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Camp Hale is located in Eagle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Hale
- Pando ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Pando is located in Eagle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pando
- Holy Cross City ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Holy Cross City is located in Eagle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Cross City
- Red Cliff
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Troutville ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Troutville is located in Eagle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troutville
- Gilman ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Gilman is located in Eagle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilman
- Astor City ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Astor City is located in Eagle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Astor City
- Minturn
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Gunnison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Massive Lakes, with the one closest to Mount Massive Lakes listed first.
- Pieplant ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Pieplant is located in Gunnison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pieplant
- Pieplant has also been known as:
- Pie Plant
- Pieplant Mill
- Abbeyville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Abbeyville is located in Gunnison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbeyville
- Former name for Abbeyville:
- Hillerton
- Tincup
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Tincup is located in Gunnison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tincup
- Park County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Massive Lakes, with the one closest to Mount Massive Lakes listed first.
- Horseshoe ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Horseshoe is located in Park County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horseshoe
- Buckskin Joe ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Buckskin Joe is located in Park County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckskin Joe
- Park City ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Park City is located in Park County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park City
- Alma Junction
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Alma Junction is located in Park County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma Junction
- Alma
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Fairplay
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Como
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Hartsel
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Jefferson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pitkin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Massive Lakes, with the one closest to Mount Massive Lakes listed first.
- Independence ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Independence is located in Pitkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
- Independence has also been known as:
- Chipeta
- Farwell
- Hunter's Pass
- Mammoth City
- Mount Hope
- Sparkill
- Ruby ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Ruby is located in Pitkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruby
- Norrie
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Norrie is located in Pitkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norrie
- Biglow
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Biglow is located in Pitkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biglow
- Thomasville ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Thomasville is located in Pitkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomasville
- Lenado ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Lenado is located in Pitkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenado
- Meredith
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Ashcroft ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Ashcroft is located in Pitkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashcroft
- Former names for Ashcroft:
- Castle Forks City
- Chloride
- Aspen
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Summit County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Massive Lakes, with the one closest to Mount Massive Lakes listed first.
- Kokomo ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Kokomo is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kokomo
- Mayflower Gulch ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Mayflower Gulch is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayflower Gulch
- Blue River
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Blue River is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue River
- Population from the 2020 Census: 928 people
- Copper Mountain
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Dyersville ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Dyersville is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyersville
- Breckenridge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Wild Irishman ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Wild Irishman is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wild Irishman
- Wild Irishman has also been known as:
- Preston Mill
- Preston
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Mount Massive Lakes, see our County-by-County Page for Mount Massive Lakes.
Cemeteries Near Mount Massive Lakes ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mount Massive Lakes.
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 Mount Massive Lakes - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Mount Massive Lakes covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Mount Massive Lakes, with the one closest to Mount Massive Lakes listed first.
- Evergreen Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Evergreen Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Leadville.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #57260 <2>
- Leadville City Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Odd Fellows Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Leadville Hebrew Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leadville Hebrew Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Leadville Hebrew Cemetery is located outside and to the west of Leadville.
- The Leadville Hebrew Cemetery has also been known as:
- Hebrew Cemetery of Leadville
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2209837 <2>
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Joseph Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Joseph Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Leadville.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #57530 <2>
- Mt. Holy Cross Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Granite Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Windfield Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Park City Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Buckskin Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Dudley Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Fairplay Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Old Fairplay Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Gold Park Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Buffalo Springs Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
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.<3>
While we didn't find Mount Massive Lakes in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Mount Massive Lakes.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Mount Massive Lakes, with the one closest to Mount Massive Lakes listed first.
- Malta ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Malta is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malta
- Twin Lakes
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Oro City ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Oro City is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oro City
- Leadville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Granite
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Birdseye
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Birdseye is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdseye
- Pine Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Pine Creek is located in Chaffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Creek
- Winfield ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Winfield is located in Chaffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winfield
- Alma
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Riverside
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Riverside is located in Chaffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Fairplay
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Climax ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Climax is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Climax
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Mitchell
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Mitchell is located in Eagle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell
- Americus
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Americus is located in Chaffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Americus
- Nast
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Nast is located in Pitkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nast
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Mount Massive Lakes. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mount Massive Lakes.
Newspapers Published in Mount Massive Lakes ...
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 32 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mount Massive Lakes.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mount Massive Lakes, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Mount Massive Lakes.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Mount Massive Lakes:
- Websites specific to Colorado
- Pages specific to Lake County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Chaffee County
- Eagle County
- Gunnison County
- Park County
- Pitkin County
- Summit 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> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Mount Massive Lakes, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Mount Massive Lakes) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |