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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 Norrie (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 Norrie. 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 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.

Norrie is located in Pitkin 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 Pitkin County: Chaffee, Eagle, Garfield, Gunnison, Lake & Mesa.

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

  • Pitkin County     (The home county of Norrie)
  • Chaffee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Norrie, with the one closest to Norrie listed first.
    • Banker Mine ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Banker Mine. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banker Mine
      • Banker Mine is located in Chaffee County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Banker Mine
      • From Norrie to Banker Mine
    • Vicksburg ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Winfield ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Granite
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Hawkinsville ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Eagle County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Norrie, with the one closest to Norrie listed first.
    • Troutville ‑ Historic
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Ruedi ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Ruedi. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruedi
      • Ruedi is located in Eagle County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Ruedi
      • From Norrie to Ruedi
    • Holy Cross City ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Mitchell
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mitchell have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell
      • Mitchell is located in Eagle County
    • Camp Hale ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Gilman ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Pando ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Beaver Creek
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Astor City ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Astor City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Astor City
      • Astor City is located in Eagle County
    • Red Cliff
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Basalt
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Minturn
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Minturn have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minturn
      • Minturn is located in Eagle County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,147 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Minturn <2>
    • Edwards
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Edwards have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwards
      • Edwards is located in Eagle County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Edwards <2>
  • Garfield County
  • Gunnison County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Norrie, with the one closest to Norrie listed first.
    • Pieplant ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Pieplant. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pieplant
      • Pieplant is located in Gunnison County
      • Pieplant has also been known as:
      • Pie Plant
      • Pieplant Mill
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Pieplant
      • From Norrie to Pieplant
    • Crystal ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Gothic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Lake County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Norrie, with the one closest to Norrie listed first.
    • Malta ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Malta have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malta
      • Malta is located in Lake County
    • Leadville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Oro City ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Twin Lakes
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Climax ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Low Pass ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Low Pass. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Low Pass
      • Low Pass is located in Lake County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Low Pass
      • From Norrie to Low Pass
  • Park County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Norrie, with the one closest to Norrie listed first.
    • Buckskin Joe ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
    • Park City ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Park City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park City
      • Park City is located in Park County
  • Summit County

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

Cemeteries Near Norrie ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Norrie.

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

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

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Norrie had railroad service and no post office.

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

  • Nast
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nast have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nast
    • Nast is located in Pitkin County
  • Thomasville ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Thomasville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomasville
    • Thomasville is located in Pitkin County
  • Lenado ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Ruedi ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Ruedi. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruedi
    • Ruedi is located in Eagle County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Ruedi
    • From Norrie to Ruedi
  • Holy Cross City ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Woody Creek
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Aspen
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Malta ‑ Historic
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Malta have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malta
    • Malta is located in Lake County
  • Mitchell
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mitchell have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell
    • Mitchell is located in Eagle County
  • Pando ‑ Historic
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Belden
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Belden have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belden
    • Belden is located in Eagle County
  • Gilman ‑ Historic
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...

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

Newspapers Published in Norrie ...

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 64 newspapers that have been published in the area around Norrie.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Norrie, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Norrie.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Norrie:

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

The official website for Pitkin County: www.aspenpitkin.com/

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>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 Norrie, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Norrie) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Norrie. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.3246, Longitude: -106.6554    









 

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