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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 Northdale (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 Northdale. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Northdale is located in Dolores 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 Dolores County: Montezuma, San Juan, San Miguel & San Juan (UT).

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

  • Dolores County     (The home county of Northdale)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Northdale, with the one closest to Northdale listed first.
    • Dove Creek
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dove Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dove Creek
      • Dove Creek is located in Dolores County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 715 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dove Creek <2>
    • Cahone
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Montezuma County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Northdale, with the one closest to Northdale listed first.
    • Pleasant View
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant View have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
      • Pleasant View is located in Montezuma County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pleasant View <2>
    • Ackmen ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Ackmen. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ackmen
      • Ackmen is located in Montezuma County
    • Yellow Jacket
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Lewis
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lewis have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis
      • Lewis is located in Montezuma County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lewis <2>
    • McPhee ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for McPhee. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McPhee
      • McPhee is located in Montezuma County
  • San Miguel County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Northdale, with the one closest to Northdale listed first.
    • Egnar
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Slick Rock
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • San Juan County (UT)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Northdale, with the one closest to Northdale listed first.
    • Lockerby ‑ Historic
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Lockerby. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockerby
      • Lockerby is located in San Juan County (UT)
    • Ucolo
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ucolo
      • Ucolo is located in San Juan County (UT)
    • Monticello
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Verdure ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verdure
      • Verdure is located in San Juan County (UT)
    • Carlisle ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Carlisle. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlisle
      • Carlisle is located in San Juan County (UT)
    • Home of Truth ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Home of Truth
      • Home of Truth is located in San Juan County (UT)
    • Blanding
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanding
      • Blanding is located in San Juan County (UT)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,556 people
      • Former names for Blanding:
      • Grayson
      • White Mesa
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Blanding <2>

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

Cemeteries Near Northdale ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Northdale.

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

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

  • Peel Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Peel Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Peel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Mountain View Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Cedar Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Urado Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Sylvan Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Monticello City Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Verdure Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Fairview Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
  • Home of Truth Cemetery
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Home of Truth Cemetery
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Home of Truth Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
  • Blanding City Cemetery
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Sunnyside Cemetery
    (28 miles [45.1 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.<5>

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

  • Monticello
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)

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

Newspapers Published in Northdale ...

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 6 newspapers that have been published in the area around Northdale.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Northdale, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Northdale.

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 professional and volunteer 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 Northdale:

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

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 Northdale, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Northdale) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Northdale. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.8094, Longitude: -109.0168       In this case, the coordinates for Northdale have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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