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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Old Mountain View. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Old Mountain View to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Old Mountain View, please Contact Us.

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 Old Mountain View (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 Old Mountain View. 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 Old Mountain View ...

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.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.

Another variation: Old Mountainview.

  • A typical abbreviation for Old Mountain View: Old Mtn. Vw. (or less commonly used: Old Mntn. Vw.)

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.

Although our information shows that the community of Old Mountain View is historic, it would have been located within present day El Paso 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 El Paso County: Crowley, Douglas, Elbert, Fremont, Lincoln, Pueblo & Teller.

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

  • El Paso County     (The home county of Old Mountain View)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Old Mountain View, with the one closest to Old Mountain View listed first.
    • Manitou Springs
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Cascade
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Chipita Park
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Green Mountain Falls
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Crystola
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crystola have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystola
      • Crystola is located in El Paso County
    • Colorado Springs
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colorado Springs
      • Colorado Springs is located in El Paso County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 482,131 people
      • Former names for Colorado Springs:
      • El Paso
      • Fountain Colony
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Colorado Springs <2>
    • Kelker
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kelker have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelker
      • Kelker is located in El Paso County
    • Stratmoor
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stratmoor have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stratmoor
      • Stratmoor is located in El Paso County
    • Fort Carson
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Cimarron Hills
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cimarron Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cimarron Hills
      • Cimarron Hills is located in El Paso County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cimarron Hills <2>
    • Widefield
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Gleneagle
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gleneagle have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gleneagle
      • Gleneagle is located in El Paso County
    • Black Forest
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Black Forest have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Forest
      • Black Forest is located in El Paso County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Black Forest <2>
  • Douglas County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Old Mountain View, with the one closest to Old Mountain View listed first.
    • Westcreek
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westcreek
      • Westcreek is located in Douglas County
    • Larkspur
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Larkspur have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larkspur
      • Larkspur is located in Douglas County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 203 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Larkspur <2>
    • Perry Park
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Perry Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry Park
      • Perry Park is located in Douglas County
  • Fremont County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Old Mountain View, with the one closest to Old Mountain View listed first.
    • Penrose
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Canon City
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Brookside
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brookside have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookside
      • Brookside is located in Fremont County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 261 people
    • Buckskin Joe
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckskin Joe
      • Buckskin Joe is located in Fremont County
    • Lincoln Park
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lincoln Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Park
      • Lincoln Park is located in Fremont County
  • Park County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Old Mountain View, with the one closest to Old Mountain View listed first.
    • Lake George
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake George have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake George
      • Lake George is located in Park County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lake George <2>
    • Guffey
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Guffey have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guffey
      • Guffey is located in Park County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Guffey <2>
  • Pueblo County
    • Stone City
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stone City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone City
      • Stone City is located in Pueblo County
  • Teller County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Old Mountain View, with the one closest to Old Mountain View listed first.
    • Goldfield
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldfield
      • Goldfield is located in Teller County
    • Independence ‑ Historic
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Independence have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
      • Independence is located in Teller County
    • Woodland Park
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodland Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Park
      • Woodland Park is located in Teller County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,151 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Woodland Park <2>
    • Divide
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Divide have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Divide
      • Divide is located in Teller County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Divide <2>
    • Cripple Creek
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Victor
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Florissant
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Florissant have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florissant
      • Florissant is located in Teller County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Florissant <2>

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

Cemeteries Near Old Mountain View ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Old Mountain View.

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 Old Mountain View covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Crystal Valley Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Fairview Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Gillett Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gillett Cemetery
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Gillett Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
  • Helen Hunt Jackson Memorial
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Helen Hunt Jackson Memorial
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Helen Hunt Jackson Memorial. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
  • Jackson Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jackson Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jackson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Paupers' Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Pioneer Park Memorial
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pioneer Park Memorial
    • The Pioneer Park Memorial has also been known as:
    • Mesa Cemetery
  • Bouma / Briggs Grave
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bouma / Briggs Grave
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Bouma / Briggs Grave. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
  • Sons of Israel Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Evergreen Cemetery
    • The Evergreen Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Mt. Washington Cemetery
    • Mountain Home Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #57264 <5>
  • Shrine of Rest Mausoleum
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Mt. St. Francis Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. St. Francis Cemetery
    • The Mt. St. Francis Cemetery has also been known as:
    • St. Francis Cemetery
  • Continue List   (34 more) ...
    • Spring Creek Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Spring Creek Cemetery
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Spring Creek Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Woodland Park Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Rooks Family Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rooks Family Cemetery
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Rooks Family Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>

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.

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

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

  • Manitou Springs
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Green Mountain Falls
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Ivywild
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ivywild have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivywild
    • Ivywild is located in El Paso County
  • Colorado Springs
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colorado Springs
    • Colorado Springs is located in El Paso County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 482,131 people
    • Former names for Colorado Springs:
    • El Paso
    • Fountain Colony
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Colorado Springs <2>
  • Pikeview
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pikeview have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikeview
    • Pikeview is located in El Paso County
  • Kelker
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kelker have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelker
    • Kelker is located in El Paso County
  • Elsmere
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elsmere have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elsmere
    • Elsmere is located in El Paso County
  • Widefield
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Fountain
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fountain have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain
    • Fountain is located in El Paso County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 31,017 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fountain <2>
  • Monument
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Palmer Lake
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Palmer Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmer Lake
    • Palmer Lake is located in El Paso County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,037 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Palmer Lake <2>
  • Falcon
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (7 more) ...
    • Lake George
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake George have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake George
      • Lake George is located in Park County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lake George <2>
    • Buttes
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Buttes have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buttes
      • Buttes is located in El Paso County
    • Greenland
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenland have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenland
      • Greenland is located in Douglas County

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

Newspapers Published in Old Mountain View ...

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 28 newspapers that have been published in the area around Old Mountain View.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Old Mountain View, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Old Mountain View.

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 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 Old Mountain View:

The official website for El Paso County: www.elpasoco.com/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Old Mountain View, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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.
<4>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.
<5>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.
<6>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Old Mountain View) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Old Mountain View. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.8339, Longitude: -104.9914       In this case, the coordinates for Old Mountain View have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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