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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 Paoli (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 Paoli. 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.

Paoli is located in Phillips 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 Phillips County: Logan, Sedgwick, Yuma, Chase (NE) & Perkins (NE).

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

  • Phillips County     (The home county of Paoli)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Paoli, with the one closest to Paoli listed first.
    • Haxtun
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Holyoke
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Amherst
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Logan County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Paoli, with the one closest to Paoli listed first.
    • Dailey
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Dailey is located in Logan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dailey
    • Saint Petersburg
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Saint Petersburg is located in Logan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Petersburg
    • Fleming
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Red Lion
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Red Lion is located in Logan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Lion
    • Leroy
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Leroy is located in Logan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leroy
    • Crook
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Sedgwick County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Paoli, with the one closest to Paoli listed first.
    • Sedgwick
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Ovid
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Ovid is located in Sedgwick County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ovid
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 302 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ovid <1>
    • Julesburg
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
  • Washington County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Paoli, with the one closest to Paoli listed first.
    • Leslie ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Leslie is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leslie
    • Lone Star ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Lone Star is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Star
    • Burdett ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Burdett is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burdett
  • Chase County (NE)
    • Lamar
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Lamar is located in Chase County (NE)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamar
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 22 people
  • Perkins County (NE)
    • Venango
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Venango is located in Perkins County (NE)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venango
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 159 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Venango <1>

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

Cemeteries Near Paoli ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Paoli.

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

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

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

  • Posegate Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Paoli Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Jarvis Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Woodham Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Bryant Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Rockland Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Amherst Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • St. Peters Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Pleasant Valley Methodist Church Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Pleasant Valley Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
  • Pleasant Valley Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
  • Fleming Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (12 more) ...
    • New Haven Cemetery
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Sedgwick Cemetery
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Leroy Cemetery
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Paoli had railroad service and no post office. In 2020, Paoli had a population of 35 people.

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

  • Haxtun
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Holyoke
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Amherst
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Fleming
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Leslie ‑ Historic
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Leslie is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leslie
  • Red Lion
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Red Lion is located in Logan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Lion
  • Sedgwick
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
  • Leroy
    (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Leroy is located in Logan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leroy
  • Venango
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Venango is located in Perkins County (NE)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venango
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 159 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Venango <1>
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Crook
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Lamar
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Lamar is located in Chase County (NE)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamar
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 22 people
    • Julesburg
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Proctor ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Proctor is located in Logan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Proctor
    • Galien
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Galien is located in Logan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galien

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

Newspapers Published in Paoli ...

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 21 newspapers that have been published in the area around Paoli.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Paoli, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Paoli.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start 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 Paoli:

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 Paoli, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Paoli) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.