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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 Park Center (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 Park Center. 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 Park Center ...

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 occur.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Park Center: Park Ctr. (or less commonly used: Park Cen., Park Cent. or Park Cntr.)

You might see Park Centre instead of Park Center.

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.

For more information about how community names might have been affected by the Board of Geographic Names (BGN), see our page about Placename Rules.

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 hospitals and 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.

Park Center is located in Fremont 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 Fremont County: Chaffee, Custer, El Paso, Park, Pueblo, Saguache & Teller.

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

  • Fremont County     (The home county of Park Center)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Park Center, with the one closest to Park Center listed first.
    • Canon City
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Lincoln Park
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Lincoln Park is located in Fremont County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Park
    • Prospect Heights
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Prospect Heights is located in Fremont County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect Heights
    • Brookside
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Brookside is located in Fremont County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookside
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 261 people
    • Williamsburg
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Williamsburg is located in Fremont County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 682 people
    • Buckskin Joe
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Buckskin Joe is located in Fremont County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckskin Joe
    • Rockvale
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Florence
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Coal Creek
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Penrose
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Sunset City
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Sunset City is located in Fremont County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset City
    • Echo
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Echo is located in Fremont County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo
  • Custer County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Park Center, with the one closest to Park Center listed first.
    • Wetmore
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Greenwood
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Greenwood is located in Custer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
    • Querida ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Querida is located in Custer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Querida
      • Querida has also been known as:
      • Bassick
      • Querida Junction
    • Rosita
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Rosita is located in Custer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosita
    • Silver Cliff
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Ula ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Ula is located in Custer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ula
    • Westcliffe
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
  • El Paso County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Park Center, with the one closest to Park Center listed first.
    • Fort Carson
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Wigwam
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Wigwam is located in El Paso County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wigwam
    • Manitou Springs
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Stratmoor
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Stratmoor is located in El Paso County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stratmoor
  • Park County
  • Pueblo County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Park Center, with the one closest to Park Center listed first.
    • Stone City
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Stone City is located in Pueblo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone City
    • Siloam
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Siloam is located in Pueblo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siloam
    • Pueblo West
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Beulah Valley
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Beulah Valley is located in Pueblo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah Valley
    • Beulah
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Teller County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Park Center, with the one closest to Park Center listed first.
    • Victor
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Goldfield
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Goldfield is located in Teller County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldfield
    • Independence ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Independence is located in Teller County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
    • Cripple Creek
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)

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

Cemeteries Near Park Center ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Park Center.

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 Park Center - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Abbey Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Lakeside Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Greenwood Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • IOOF Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Fremont Memory Gardens Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Mountain Vale Memory Gardens
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • San Juan Bautisa Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Union Highland Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Penrose Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Upper Beaver Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Victor Sunnyside Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victor Sunnyside Cemetery
    • The Victor Sunnyside Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Sunnsyside Cemetery
    • Victor City Cemetery
  • Mt. Pisgah Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (19 more) ...

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 Park Center in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Park Center.

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

  • Canon City
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Brookside
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Brookside is located in Fremont County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookside
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 261 people
  • Williamsburg
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Williamsburg is located in Fremont County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 682 people
  • Chandler ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Chandler is located in Fremont County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chandler
  • Rockvale
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Florence
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Coal Creek
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Parkdale
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Parkdale is located in Fremont County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkdale
  • Wetmore
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Echo
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Echo is located in Fremont County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo
  • Greenwood
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Greenwood is located in Custer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
  • Siloam
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Siloam is located in Pueblo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siloam
  • Continue List   (7 more) ...
    • Texas Creek
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Texas Creek is located in Fremont County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texas Creek
    • Swallows
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Swallows is located in Pueblo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swallows
    • Cotopaxi
      (27 miles [43.5 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 Park Center. See our List of 1890's Communities around Park Center.

Newspapers Published in Park Center ...

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 61 newspapers that have been published in the area around Park Center.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Park Center, 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 Park Center.

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 Park Center:

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 Park Center, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Park Center) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.