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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 Parkdale (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 Parkdale. 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.

Parkdale 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 Parkdale. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Parkdale:

  • Fremont County     (The home county of Parkdale)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Parkdale, with the one closest to Parkdale listed first.
    • Buckskin Joe
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Buckskin Joe is located in Fremont County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckskin Joe
    • Sunset City
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Sunset City is located in Fremont County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset City
    • Canon City
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Prospect Heights
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Prospect Heights is located in Fremont County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect Heights
    • Lincoln Park
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Lincoln Park is located in Fremont County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Park
    • Echo
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Echo is located in Fremont County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo
    • Brookside
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Brookside is located in Fremont County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookside
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 261 people
    • Rockvale
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Williamsburg
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Williamsburg is located in Fremont County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 682 people
    • Coal Creek
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Florence
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Cotopaxi
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Hillside
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Custer County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Parkdale, with the one closest to Parkdale listed first.
    • Wetmore
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Querida ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 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
    • Ula ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Ula is located in Custer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ula
    • Westcliffe
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Greenwood
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Greenwood is located in Custer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
    • Silver Cliff
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Rosita
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Rosita is located in Custer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosita
  • Park County
  • Pueblo County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Parkdale, with the one closest to Parkdale listed first.
    • Siloam
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Siloam is located in Pueblo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siloam
    • Stone City
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Stone City is located in Pueblo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone City
  • Teller County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Parkdale, with the one closest to Parkdale listed first.
    • Victor
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Cripple Creek
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Goldfield
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Goldfield is located in Teller County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldfield
    • Independence ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Independence is located in Teller County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence

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

Cemeteries Near Parkdale ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Parkdale.

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

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

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

  • Greenwood Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • IOOF Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Lakeside Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Abbey Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Fremont Memory Gardens Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Mountain Vale Memory Gardens
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Union Highland Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • San Juan Bautisa Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Hillside Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Upper Beaver Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Penrose Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Victor Sunnyside Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victor Sunnyside Cemetery
    • The Victor Sunnyside Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Sunnsyside Cemetery
    • Victor City Cemetery
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Mt. Pisgah Cemetery
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Spring Creek Cemetery
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Howard 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, Parkdale had a post office and railroad service.

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

  • Canon City
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Echo
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Echo is located in Fremont County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo
  • Brookside
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Brookside is located in Fremont County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookside
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 261 people
  • Texas Creek
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Texas Creek is located in Fremont County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texas Creek
  • Chandler ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Chandler is located in Fremont County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chandler
  • Rockvale
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Williamsburg
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Williamsburg is located in Fremont County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 682 people
  • Coal Creek
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Florence
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Cotopaxi
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Vallie
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Vallie is located in Fremont County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vallie
  • Coaldale
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (9 more) ...
    • Wetmore
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Westcliffe
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Greenwood
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Greenwood is located in Custer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood

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

Newspapers Published in Parkdale ...

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 51 newspapers that have been published in the area around Parkdale.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Parkdale, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Parkdale.

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 websites either 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 Parkdale:

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 Parkdale, 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' (or 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- Parkdale) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.