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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 Patterson Place (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 Patterson Place. 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 Patterson Place ...

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 Patterson Place: Patterson Pl. (or less commonly used: Patterson Plc.)

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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and 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.

Patterson Place is located in Gunnison 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 Gunnison County: Chaffee, Delta, Hinsdale, Ouray, Pitkin & Saguache.

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

  • Gunnison County     (The home county of Patterson Place)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Patterson Place, with the one closest to Patterson Place listed first.
    • Marble
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Somerset
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Crystal ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Crystal is located in Gunnison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal
    • Irwin ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Irwin is located in Gunnison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irwin
    • Gothic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Gothic is located in Gunnison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gothic
    • Crested Butte
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Mount Crested Butte
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Mount Crested Butte is located in Gunnison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Crested Butte
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 893 people
  • Delta County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Patterson Place, with the one closest to Patterson Place listed first.
    • Bowie
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Bowie is located in Delta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowie
      • Former names for Bowie:
      • Reading
      • Wauneta
    • Paonia
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Hotchkiss
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Grand Mesa
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Grand Mesa is located in Delta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Mesa
    • Crawford
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
    • Lazear
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Eagle County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Patterson Place, with the one closest to Patterson Place listed first.
    • El Jebel
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Basalt
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Basalt is located in Eagle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Basalt
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,183 people
      • Former names for Basalt:
      • Aspen Junction
      • Fryingpan Town
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Basalt <1>
  • Garfield County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Patterson Place, with the one closest to Patterson Place listed first.
    • Carbondale
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Cardiff
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Cardiff is located in Garfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardiff
    • Glenwood Springs
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Silt
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Silt is located in Garfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silt
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,109 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Silt <1>
  • Mesa County
    • Collbran
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Pitkin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Patterson Place, with the one closest to Patterson Place listed first.
    • Redstone
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Snowmass Village
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Snowmass
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Woody Creek
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)

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

Cemeteries Near Patterson Place ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Patterson Place.

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 Patterson Place - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Marble Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Somerset Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Marion Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Bethlehem Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Cedar Hill Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Carbondale Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Weaver Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Irwin Cemetery
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Fairview Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Hill Cemetery
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Wheatley Cemetery
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Fairview Cemetery
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (7 more) ...
    • Fisher Cemetery
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Crested Butte Cemetery
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Rosebud Cemetery
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)

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

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

  • Marble
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Crystal ‑ Historic
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Crystal is located in Gunnison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal
  • Paonia
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Pittsburg ‑ Historic
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Pittsburg is located in Gunnison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsburg
  • Carbondale
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Irwin ‑ Historic
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Irwin is located in Gunnison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irwin
  • Satank
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Satank is located in Garfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Satank
  • Gothic
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Gothic is located in Gunnison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gothic
  • Emma
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Emma is located in Pitkin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emma
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Cattle Creek
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Cattle Creek is located in Garfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cattle Creek
    • Hotchkiss
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Basalt
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Basalt is located in Eagle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Basalt
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,183 people
      • Former names for Basalt:
      • Aspen Junction
      • Fryingpan Town
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Basalt <1>
    • Cardiff
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Cardiff is located in Garfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardiff
    • Crested Butte
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Glenwood Springs
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)

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

Newspapers Published in Patterson Place ...

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 47 newspapers that have been published in the area around Patterson Place.

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

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 Patterson Place:

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 Patterson Place, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Patterson Place) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.