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Introduction ...

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

We've added Pieplant to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Pieplant, 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 Pieplant (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 Pieplant. 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 Pieplant ...

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.

Pieplant has also been known as: Pie Plant and Pieplant Mill.

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 southwest 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 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 west 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Pieplant is historic, it would have been located within present day Gunnison 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 Gunnison County: Chaffee, Delta, Hinsdale, Ouray, Pitkin & Saguache.

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

  • Gunnison County     (The home county of Pieplant)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pieplant, with the one closest to Pieplant listed first.
    • Abbeyville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbeyville
      • Abbeyville is located in Gunnison County
      • Former name for Abbeyville:
      • Hillerton
    • Tincup
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tincup
      • Tincup is located in Gunnison County
    • Mount Crested Butte
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Crested Butte have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Crested Butte
      • Mount Crested Butte is located in Gunnison County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 893 people
    • Pitkin
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Crested Butte
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Gothic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gothic
      • Gothic is located in Gunnison County
    • Almont
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Almont have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almont
      • Almont is located in Gunnison County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Almont <3>
    • Ohio City
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Whitepine
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitepine
      • Whitepine is located in Gunnison County
      • Whitepine has also been known as:
      • White Pine
    • Bowerman ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bowerman. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowerman
      • Bowerman is located in Gunnison County
      • Bowerman has also been known as:
      • Camp Bowerman
      • Nugget City
    • Irwin ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irwin
      • Irwin is located in Gunnison County
    • Crystal ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal
      • Crystal is located in Gunnison County
  • Chaffee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pieplant, with the one closest to Pieplant listed first.
    • Winfield ‑ Historic
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winfield
      • Winfield is located in Chaffee County
    • Banker Mine ‑ Historic
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Banker Mine. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banker Mine
      • Banker Mine is located in Chaffee County
    • Vicksburg ‑ Historic
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vicksburg
      • Vicksburg is located in Chaffee County
      • Vicksburg has also been known as:
      • Vicksburg Mining Camp
    • Granite
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Pine Creek
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Pine Creek. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Creek
      • Pine Creek is located in Chaffee County
    • Hawkinsville ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Hawkinsville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawkinsville
      • Hawkinsville is located in Chaffee County
    • Iron City ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Iron City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
      • Iron City is located in Chaffee County
    • Saint Elmo ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Elmo
      • Saint Elmo is located in Chaffee County
    • Buena Vista
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Buena Vista have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
      • Buena Vista is located in Chaffee County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,116 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Buena Vista <3>
    • Hancock ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancock
      • Hancock is located in Chaffee County
    • Johnson Village
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Johnson Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson Village
      • Johnson Village is located in Chaffee County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Johnson Village <3>
    • Nathrop
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nathrop have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nathrop
      • Nathrop is located in Chaffee County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nathrop <3>
  • Lake County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pieplant, with the one closest to Pieplant listed first.
    • Twin Lakes
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Low Pass ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Low Pass. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Low Pass
      • Low Pass is located in Lake County
    • Leadville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Oro City ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oro City
      • Oro City is located in Lake County
  • Pitkin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pieplant, with the one closest to Pieplant listed first.
    • Ruby ‑ Historic
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruby
      • Ruby is located in Pitkin County
    • Independence ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
      • Independence is located in Pitkin County
      • Independence has also been known as:
      • Chipeta
      • Farwell
      • Hunter's Pass
      • Mammoth City
      • Mount Hope
      • Sparkill
    • Ashcroft ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashcroft
      • Ashcroft is located in Pitkin County
      • Former names for Ashcroft:
      • Castle Forks City
      • Chloride
    • Aspen
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Lenado ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenado
      • Lenado is located in Pitkin County
    • Norrie
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norrie
      • Norrie is located in Pitkin County
    • Snowmass Village
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Biglow
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Biglow have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biglow
      • Biglow is located in Pitkin County
    • Woody Creek
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Meredith
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
    • Thomasville ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Thomasville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomasville
      • Thomasville is located in Pitkin County

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

Newspapers Published in Pieplant ...

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 36 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pieplant.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pieplant, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Pieplant.

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 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 Pieplant:

Cemeteries Near Pieplant ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pieplant.

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 Pieplant covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Windfield Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Windfield Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Windfield Cemetery
  • Tincup Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Tincup Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tincup Cemetery
  • Boothill Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Granite Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Granite Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Granite Cemetery
  • Jacks Cabin Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jacks Cabin Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jacks Cabin Cemetery
  • Aspen Grove Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Aspen Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Aspen Grove Cemetery
  • Ute Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ute Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ute Cemetery
  • Crested Butte Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Crested Butte Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Crested Butte Cemetery
  • Pitkin Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pitkin Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pitkin Cemetery
  • Mt. Olivet Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
  • Red Butte Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Red Butte Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Red Butte Cemetery
  • Ohio City Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ohio City Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ohio City Cemetery
  • Continue List   (10 more) ...
    • Leadville City Cemetery
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Leadville City Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Leadville City Cemetery is located in Leadville.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Leadville City Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2360743 <6>
    • Evergreen Cemetery
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Leadville Hebrew Cemetery
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Leadville Hebrew Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Leadville Hebrew Cemetery is located outside and to the west of Leadville.
      • The Leadville Hebrew Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Hebrew Cemetery of Leadville
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Leadville Hebrew Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2209837 <6>

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

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

  • Winfield ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winfield
    • Winfield is located in Chaffee County
  • Tincup
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tincup
    • Tincup is located in Gunnison County
  • Twin Lakes
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Ashcroft ‑ Historic
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashcroft
    • Ashcroft is located in Pitkin County
    • Former names for Ashcroft:
    • Castle Forks City
    • Chloride
  • Granite
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Pine Creek
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Pine Creek. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Creek
    • Pine Creek is located in Chaffee County
  • Saint Elmo ‑ Historic
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Elmo
    • Saint Elmo is located in Chaffee County
  • Romley ‑ Historic
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Romley have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romley
    • Romley is located in Chaffee County
  • Riverside
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Riverside have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
    • Riverside is located in Chaffee County
  • Alpine ‑ Historic
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alpine have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
    • Alpine is located in Chaffee County
  • Americus
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Americus have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Americus
    • Americus is located in Chaffee County
  • Pitkin
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Aspen
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Crested Butte
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Buena Vista
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Buena Vista have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
      • Buena Vista is located in Chaffee County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,116 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Buena Vista <3>

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

The official website for Gunnison County: www.co.gunnison.co.us/

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 Pieplant, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Pieplant) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Pieplant. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.9382, Longitude: -106.5594       In this case, the coordinates for Pieplant have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>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.




 

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