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Introduction ...

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

We've added Purcell to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Purcell, 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 Purcell (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 Purcell. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals 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 Purcell is historic, it would have been located within present day Weld 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 Weld County: Adams, Boulder, Broomfield, Larimer, Logan, Morgan, Kimball (NE) & Laramie (WY).

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

  • Weld County     (The home county of Purcell)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Purcell, with the one closest to Purcell listed first.
    • Ault
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Galeton
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Galeton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galeton
      • Galeton is located in Weld County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Galeton <2>
    • Pierce
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Eaton
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Nunn
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nunn have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nunn
      • Nunn is located in Weld County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 497 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nunn <2>
    • Lucerne
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Gill
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Briggsdale
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Dover
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Dover. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
      • Dover is located in Weld County
    • Severance
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Severance have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Severance
      • Severance is located in Weld County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,634 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Severance <2>
    • Greeley
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Garden City
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
      • Garden City is located in Weld County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 279 people
    • Kersey
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kersey have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kersey
      • Kersey is located in Weld County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,798 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kersey <2>
  • Larimer County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Purcell, with the one closest to Purcell listed first.
    • Kerns
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kerns have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerns
      • Kerns is located in Larimer County
    • Timnath
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Wellington
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wellington have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellington
      • Wellington is located in Larimer County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,620 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wellington <2>
    • Bulger
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bulger have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bulger
      • Bulger is located in Larimer County
    • Fort Collins
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Waverly
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly
      • Waverly is located in Larimer County
    • Loveland
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Loveland have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loveland
      • Loveland is located in Larimer County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 83,517 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Loveland <2>
    • Laporte
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Bellvue
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Stout ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Stout. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stout
      • Stout is located in Larimer County
    • Horsetooth Heights
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horsetooth Heights
      • Horsetooth Heights is located in Larimer County
  • Laramie County (WY)
    • Carpenter
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)

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

Cemeteries Near Purcell ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Purcell.

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

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

  • Ault Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Eaton Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Mountain View Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Briggsdale Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Linn Grove Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Evans Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Lakeview Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lakeview Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Lakeview Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Windsor.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #277751 <5>
  • Sunset Memorial Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Timnath Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Timnath Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Timnath Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Highland Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Highland Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Highland Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Roselawn Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
  • Harmony Cemetery
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Harmony Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Harmony Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Pilgrim Cemetery
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Home of Peace Cemetery
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Reu Family Cemetery
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Reu Family Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Reu Family Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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

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

  • Pierce
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Eaton
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Dover
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Dover. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
    • Dover is located in Weld County
  • Greeley
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Windsor
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor
    • Windsor is located in Weld County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 27,659 people
    • Former names for Windsor:
    • New Liberty
    • New Windsor
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Windsor <2>
  • Evans
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Evans have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans
    • Evans is located in Weld County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 23,183 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Evans <2>
  • La Salle
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
  • Timnath
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
  • Hardin
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Hardin. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardin
    • Hardin is located in Weld County
  • Carr
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Carr. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carr
    • Carr is located in Weld County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Carr <2>
  • Fort Collins
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
  • Hillsboro
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hillsboro have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsboro
    • Hillsboro is located in Weld County
  • Continue List   (8 more) ...
    • Grover
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grover have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grover
      • Grover is located in Weld County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 161 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grover <2>
    • Keota
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keota
      • Keota is located in Weld County
    • Sligo ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sligo. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sligo
      • Sligo is located in Weld County

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

Newspapers Published in Purcell ...

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 71 newspapers that have been published in the area around Purcell.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Purcell, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Purcell.

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 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 Purcell:

The official website for Weld County: www.co.weld.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 Purcell, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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.
<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>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.
<6>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- Purcell) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Purcell. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.6383, Longitude: -104.6016       In this case, the coordinates for Purcell have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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