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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 Rand (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 Rand. 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 northeast 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 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 east 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.

Rand is located in Jackson 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 Jackson County: Grand, Larimer, Routt, Albany (WY) & Carbon (WY).

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

  • Jackson County     (The home county of Rand)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rand, with the one closest to Rand listed first.
    • Old Homestead
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Homestead
      • Old Homestead is located in Jackson County
    • Teller City ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Teller City. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teller City
      • Teller City is located in Jackson County
    • Gould ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gould
      • Gould is located in Jackson County
    • Spicer ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spicer
      • Spicer is located in Jackson County
    • Coalmont
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalmont
      • Coalmont is located in Jackson County
    • Hebron ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
      • Hebron is located in Jackson County
    • Walden
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Brownlee ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownlee
      • Brownlee is located in Jackson County
    • Higho
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Higho. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Higho
      • Higho is located in Jackson County
    • Cowdrey
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Northgate
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Northgate have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northgate
      • Northgate is located in Jackson County
  • Grand County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rand, with the one closest to Rand listed first.
    • Dutchtown ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Dutchtown. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutchtown
      • Dutchtown is located in Grand County
    • Lulu City ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Lulu City. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lulu City
      • Lulu City is located in Grand County
    • Grand Lake
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grand Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Lake
      • Grand Lake is located in Grand County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 476 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grand Lake <2>
    • Hot Sulphur Springs
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Parshall
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Granby
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Kremmling
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)

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

Cemeteries Near Rand ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Rand.

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

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

  • Rand Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Lulu City Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lulu City Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lulu City Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Gaskill Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gaskill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Gaskill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Walden Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Jackson County Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
  • Grand Lake Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Cabin Creek Grave
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cabin Creek Grave
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cabin Creek Grave have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Hot Sulphur Springs Cemetery
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
  • Louis R Levings Grave
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Louis R Levings Grave
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Louis R Levings Grave have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • King Family Cemetery
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the King Family Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the King Family Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<5> to the west of Kremmling.
    • The King Family Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Troublesome Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2571525 <4>
  • J. P. Chitwood Gravesite
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the J. P. Chitwood Gravesite
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the J. P. Chitwood Gravesite have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Wangnild Family Cemetery
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wangnild Family Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wangnild Family Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Kremmling Cemetery
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kremmling Cemetery
      • The Kremmling Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Riverside Cemetery
    • Granby Cemetery
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Doctor Thornton R Sampson Grave
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Doctor Thornton R Sampson Grave
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Doctor Thornton R Sampson Grave 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.<6>

While we didn't find Rand in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Rand.

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

  • Walden
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Grand Lake
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grand Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Lake
    • Grand Lake is located in Grand County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 476 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grand Lake <2>
  • Higho
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Higho. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Higho
    • Higho is located in Jackson County
  • Hot Sulphur Springs
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
  • Troublesome
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Troublesome have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troublesome
    • Troublesome is located in Grand County
  • Kremmling
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)

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

Newspapers Published in Rand ...

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 18 newspapers that have been published in the area around Rand.

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

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 helpful 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 Rand:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Rand. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Colorado: https://www.colorado.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<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>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.
<5>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Rand) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Rand. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.4539, Longitude: -106.1814       In this case, the coordinates for Rand have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>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 Rand, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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