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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 Redvale (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 Redvale. 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 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.

Redvale is located in Montrose 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 Montrose County: Delta, Gunnison, Mesa, Ouray, San Miguel & San Juan (UT).

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

  • Montrose County     (The home county of Redvale)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Redvale, with the one closest to Redvale listed first.
    • Pinon
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinon
      • Pinon is located in Montrose County
    • Naturita
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Mountain View
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mountain View have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
      • Mountain View is located in Montrose County
    • Ute
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ute
      • Ute is located in Montrose County
    • Nucla
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nucla have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nucla
      • Nucla is located in Montrose County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 688 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nucla <1>
    • Vancorum
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vancorum
      • Vancorum is located in Montrose County
    • Uravan ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uravan
      • Uravan is located in Montrose County
    • Bedrock
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bedrock have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bedrock
      • Bedrock is located in Montrose County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bedrock <1>
  • San Miguel County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Redvale, with the one closest to Redvale listed first.
    • Norwood
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Placerville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Sawpit
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawpit
      • Sawpit is located in San Miguel County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 38 people
      • Sawpit has also been known as:
      • Saw Pit
    • Slick Rock
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Vanadium ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanadium
      • Vanadium is located in San Miguel County

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Redvale ...

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 6 newspapers that have been published in the area around Redvale.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Redvale. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Redvale and those printed in the larger area surrounding Redvale.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<3> of Redvale.

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 Redvale:

Cemeteries Near Redvale ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Redvale.

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

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

  • Coventry Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Coventry Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Coventry Cemetery
  • Norwood Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Nucla Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Nucla Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Nucla Cemetery
  • Nash Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Nash Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Nash Cemetery

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.<5>

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

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

  • Norwood
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Naturita
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Placerville
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Leonard ‑ Historic
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leonard have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leonard
    • Leonard is located in San Miguel County
  • Bedrock
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bedrock have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bedrock
    • Bedrock is located in Montrose County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bedrock <1>

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

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

The official website for Montrose County: www.co.montrose.co.us/

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

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 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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Redvale) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Redvale. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.1750, Longitude: -108.4173       In this case, the coordinates for Redvale have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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>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 Redvale, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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