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Our Genealogy Helper

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 Sheephorn (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 Sheephorn. 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.

Sheephorn is located in Eagle 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 Eagle County: Garfield, Grand, Lake, Pitkin, Routt & Summit.

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

  • Eagle County     (The home county of Sheephorn)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sheephorn, with the one closest to Sheephorn listed first.
    • Bond
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • McCoy
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Avon
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Avon is located in Eagle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,952 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Avon <1>
    • Wolcott
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Edwards
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Vail
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Vail is located in Eagle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vail
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,489 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vail <1>
    • Beaver Creek
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Bighorn
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Bighorn is located in Eagle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bighorn
    • Minturn
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Burns
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Astor City ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Astor City is located in Eagle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Astor City
    • Eagle
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Grand County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sheephorn, with the one closest to Sheephorn listed first.
    • Kremmling
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Parshall
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Hot Sulphur Springs
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
  • Routt County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sheephorn, with the one closest to Sheephorn listed first.
    • Egeria
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Egeria is located in Routt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egeria
    • Toponas
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Yampa
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Summit County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sheephorn, with the one closest to Sheephorn listed first.
    • Heeney
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Silverthorne
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Wildernest
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Dillon
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Frisco
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)

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

Cemeteries Near Sheephorn ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sheephorn.

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 Sheephorn - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Sheephorn Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Kremmling Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kremmling Cemetery
    • The Kremmling Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Riverside Cemetery
  • McCoy Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • King Family Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • The King Family Cemetery is located on private property - be sure to secure permission before visiting.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King Family Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the King Family Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<2> to the east of Kremmling.
    • The King Family Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Troublesome Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2571525 <3>
  • Burtcher Gravesite
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burtcher Gravesite
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Burtcher Gravesite is located 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the south of Parshall.
  • Brett Family Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Edwards Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • River View Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
  • Hot Sulphur Springs Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
  • Greenwood Cemetery
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)

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.<4>

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

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

  • Kremmling
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • McCoy
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Troublesome
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Troublesome is located in Grand County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troublesome
  • Wolcott
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Avon
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Avon is located in Eagle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,952 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Avon <1>
  • Edwards
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Egeria
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Egeria is located in Routt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egeria
  • Minturn
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
  • Toponas
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Hot Sulphur Springs
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
  • Eagle
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Gilman ‑ Historic
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Gilman is located in Eagle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilman
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Belden
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Belden is located in Eagle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belden
    • Red Cliff
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Frisco
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)

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

Newspapers Published in Sheephorn ...

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 32 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sheephorn.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sheephorn, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Sheephorn.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Sheephorn:

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>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 from Point A (ie- Sheephorn) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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.
<4>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 Sheephorn, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.