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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 Silver Cliff (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 Silver Cliff. 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.

Silver Cliff is located in Custer 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 Custer County: Fremont, Huerfano, Pueblo & Saguache.

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

  • Custer County     (The home county of Silver Cliff)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Silver Cliff, with the one closest to Silver Cliff listed first.
    • Westcliffe
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Querida ‑ Historic
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Querida
      • Querida is located in Custer County
      • Querida has also been known as:
      • Bassick
      • Querida Junction
    • Rosita
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosita
      • Rosita is located in Custer County
    • Ula ‑ Historic
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ula
      • Ula is located in Custer County
    • Wetmore
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wetmore have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wetmore
      • Wetmore is located in Custer County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wetmore <1>
  • Fremont County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Silver Cliff, with the one closest to Silver Cliff listed first.
    • Hillside
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hillside have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside
      • Hillside is located in Fremont County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hillside <1>
    • Sunset City
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunset City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset City
      • Sunset City is located in Fremont County
    • Coal Creek
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Rockvale
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Williamsburg
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Williamsburg have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg
      • Williamsburg is located in Fremont County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 682 people
    • Cotopaxi
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Brookside
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brookside have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookside
      • Brookside is located in Fremont County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 261 people
    • Lincoln Park
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lincoln Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Park
      • Lincoln Park is located in Fremont County
    • Prospect Heights
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Prospect Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect Heights
      • Prospect Heights is located in Fremont County
    • Buckskin Joe
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckskin Joe
      • Buckskin Joe is located in Fremont County
    • Canon City
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Florence
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Coaldale
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Huerfano County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Silver Cliff, with the one closest to Silver Cliff listed first.
    • Bradford
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bradford have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford
      • Bradford is located in Huerfano County
    • Gardner
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Red Wing
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
  • Pueblo County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Silver Cliff, with the one closest to Silver Cliff listed first.
    • Beulah
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beulah have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah
      • Beulah is located in Pueblo County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Beulah <1>
    • Beulah Valley
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beulah Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah Valley
      • Beulah Valley is located in Pueblo County
    • Siloam
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Siloam have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siloam
      • Siloam is located in Pueblo County
    • Rye
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rye
      • Rye is located in Pueblo County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 253 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rye <1>
  • Saguache County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Silver Cliff, with the one closest to Silver Cliff listed first.
    • Crestone
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Duncan ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncan
      • Duncan is located in Saguache County
    • Liberty ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
      • Liberty is located in Saguache County
    • Moffat
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Villa Grove
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Villa Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villa Grove
      • Villa Grove is located in Saguache County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Villa Grove <1>

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Silver Cliff ...

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 41 newspapers that have been published in the area around Silver Cliff.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Silver Cliff. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Silver Cliff and those printed in the larger area surrounding Silver Cliff.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3> of Silver Cliff.

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 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 Silver Cliff:

Cemeteries Near Silver Cliff ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Silver Cliff.

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

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

  • Silver Cliff Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Silver Cliff Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Silver Cliff Cemetery
  • Rosita Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rosita Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rosita Cemetery
  • Hope Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hope Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hope Cemetery
  • Ula Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ula Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ula Cemetery
  • Pines Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Pines Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • The Pines Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Cusacks Cemetery Of The Pines
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pines Cemetery
  • The Pines Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the The Pines Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the The Pines Cemetery
  • Hillside Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hillside Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hillside Cemetery
  • Teton Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Teton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Teton Cemetery
  • Greenwood Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Greenwood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Greenwood Cemetery
  • Cotton Creek Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cotton Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cotton Creek Cemetery
  • Union Highland Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Union Highland Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Union Highland Cemetery
  • Fremont Memory Gardens Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fremont Memory Gardens Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fremont Memory Gardens Cemetery
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...
    • Mountain Vale Memory Gardens
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mountain Vale Memory Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mountain Vale Memory Gardens
    • Lakeside Cemetery
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • IOOF Cemetery
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the IOOF Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the IOOF 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.<6>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Silver Cliff had a population of 546 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, Silver Cliff had a population of 741 people.

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

  • Westcliffe
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Rosita
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosita
    • Rosita is located in Custer County
  • Bradford
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bradford have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford
    • Bradford is located in Huerfano County
  • Crestone
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Fairview
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fairview have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
    • Fairview is located in Custer County
  • Greenwood
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenwood have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
    • Greenwood is located in Custer County
  • Wetmore
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wetmore have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wetmore
    • Wetmore is located in Custer County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wetmore <1>
  • Chandler ‑ Historic
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chandler have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chandler
    • Chandler is located in Fremont County
  • Coal Creek
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Rockvale
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Texas Creek
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Texas Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texas Creek
    • Texas Creek is located in Fremont County
  • Williamsburg
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Williamsburg have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg
    • Williamsburg is located in Fremont County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 682 people
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Cotopaxi
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Echo
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Echo have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo
      • Echo is located in Fremont County
    • Beulah
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beulah have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah
      • Beulah is located in Pueblo County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Beulah <1>

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

The official website for Silver Cliff: www.silvercliffco.com/

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 '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- Silver Cliff) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Silver Cliff. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.1201, Longitude: -105.4099       In this case, the coordinates for Silver Cliff have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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>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 Silver Cliff, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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