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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 Steamboat Springs (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 Steamboat Springs. 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.

Name Variations for Steamboat Springs ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Steamboat Springs: Steamboat Spgs. (or less commonly used: Steamboat Spngs. or Steamboat Sprngs.)

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

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 doctors and 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.

Steamboat Springs is located in Routt County and is the County Seat.

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 Routt County: Eagle, Garfield, Grand, Jackson, Moffat, Rio Blanco & Carbon (WY).

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

  • Routt County     (The home county of Steamboat Springs)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Steamboat Springs, with the one closest to Steamboat Springs listed first.
    • Mad Creek
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mad Creek
      • Mad Creek is located in Routt County
    • Trull ‑ Historic
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Trull. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trull
      • Trull is located in Routt County
    • Sidney
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sidney
      • Sidney is located in Routt County
    • Milner
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milner
      • Milner is located in Routt County
    • Clark
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Glen Eden
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Eden
      • Glen Eden is located in Routt County
    • Oak Creek
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Phippsburg
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Hahns Peak
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hahns Peak
      • Hahns Peak is located in Routt County
    • Hayden
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Yampa
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Columbine
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbine
      • Columbine is located in Routt County
    • Toponas
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
  • Jackson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Steamboat Springs, with the one closest to Steamboat Springs listed first.
    • Spicer ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spicer
      • Spicer is located in Jackson County
    • Coalmont
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalmont
      • Coalmont is located in Jackson County
    • Hebron ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
      • Hebron is located in Jackson County
    • Higho
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • 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

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Steamboat Springs ...

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 17 newspapers that have been published in the area around Steamboat Springs.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Steamboat Springs. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Steamboat Springs and those printed in the larger area surrounding Steamboat Springs.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 23 miles [37 km]<3> of Steamboat Springs.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Steamboat Springs:

Cemeteries Near Steamboat Springs ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Steamboat Springs.

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

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

  • Steamboat Springs Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Elk Mtn. Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Deep Creek Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Clark Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Adams Family Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Adams Family Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Adams Family Cemetery
  • Oak Creek Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Hayden Pioneer Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Yampa Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • The Yampa Cemetery has also been known as:
    • South Routt Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Yampa Cemetery
  • Hayden Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
  • Hahns Peak Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Hahns Peak Cemetery is located outside and to the southeast of Hahns Peak.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hahns Peak Cemetery
  • Dead Mexican Park Cemetery
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Dead Mexican Park Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dead Mexican Park 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.<4>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Steamboat Springs had a population of 91 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, Steamboat Springs had a population of 13,169 people.

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

  • Sidney
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sidney
    • Sidney is located in Routt County
  • Trull ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Trull. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trull
    • Trull is located in Routt County
  • Clark
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Hahns Peak
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hahns Peak
    • Hahns Peak is located in Routt County
  • Hayden
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
  • Higho
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • 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
  • Toponas
    (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 Steamboat Springs. See our List of 1890's Communities around Steamboat Springs.

The official website for Steamboat Springs: www.ci.steamboat.co.us/

The official website for Routt County: www.co.routt.co.us/

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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Steamboat Springs) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Steamboat Springs. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.4875, Longitude: -106.8298    
<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 Steamboat Springs, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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