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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 Stem Beach (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 Stem Beach. 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 Stem Beach ...

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.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Stem Beach: Stem Bch.

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 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.

Stem Beach is located in Pueblo 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 Pueblo County: Crowley, Custer, El Paso, Fremont, Huerfano, Las Animas, Lincoln & Otero.

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

  • Pueblo County     (The home county of Stem Beach)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stem Beach, with the one closest to Stem Beach listed first.
    • Lombard Village
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Lombard Village is located in Pueblo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lombard Village
    • Salt Creek
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Salt Creek is located in Pueblo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt Creek
    • Pueblo
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Pueblo is located in Pueblo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pueblo
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 112,751 people
      • Former names for Pueblo:
      • Bessemer
      • Central Pueblo
      • South Pueblo
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pueblo <1>
    • Vineland
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Vineland is located in Pueblo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vineland
    • Pueblo West
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Nyberg
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Nyberg is located in Pueblo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nyberg
    • Avondale
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Pinon
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Pinon is located in Pueblo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinon
    • Colorado City
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Colorado City is located in Pueblo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colorado City
    • Beulah Valley
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Beulah Valley is located in Pueblo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah Valley
    • Fort Reynolds
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Fort Reynolds is located in Pueblo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Reynolds
    • Beulah
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Custer County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stem Beach, with the one closest to Stem Beach listed first.
    • Greenwood
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Greenwood is located in Custer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
    • Wetmore
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
  • El Paso County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stem Beach, with the one closest to Stem Beach listed first.
    • Henkel
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Henkel is located in El Paso County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henkel
    • Wigwam
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Wigwam is located in El Paso County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wigwam
  • Fremont County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stem Beach, with the one closest to Stem Beach listed first.
    • Penrose
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Florence
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Coal Creek
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Huerfano County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stem Beach, with the one closest to Stem Beach listed first.
    • Apache City
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Apache City is located in Huerfano County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apache City
    • Lascar
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Lascar is located in Huerfano County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lascar

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

Cemeteries Near Stem Beach ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Stem Beach.

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 Stem Beach - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Valhalla Memorial Park
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Mountain View Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Mountain View Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the southwest of Pueblo.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #57448 <2>
  • Verde Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Roselawn Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Masonic Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Doyle Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Swallows Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Beulah Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Finn Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • San Jose Church Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Brookside Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Penrose Cemetery
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Speed Cemetery
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Butte Cemetery
      (29 miles [46.7 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 Stem Beach in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Stem Beach.

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

  • Goodnight
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Goodnight is located in Pueblo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodnight
  • Salt Creek
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Salt Creek is located in Pueblo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt Creek
  • Pueblo
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Pueblo is located in Pueblo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pueblo
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 112,751 people
    • Former names for Pueblo:
    • Bessemer
    • Central Pueblo
    • South Pueblo
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pueblo <1>
  • Eden
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Eden is located in Pueblo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
  • Baxter
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Baxter is located in Pueblo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baxter
  • Nyberg
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Nyberg is located in Pueblo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nyberg
  • Swallows
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Swallows is located in Pueblo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swallows
  • Pinon
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Pinon is located in Pueblo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinon
  • Beulah
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Siloam
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Siloam is located in Pueblo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siloam
  • Greenhorn
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Greenhorn is located in Pueblo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenhorn
  • Boone
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (8 more) ...
    • Rye
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Rye is located in Pueblo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rye
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 253 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rye <1>
    • Wetmore
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Greenwood
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Greenwood is located in Custer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood

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

Newspapers Published in Stem Beach ...

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 29 newspapers that have been published in the area around Stem Beach.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Stem Beach, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Stem Beach.

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 Stem Beach:

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 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.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Stem Beach) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Stem Beach, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.