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 Stringtown (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 Stringtown. 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.
Stringtown is located in Lake 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 Lake County: Chaffee, Eagle, Park, Pitkin & Summit.
Below are the counties that are near Stringtown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Stringtown:
- Lake County (The home county of Stringtown)
- The following are listed by their distance from Stringtown, with the one closest to Stringtown listed first.
- Leadville
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Malta ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Malta is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malta
- Oro City ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Oro City is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oro City
- Twin Lakes
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Climax ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Climax is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Climax
- Low Pass ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Low Pass is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Low Pass
- Chaffee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stringtown, with the one closest to Stringtown listed first.
- Granite
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Hawkinsville ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Hawkinsville is located in Chaffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawkinsville
- Vicksburg ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Vicksburg is located in Chaffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vicksburg
- Vicksburg has also been known as:
- Vicksburg Mining Camp
- Banker Mine ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Banker Mine is located in Chaffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banker Mine
- Pine Creek
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Pine Creek is located in Chaffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Creek
- Winfield ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Winfield is located in Chaffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winfield
- Americus
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Americus is located in Chaffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Americus
- Buena Vista
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Eagle County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stringtown, with the one closest to Stringtown listed first.
- Mitchell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Mitchell is located in Eagle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell
- Camp Hale ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Camp Hale is located in Eagle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Hale
- Pando ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Pando is located in Eagle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pando
- Holy Cross City ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Holy Cross City is located in Eagle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Cross City
- Red Cliff
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Gilman ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Gilman is located in Eagle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilman
- Troutville ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Troutville is located in Eagle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troutville
- Astor City ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Astor City is located in Eagle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Astor City
- Minturn
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Bighorn
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Bighorn is located in Eagle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bighorn
- Beaver Creek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Vail
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Ruedi ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Ruedi is located in Eagle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruedi
- Gunnison County
- Pieplant ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Pieplant is located in Gunnison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pieplant
- Pieplant has also been known as:
- Pie Plant
- Pieplant Mill
- Park County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stringtown, with the one closest to Stringtown listed first.
- Horseshoe ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Horseshoe is located in Park County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horseshoe
- Park City ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Park City is located in Park County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park City
- Buckskin Joe ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Buckskin Joe is located in Park County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckskin Joe
- Alma Junction
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Alma Junction is located in Park County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma Junction
- Alma
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Fairplay
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Como
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Jefferson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Pitkin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stringtown, with the one closest to Stringtown listed first.
- Independence ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Independence is located in Pitkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
- Independence has also been known as:
- Chipeta
- Farwell
- Hunter's Pass
- Mammoth City
- Mount Hope
- Sparkill
- Norrie
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Norrie is located in Pitkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norrie
- Biglow
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Biglow is located in Pitkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biglow
- Ruby ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ruby is located in Pitkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruby
- Thomasville ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Thomasville is located in Pitkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomasville
- Lenado ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Lenado is located in Pitkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenado
- Meredith
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Aspen
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Ashcroft ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Ashcroft is located in Pitkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashcroft
- Former names for Ashcroft:
- Castle Forks City
- Chloride
- Woody Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Summit County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stringtown, with the one closest to Stringtown listed first.
- Kokomo ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Kokomo is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kokomo
- Mayflower Gulch ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mayflower Gulch is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayflower Gulch
- Blue River
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Blue River is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue River
- Population from the 2020 Census: 928 people
- Copper Mountain
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Breckenridge
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Dyersville ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Dyersville is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyersville
- Wild Irishman ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Wild Irishman is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wild Irishman
- Wild Irishman has also been known as:
- Preston Mill
- Preston
- Frisco
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Swandyke ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Swandyke is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swandyke
- Wildernest
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Dillon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Keystone
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rexford ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rexford is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rexford
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Stringtown, see our County-by-County Page for Stringtown.
Cemeteries Near Stringtown ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Stringtown.
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 Stringtown - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Stringtown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Stringtown, with the one closest to Stringtown listed first.
- Leadville City Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Evergreen Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Leadville.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #57260 <2>
- Odd Fellows Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Leadville Hebrew Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leadville Hebrew Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Leadville Hebrew Cemetery is located outside and to the west of Leadville.
- The Leadville Hebrew Cemetery has also been known as:
- Hebrew Cemetery of Leadville
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2209837 <2>
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Joseph Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Joseph Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Leadville.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #57530 <2>
- Mt. Holy Cross Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Granite Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Gold Park Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Park City Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Buckskin Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Dudley Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Windfield Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Old Fairplay Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Fairplay Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
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.<3>
While we didn't find Stringtown in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Stringtown.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Stringtown, with the one closest to Stringtown listed first.
- Leadville
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Malta ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Malta is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malta
- Oro City ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Oro City is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oro City
- Birdseye
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Birdseye is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdseye
- Mitchell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Mitchell is located in Eagle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell
- Twin Lakes
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Climax ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Climax is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Climax
- Granite
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Pando ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Pando is located in Eagle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pando
- Alma
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Kokomo ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Kokomo is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kokomo
- Holy Cross City ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Holy Cross City is located in Eagle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Cross City
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Nast
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Nast is located in Pitkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nast
- Fairplay
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Winfield ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Winfield is located in Chaffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winfield
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Stringtown. See our List of 1890's Communities around Stringtown.
Newspapers Published in Stringtown ...
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 54 newspapers that have been published in the area around Stringtown.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Stringtown, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Stringtown.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Stringtown:
- Websites specific to Colorado
- Pages specific to Lake County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Chaffee County
- Eagle County
- Gunnison County
- Park County
- Pitkin County
- Summit County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Colorado
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> | 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 Stringtown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Stringtown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |