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 Swallows (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 Swallows. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Swallows 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 Swallows. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Swallows:
- Pueblo County (The home county of Swallows)
- The following are listed by their distance from Swallows, with the one closest to Swallows listed first.
- Siloam
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Siloam is located in Pueblo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siloam
- Pueblo West
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Stone City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Stone City is located in Pueblo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone City
- Pueblo
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- 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>
- Salt Creek
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Salt Creek is located in Pueblo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt Creek
- Pinon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pinon is located in Pueblo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinon
- Beulah Valley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Beulah Valley is located in Pueblo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah Valley
- Lombard Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Lombard Village is located in Pueblo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lombard Village
- Beulah
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Vineland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Vineland is located in Pueblo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vineland
- Colorado City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Colorado City is located in Pueblo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colorado City
- Nyberg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Nyberg is located in Pueblo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nyberg
- Custer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Swallows, with the one closest to Swallows listed first.
- Wetmore
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Greenwood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Greenwood is located in Custer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Querida ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Querida is located in Custer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Querida
- Querida has also been known as:
- Bassick
- Querida Junction
- Rosita
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rosita is located in Custer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosita
- El Paso County
- The following are listed by their distance from Swallows, with the one closest to Swallows listed first.
- Henkel
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Henkel is located in El Paso County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henkel
- Wigwam
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Wigwam is located in El Paso County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wigwam
- Fountain
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Fort Carson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Widefield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Fremont County
- The following are listed by their distance from Swallows, with the one closest to Swallows listed first.
- Penrose
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Florence
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Coal Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Rockvale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Williamsburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Williamsburg is located in Fremont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 682 people
- Brookside
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Brookside is located in Fremont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookside
- Population from the 2020 Census: 261 people
- Lincoln Park
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lincoln Park is located in Fremont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Park
- Canon City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Prospect Heights
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Prospect Heights is located in Fremont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect Heights
- Buckskin Joe
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Buckskin Joe is located in Fremont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckskin Joe
- Huerfano County
- Apache City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Apache City is located in Huerfano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apache City
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Swallows, see our County-by-County Page for Swallows.
Cemeteries Near Swallows ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Swallows.
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 Swallows - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Swallows covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Swallows, with the one closest to Swallows listed first.
- Swallows Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Valhalla Memorial Park
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Penrose Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mountain View Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- 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>
- Masonic Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- San Juan Bautisa Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Union Highland Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Roselawn Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Beulah Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Verde Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Upper Beaver Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Fremont Memory Gardens Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Mountain Vale Memory Gardens
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Abbey Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lakeside Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
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 in 1895, Swallows had railroad service and no post office.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Swallows, with the one closest to Swallows listed first.
- Siloam
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Siloam is located in Pueblo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siloam
- Goodnight
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Goodnight is located in Pueblo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodnight
- Wetmore
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Pueblo
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- 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
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Eden is located in Pueblo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
- Greenwood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Greenwood is located in Custer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Salt Creek
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Salt Creek is located in Pueblo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt Creek
- Florence
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pinon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pinon is located in Pueblo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinon
- Coal Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Beulah
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Williamsburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Williamsburg is located in Fremont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 682 people
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Rockvale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Brookside
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Brookside is located in Fremont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookside
- Population from the 2020 Census: 261 people
- Chandler ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Chandler is located in Fremont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chandler
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Swallows. See our List of 1890's Communities around Swallows.
Newspapers Published in Swallows ...
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 36 newspapers that have been published in the area around Swallows.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Swallows, 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 Swallows.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Swallows:
- Websites specific to Colorado
- Pages specific to Pueblo County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Custer County
- El Paso County
- Fremont County
- Huerfano 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> | 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- Swallows) 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 Swallows, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |