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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Thomasville. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Thomasville to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Thomasville, please Contact Us.

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 Thomasville (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 Thomasville. 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 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Thomasville is historic, it would have been located within present day Pitkin 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 Pitkin County: Chaffee, Eagle, Garfield, Gunnison, Lake & Mesa.

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

  • Pitkin County     (The home county of Thomasville)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Thomasville, with the one closest to Thomasville listed first.
    • Meredith
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Biglow
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Biglow have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biglow
      • Biglow is located in Pitkin County
    • Norrie
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norrie
      • Norrie is located in Pitkin County
    • Lenado ‑ Historic
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenado
      • Lenado is located in Pitkin County
    • Woody Creek
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Aspen
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Snowmass
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Snowmass Village
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Independence ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
      • Independence is located in Pitkin County
      • Independence has also been known as:
      • Chipeta
      • Farwell
      • Hunter's Pass
      • Mammoth City
      • Mount Hope
      • Sparkill
    • Ashcroft ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashcroft
      • Ashcroft is located in Pitkin County
      • Former names for Ashcroft:
      • Castle Forks City
      • Chloride
    • Ruby ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruby
      • Ruby is located in Pitkin County
  • Chaffee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Thomasville, with the one closest to Thomasville listed first.
    • Banker Mine ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Banker Mine. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banker Mine
      • Banker Mine is located in Chaffee County
    • Winfield ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winfield
      • Winfield is located in Chaffee County
    • Vicksburg ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vicksburg
      • Vicksburg is located in Chaffee County
      • Vicksburg has also been known as:
      • Vicksburg Mining Camp
  • Eagle County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Thomasville, with the one closest to Thomasville listed first.
    • Troutville ‑ Historic
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troutville
      • Troutville is located in Eagle County
    • Holy Cross City ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Cross City
      • Holy Cross City is located in Eagle County
    • Basalt
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Basalt
      • Basalt is located in Eagle County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,183 people
      • Former names for Basalt:
      • Aspen Junction
      • Fryingpan Town
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Basalt <2>
    • Beaver Creek
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Camp Hale ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Hale
      • Camp Hale is located in Eagle County
    • Pando ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pando
      • Pando is located in Eagle County
    • Edwards
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Edwards have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwards
      • Edwards is located in Eagle County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Edwards <2>
    • Astor City ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Astor City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Astor City
      • Astor City is located in Eagle County
    • Gilman ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilman
      • Gilman is located in Eagle County
    • Red Cliff
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • El Jebel
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Eagle
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
  • Garfield County
    • Carbondale
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
  • Gunnison County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Thomasville, with the one closest to Thomasville listed first.
    • Crystal ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal
      • Crystal is located in Gunnison County
    • Pieplant ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pieplant have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pieplant
      • Pieplant is located in Gunnison County
      • Pieplant has also been known as:
      • Pie Plant
      • Pieplant Mill
  • Lake County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Thomasville, with the one closest to Thomasville listed first.
    • Leadville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Oro City ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oro City
      • Oro City is located in Lake County
    • Twin Lakes
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Climax ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Climax
      • Climax is located in Lake County
  • Summit County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Thomasville, with the one closest to Thomasville listed first.
    • Mayflower Gulch ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayflower Gulch
      • Mayflower Gulch is located in Summit County
    • Copper Mountain
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)

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

Newspapers Published in Thomasville ...

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 47 newspapers that have been published in the area around Thomasville.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Thomasville, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Thomasville.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Thomasville:

Cemeteries Near Thomasville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Thomasville.

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

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

  • Red Butte Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Red Butte Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Red Butte Cemetery
  • Ute Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ute Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ute Cemetery
  • Aspen Grove Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Aspen Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Aspen Grove Cemetery
  • Gold Park Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Gold Park Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gold Park Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #57305 <6>
  • Wheatley Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wheatley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wheatley Cemetery
  • Fairview Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Greenwood Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Edwards Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Edwards Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Edwards Cemetery
  • Brett Family Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Brett Family Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brett Family Cemetery
  • River View Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Leadville City Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Leadville City Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Leadville City Cemetery is located in Leadville.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Leadville City Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2360743 <6>
  • Mt. Holy Cross Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (10 more) ...
    • St. Joseph Cemetery
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the St. Joseph Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • 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 our Gazetteer entry for the St. Joseph Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #57530 <6>
    • Evergreen Cemetery
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Leadville Hebrew Cemetery
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Leadville Hebrew Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • 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 our Gazetteer entry for the Leadville Hebrew Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2209837 <6>

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.

Thomasville itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a post office and railroad service.

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

  • Norrie
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norrie
    • Norrie is located in Pitkin County
  • Ruedi ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ruedi have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruedi
    • Ruedi is located in Eagle County
  • Nast
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nast have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nast
    • Nast is located in Pitkin County
  • Lenado ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenado
    • Lenado is located in Pitkin County
  • Woody Creek
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Holy Cross City ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Cross City
    • Holy Cross City is located in Eagle County
  • Aspen
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Basalt
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Basalt
    • Basalt is located in Eagle County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,183 people
    • Former names for Basalt:
    • Aspen Junction
    • Fryingpan Town
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Basalt <2>
  • Emma
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Emma have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emma
    • Emma is located in Pitkin County
  • Malta ‑ Historic
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Malta have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malta
    • Malta is located in Lake County
  • Mitchell
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mitchell have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell
    • Mitchell is located in Eagle County
  • Pando ‑ Historic
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pando
    • Pando is located in Eagle County
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Red Cliff
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Belden
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Belden have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belden
      • Belden is located in Eagle County
    • Gilman ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilman
      • Gilman is located in Eagle County

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

The official website for Pitkin County: www.aspenpitkin.com/

The official website for State of Colorado: https://www.colorado.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Thomasville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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.
<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>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- Thomasville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Thomasville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.3603, Longitude: -106.7025       In this case, the coordinates for Thomasville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>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.




 

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