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 Walden (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 Walden. 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 and 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.

Walden is located in Jackson 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 Jackson County: Grand, Larimer, Routt, Albany (WY) & Carbon (WY).

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

• Jackson County     (The home county of Walden)
  • The following are listed by their distance from Walden, with the one closest to Walden listed first.
  • Brownlee ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownlee
    • Brownlee is located in Jackson County
  • Cowdrey
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowdrey
    • Cowdrey is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cowdrey <1>
  • Northgate
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Northgate have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northgate
    • Northgate is located in Jackson County
  • Higho
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • 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.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Higho
    • Higho is located in Jackson County
  • Hebron ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
    • Hebron is located in Jackson County
  • Kings Canyon
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Canyon
    • Kings Canyon is located in Jackson County
  • Coalmont
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalmont
    • Coalmont is located in Jackson County
  • Rand
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rand have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rand
    • Rand is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rand <1>
  • Gould ‑ Historic
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gould
    • Gould is located in Jackson County
  • Spicer ‑ Historic
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spicer
    • Spicer is located in Jackson County
  • Old Homestead
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Homestead
    • Old Homestead is located in Jackson County
  • Pearl ‑ Historic
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl
    • Pearl is located in Jackson County
• Grand County
  • The following are listed by their distance from Walden, with the one closest to Walden listed first.
  • Dutchtown ‑ Historic
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Dutchtown. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutchtown
    • Dutchtown is located in Grand County
  • Lulu City ‑ Historic
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Lulu City. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lulu City
    • Lulu City is located in Grand County
• Albany County (WY)
  • The following are listed by their distance from Walden, with the one closest to Walden listed first.
  • Foxpark
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Foxpark have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxpark
    • Foxpark is located in Albany County (WY)
  • Jelm
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jelm have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jelm
    • Jelm is located in Albany County (WY)
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jelm <1>
  • Woods Landing
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woods Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Landing
    • Woods Landing is located in Albany County (WY)
  • Keystone
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Keystone have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone
    • Keystone is located in Albany County (WY)
    • Keystone has also been known as:
    • Douglas Creek

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

Newspapers Published in Walden ...

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 4 newspapers that have been published in the area around Walden.

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 either 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 Walden:

• Websites specific to Colorado
  • Jump to Cyndi's List
  • Jump to Family Search
  • Jump to Genealogy Trails
  • Website for the //www.colorado.gov/archives/

• Pages specific to Jackson County
  • Jump to Cyndi's List
  • Jump to Family Search
  • Jump to Genealogy Trails

• Genealogy information for nearby counties
  • Grand County
    • Jump to Cyndi's List
    • Jump to Family Search
    • Jump to Genealogy Trails
  • Albany County
    • Jump to Cyndi's List
    • Jump to Family Search
    • Jump to Genealogy Trails

• Cemetery Information and Directories for Colorado
  • Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Colorado
  • Cyndi's List
  • Cemeteries of Colorado
  • Cemeteries of Jackson County
  • FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Colorado
  • Find-A-Grave: Home Page
  • Interment.net
  • Cemeteries of Colorado

Cemeteries Near Walden ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Walden.

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

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

• Walden Cemetery
  (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Walden Cemetery is located in Walden.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Walden Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2351823 <4>
• Jackson County Cemetery
  (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jackson County Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2171924 <4>
• Tathem Cemetery
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Tathem Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tathem Cemetery
• Glendevey Cemetery
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • The Glendevey Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Mosier Ranch Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Glendevey Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2652373 <4>
• Rand Cemetery
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rand Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #57502 <4>
• Robert Wiliamson Grave
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Robert Wiliamson Grave have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Robert Wiliamson Grave
• Cabin Creek Grave
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cabin Creek Grave have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cabin Creek Grave
• Wangnild Family Cemetery
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wangnild Family Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wangnild Family Cemetery
• Forrester Cemetery
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Forrester Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #57286 <4>
• Roy Sweetland Grave
  (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Roy Sweetland Grave have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Roy Sweetland Grave
• Charles E Williams Grave
  (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Charles E Williams Grave have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Charles E Williams Grave
• Campbell Cemetery
  (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Campbell Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Campbell 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.<5>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Walden had a population of 64 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, Walden had a population of 609 people.

• Higho
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • 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.<3>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Higho
  • Higho is located in Jackson County

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Walden. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

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