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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 Whitehorn (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 Whitehorn. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.

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 north 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.

Whitehorn is located in Fremont 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 Fremont County: Chaffee, Custer, El Paso, Park, Pueblo, Saguache & Teller.

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

  • Fremont County     (The home county of Whitehorn)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Whitehorn, with the one closest to Whitehorn listed first.
    • Wellsville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Wellsville is located in Fremont County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellsville
    • Calcite ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Calcite is located in Fremont County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calcite
    • Howard
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Vallie
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Vallie is located in Fremont County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vallie
    • Coaldale
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Cotopaxi
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Echo
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Echo is located in Fremont County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo
    • Hillside
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Sunset City
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Sunset City is located in Fremont County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset City
  • Chaffee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Whitehorn, with the one closest to Whitehorn listed first.
    • Turret ‑ Historic
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Turret is located in Chaffee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turret
    • Salida
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Belleview
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Belleview is located in Chaffee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleview
    • Cleora
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Cleora is located in Chaffee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleora
    • Browns Canon
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Browns Canon is located in Chaffee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browns Canon
    • Nathrop
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Poncha Springs
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Johnson Village
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Maysville ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Maysville is located in Chaffee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maysville
    • Mears Junction
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Mears Junction is located in Chaffee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mears Junction
    • Buena Vista
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Americus
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Americus is located in Chaffee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Americus
    • Monarch
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
  • Gunnison County
    • Whitepine
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Whitepine is located in Gunnison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitepine
      • Whitepine has also been known as:
      • White Pine
  • Park County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Whitehorn, with the one closest to Whitehorn listed first.
    • Guffey
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Hartsel
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Pike - San Isabel Village
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
  • Saguache County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Whitehorn, with the one closest to Whitehorn listed first.
    • Villa Grove
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Bonanza
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Bonanza is located in Saguache County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonanza
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 21 people
    • Kerper City
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Kerper City is located in Saguache County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerper City

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

Cemeteries Near Whitehorn ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Whitehorn.

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 Whitehorn - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Fairview Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Cleora Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Woodlawn Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Centerville Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Poncha Springs Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Howard Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Mt. Olivet Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Buffalo Springs Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
  • Hartsel Cemetery
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
  • Tomichi Cemetery
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
  • Villa Grove Cemetery
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
  • Hillside Cemetery
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
  • White Pine Cemetery
    (29 miles [46.7 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.<3>

While we didn't find Whitehorn in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Whitehorn.

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

  • Salida
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Browns Canon
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Browns Canon is located in Chaffee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browns Canon
  • Belleview
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Belleview is located in Chaffee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleview
  • Cleora
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Cleora is located in Chaffee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleora
  • Wellsville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Wellsville is located in Fremont County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellsville
  • Nathrop
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Poncha Springs
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Howard
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Maysville ‑ Historic
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Maysville is located in Chaffee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maysville
  • Mears Junction
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Mears Junction is located in Chaffee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mears Junction
  • Vallie
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Vallie is located in Fremont County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vallie
  • Buena Vista
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Alder ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Alder is located in Saguache County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alder
    • Coaldale
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Cotopaxi
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)

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

Newspapers Published in Whitehorn ...

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 44 newspapers that have been published in the area around Whitehorn.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Whitehorn, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Whitehorn.

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 Whitehorn:

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 Whitehorn, 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 from Point A (ie- Whitehorn) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.