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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 Wild Horse (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 Wild Horse. 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.

Wild Horse is located in Cheyenne 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 Cheyenne County: Kiowa, Kit Carson, Lincoln, Greeley (KS) & Wallace (KS).

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

  • Cheyenne County     (The home county of Wild Horse)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wild Horse, with the one closest to Wild Horse listed first.
    • Kit Carson
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Firstview
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Firstview. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Firstview
      • Firstview is located in Cheyenne County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Firstview
      • From Wild Horse to Firstview
  • Kiowa County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wild Horse, with the one closest to Wild Horse listed first.
    • Galatea
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Galatea. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galatea
      • Galatea is located in Kiowa County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Galatea
      • From Wild Horse to Galatea
    • Eads
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Haswell
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Haswell have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haswell
      • Haswell is located in Kiowa County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 74 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Haswell <1>
  • Lincoln County

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

Cemeteries Near Wild Horse ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Wild Horse.

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

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

  • McIntire Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Aroya Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Kit Carson Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Boyero Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Boyero Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Boyero Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Galatea Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Galatea Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Galatea Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Clifford Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Clifford Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Clifford Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Haswell Cemetery
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Haswell Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Haswell Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Eads Pioneer Cemetery
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Eads Cemetery
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Eads Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Eads Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • New Freidonburg Cemetery
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the New Freidonburg Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the New Freidonburg Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Bucklen Cemetery
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bucklen Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bucklen Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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.<6>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Wild Horse had railroad service and no post office.

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

  • Sorrento
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sorrento have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sorrento
    • Sorrento is located in Cheyenne County
  • Kit Carson
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Boyero
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Galatea
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Galatea. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galatea
    • Galatea is located in Kiowa County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Galatea
    • From Wild Horse to Galatea
  • Firstview
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Firstview. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Firstview
    • Firstview is located in Cheyenne County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Firstview
    • From Wild Horse to Firstview
  • Eads
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Haswell
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Haswell have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haswell
    • Haswell is located in Kiowa County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 74 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Haswell <1>

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Wild Horse ...

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 6 newspapers that have been published in the area around Wild Horse.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Wild Horse. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Wild Horse and those printed in the larger area surrounding Wild Horse.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<4> of Wild Horse.

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 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 Wild Horse:

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

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

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>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.
<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>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- Wild Horse) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Wild Horse. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.8260, Longitude: -103.0065    
<5>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.
<6>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 Wild Horse, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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