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 Bitter Creek (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 Bitter Creek. 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.
Name Variations for Bitter Creek ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Bitter Creek: Bitter Crk. (or less commonly used: Bitter Ck. or Bitter Cr.)
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 doctors 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.
Bitter Creek is located in Sweetwater County.
To see how the shape of Wyoming's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Sweetwater County: Moffat (CO), Daggett (UT), Summit (UT), Carbon, Fremont, Lincoln, Sublette & Uinta.
Below are the counties that are near Bitter Creek. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bitter Creek:
- Sweetwater County (The home county of Bitter Creek)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bitter Creek, with the one closest to Bitter Creek listed first.
- Table Rock
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Table Rock
- Table Rock is located in Sweetwater County
- Point of Rocks
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point of Rocks
- Point of Rocks is located in Sweetwater County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Point of Rocks <1>
- Tipton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east) - Red Desert
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Red Desert have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Desert
- Red Desert is located in Sweetwater County
- Sweeney Ranch
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sweeney Ranch have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweeney Ranch
- Sweeney Ranch is located in Sweetwater County
- Superior
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Superior
- Superior is located in Sweetwater County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 312 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Superior <1>
- Frewen ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east) - Wamsutter
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wamsutter
- Wamsutter is located in Sweetwater County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 467 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wamsutter <1>
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Bitter Creek, see our County-by-County Page for Bitter Creek.
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 Bitter Creek:
- Websites specific to Wyoming
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Website for the Wyoming State Archives
- Pages specific to Sweetwater County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wyoming
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Wyoming
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Wyoming
- Cemeteries of Sweetwater County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Wyoming
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Wyoming
Cemeteries Near Bitter Creek ...
We're sorry, but we don't know of any cemeteries in the area around Bitter Creek.
This is a new section of our Gazetteer and we're still collecting data about cemeteries and their location. If you know of a cemetery that should be included, please let us know.
We are looking for information such as the name of the cemetery, its GPS location, whether the cemetery is still in use or if it is historic (ie- defunct, abandoned, etc.). If it applies, we would also like to learn of any past or alternate names that the cemetery has been known by.
If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our collection of Genealogy Websites.
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Bitter Creek had a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Bitter Creek, with the one closest to Bitter Creek listed first.
- Monell
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast) - Black Buttes
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Black Buttes have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Buttes
- Black Buttes is located in Sweetwater County
- Table Rock
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Table Rock
- Table Rock is located in Sweetwater County
- Hallville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest) - Point of Rocks
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point of Rocks
- Point of Rocks is located in Sweetwater County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Point of Rocks <1>
- Tipton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east) - Red Desert
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Red Desert have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Desert
- Red Desert is located in Sweetwater County
- Salt Wells
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Salt Wells have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt Wells
- Salt Wells is located in Sweetwater County
- Frewen ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east) - Baxter
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bitter Creek. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bitter Creek.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Bitter Creek. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Sweetwater County: www.co.sweet.wy.us/
The official website for State of Wyoming: www.wyo.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> | 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. |
| <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 Bitter Creek, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |