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 Buckboard Crossing (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 Buckboard Crossing. 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 Buckboard Crossing ...
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 Buckboard Crossing: Buckboard Xing.
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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and 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.
Buckboard Crossing 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 Buckboard Crossing. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Buckboard Crossing:
- Sweetwater County (The home county of Buckboard Crossing)
- The following are listed by their distance from Buckboard Crossing, with the one closest to Buckboard Crossing listed first.
- Washam
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest) - Green River
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green River
- Green River is located in Sweetwater County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,788 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Green River <2>
- James Town
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James Town
- James Town is located in Sweetwater County
- Bryan ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north) - McKinnon
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest) - Little America
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little America
- Little America is located in Sweetwater County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Little America <2>
- Purple Sage
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purple Sage
- Purple Sage is located in Sweetwater County
- Burntfork
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burntfork
- Burntfork is located in Sweetwater County
- Quealy
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quealy
- Quealy is located in Sweetwater County
- Westvaco ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest) - Clearview Acres
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearview Acres
- Clearview Acres is located in Sweetwater County
- Arrowhead Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrowhead Springs
- Arrowhead Springs is located in Sweetwater County
- Daggett County (UT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Buckboard Crossing, with the one closest to Buckboard Crossing listed first.
- Linwood ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south) - Manila
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manila
- Manila is located in Daggett County (UT)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 335 people
- Former names for Manila:
- Chambers
- Lewisallen
- Lucerne
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Manila <2>
- Dutch John
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch John
- Dutch John is located in Daggett County (UT)
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dutch John <2>
- Greendale ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south) - Swett Ranch ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Swett Ranch. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swett Ranch
- Swett Ranch is located in Daggett County (UT)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Buckboard Crossing, see our County-by-County Page for Buckboard Crossing.
Newspapers Published in Buckboard Crossing ...
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 9 newspapers that have been published in the area around Buckboard Crossing.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Buckboard Crossing, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Buckboard Crossing.
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 helpful 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 Buckboard Crossing:
- 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
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Daggett County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Daggett County
- 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 Buckboard Crossing ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Buckboard Crossing.
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 Buckboard Crossing covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Buckboard Crossing, with the one closest to Buckboard Crossing listed first.
- Manila Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Manila Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #77319 <5>
- William's Family Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the William's Family Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2583536 <5>
- Riverview Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)- The Riverview Cemetery has also been known as:
- Green River Cemetery
- Riverview Memorial Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Riverview Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #84112 <5>
- McKinnon Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the McKinnon Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the McKinnon Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #84075 <5>
- Dowds Gravesite
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dowds Gravesite
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #77200 <5>
- McKinnon Cemetery
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the McKinnon Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #84074 <5>
- Burntfork Cemetery
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Burntfork Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #84002 <5>
- Widdop Cemetery
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Widdop Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Widdop Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #84130 <5>
- McGinnis - Bullock Cemetery
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)- To give a relative sense of its location, the McGinnis - Bullock Cemetery is located 19 miles [30.6 km]<4> to the northwest of Mountain View.
- The McGinnis - Bullock Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bullock Cemetery
- McGinnis Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the McGinnis - Bullock Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2152589 <5>
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>
While we didn't find Buckboard Crossing in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Buckboard Crossing.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Buckboard Crossing, with the one closest to Buckboard Crossing listed first.
- Washam
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest) - Green River
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green River
- Green River is located in Sweetwater County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,788 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Green River <2>
- Peru
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north) - Bryan ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north) - Burntfork
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burntfork
- Burntfork is located in Sweetwater County
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Buckboard Crossing. See our List of 1890's Communities around Buckboard Crossing.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Buckboard Crossing. 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> | 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. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Buckboard Crossing) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Buckboard Crossing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.2505, Longitude: -109.6026 In this case, the coordinates for Buckboard Crossing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Buckboard Crossing, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |