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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 Colores (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 Colores. 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 doctors and 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.

Colores is located in Albany County.

To see how the shape of Wyoming's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Albany County: Jackson (CO), Larimer (CO), Carbon, Converse, Laramie & Platte.

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

  • Albany County     (The home county of Colores)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Colores, with the one closest to Colores listed first.
    • The Buttes
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • The Buttes is located in Albany County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Buttes
    • Red Buttes ‑ Historic
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Red Buttes is located in Albany County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Buttes
    • Hermosa
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Hermosa is located in Albany County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermosa
    • Tie Siding
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Sherman ‑ Historic
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Sherman is located in Albany County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherman
      • Sherman has also been known as:
      • Old Sherman
    • Buford
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Laramie
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Harmony
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Harmony is located in Albany County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
    • Howell
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Howell is located in Albany County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howell
    • Wyoming Station ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Wyoming Station is located in Albany County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyoming Station
      • Wyoming Station has also been known as:
      • Wyoming
    • Jelm
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Woods Landing
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Woods Landing is located in Albany County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Landing
  • Laramie County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Colores, with the one closest to Colores listed first.
    • Granite Canon
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Granite Canon is located in Laramie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite Canon
    • Islay
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Islay is located in Laramie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Islay
    • Horse Creek
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Larimer County (CO)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Colores, with the one closest to Colores listed first.
    • Virginia Dale
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Red Feather Lakes
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Manhattan ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Manhattan is located in Larimer County (CO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manhattan
    • Livermore
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)

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

Cemeteries Near Colores ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Colores.

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

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

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

  • Old Sherman Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Greenhill Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Harmony Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Worster Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Overland Trail Stage Station Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Abbey of St. Walburga Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Boyd Family Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Murchland Family Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Virginia Dale Community Church Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Trails End Ranch Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Black Mtn. Ranch Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
  • Roy Sweetland Grave
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...

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.<4>

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

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

  • Red Buttes ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Red Buttes is located in Albany County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Buttes
  • Tie Siding
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Sherman ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Sherman is located in Albany County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherman
    • Sherman has also been known as:
    • Old Sherman
  • Dale Creek
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Dale Creek is located in Albany County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale Creek
  • Laramie
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Buford
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Virginia Dale
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Howell
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Howell is located in Albany County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howell
  • Hecla ‑ Historic
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Hecla is located in Laramie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hecla
  • Granite Canon
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Granite Canon is located in Laramie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite Canon
  • Wyoming Station ‑ Historic
    (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Wyoming Station is located in Albany County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyoming Station
    • Wyoming Station has also been known as:
    • Wyoming
  • Islay
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Islay is located in Laramie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Islay
  • Continue List   (7 more) ...
    • Silver Crown
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Silver Crown is located in Laramie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Crown
    • Horse Creek
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Hatton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Hatton is located in Albany County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatton

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

Newspapers Published in Colores ...

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 48 newspapers that have been published in the area around Colores.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Colores, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Colores.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Colores:

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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Colores) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<4>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 Colores, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.