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 Point of Rocks (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 Point of Rocks. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Point of Rocks 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 Point of Rocks. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Point of Rocks:
- Sweetwater County (The home county of Point of Rocks)
- The following are listed by their distance from Point of Rocks, with the one closest to Point of Rocks listed first.
- Superior
(10 miles [16.1 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>
- Bitter Creek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bitter Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bitter Creek
- Bitter Creek is located in Sweetwater County
- Sweeney Ranch
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)- 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
- Table Rock
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Table Rock
- Table Rock is located in Sweetwater County
- Reliance
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reliance
- Reliance is located in Sweetwater County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Reliance <1>
- Arrowhead Springs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrowhead Springs
- Arrowhead Springs is located in Sweetwater County
- Rock Springs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Springs
- Rock Springs is located in Sweetwater County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 22,943 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rock Springs <1>
- Quealy
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quealy
- Quealy is located in Sweetwater County
- North Rock Springs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Rock Springs
- North Rock Springs is located in Sweetwater County
- Clearview Acres
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearview Acres
- Clearview Acres is located in Sweetwater County
- Tipton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east) - Purple Sage
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purple Sage
- Purple Sage is located in Sweetwater County
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Point of Rocks, see our County-by-County Page for Point of Rocks.
Newspapers Published in Point of Rocks ...
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 12 newspapers that have been published in the area around Point of Rocks.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Point of Rocks, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Point of Rocks.
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 Point of Rocks:
- 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 Point of Rocks ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Point of Rocks.
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 Point of Rocks covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Point of Rocks, with the one closest to Point of Rocks listed first.
- Rock Springs Municipal Cemetery
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)- The Rock Springs Municipal Cemetery has also been known as:
- Mountain View Cemetery
- Rock Springs Cemetery
- St. Josephs Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rock Springs Municipal Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #84089 <4>
- Rest Haven Memorial Gardens
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)- To give a relative sense of its location, the Rest Haven Memorial Gardens is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of North Rock Springs.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rest Haven Memorial Gardens
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #576425 <4>
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.<5>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Point of Rocks had railroad service and no post office.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Point of Rocks, with the one closest to Point of Rocks listed first.
- Hallville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast) - Black Buttes
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)- 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
- Salt Wells
(10 miles [16.1 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
- Bitter Creek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bitter Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bitter Creek
- Bitter Creek is located in Sweetwater County
- Baxter
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west) - Monell
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east) - Table Rock
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Table Rock
- Table Rock is located in Sweetwater County
- Rock Springs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Springs
- Rock Springs is located in Sweetwater County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 22,943 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rock Springs <1>
- Tipton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Point of Rocks. See our List of 1890's Communities around Point of Rocks.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Point of Rocks. 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Point of Rocks) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Point of Rocks. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.6807, Longitude: -108.7866 |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Point of Rocks, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |