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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Squaw Hollow. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Squaw Hollow to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Squaw Hollow, please Contact Us.

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 Squaw Hollow (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 Squaw Hollow. 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 Squaw Hollow ...

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 Squaw Hollow: Squaw Holw. (or less commonly used: Squaw Hlw. or Squaw Hllw.)

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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Squaw Hollow is historic, it would have been located within present day 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 Squaw Hollow. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Squaw Hollow:

  • Sweetwater County     (The home county of Squaw Hollow)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Squaw Hollow, with the one closest to Squaw Hollow listed first.
    • Washam
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Washam have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washam
      • Washam is located in Sweetwater County
    • McKinnon
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McKinnon have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKinnon
      • McKinnon is located in Sweetwater County
    • Green River
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Burntfork
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burntfork
      • Burntfork is located in Sweetwater County
    • James Town
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James Town
      • James Town is located in Sweetwater County
    • Bryan ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bryan have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryan
      • Bryan is located in Sweetwater County
    • Purple Sage
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purple Sage
      • Purple Sage is located in Sweetwater County
    • Little America
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Daggett County (UT)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Squaw Hollow, with the one closest to Squaw Hollow listed first.
    • Linwood ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Linwood. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linwood
      • Linwood is located in Daggett County (UT)
    • Manila
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • 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 <3>
    • Dutch John
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Greendale ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Greendale. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greendale
      • Greendale is located in Daggett County (UT)
    • Swett Ranch ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 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.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swett Ranch
      • Swett Ranch is located in Daggett County (UT)
  • Uintah County (UT)
    • Dyer ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Dyer. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyer
      • Dyer is located in Uintah County (UT)

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

Newspapers Published in Squaw Hollow ...

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 Squaw Hollow.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Squaw Hollow, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Squaw Hollow.

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 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 Squaw Hollow:

Cemeteries Near Squaw Hollow ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Squaw Hollow.

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 Squaw Hollow covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

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.

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

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

  • Washam
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Washam have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washam
    • Washam is located in Sweetwater County
  • Burntfork
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burntfork
    • Burntfork is located in Sweetwater County
  • Green River
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
  • Peru
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Peru have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru
    • Peru is located in Sweetwater County
  • Bryan ‑ Historic
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bryan have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryan
    • Bryan 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 Squaw Hollow. See our List of 1890's Communities around Squaw Hollow.

The official website for Sweetwater County: www.co.sweet.wy.us/

The official website for State of Wyoming: www.wyo.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Squaw Hollow, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>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 from Point A (ie- Squaw Hollow) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Squaw Hollow. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.1636, Longitude: -109.5604       In this case, the coordinates for Squaw Hollow have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>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.




 

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