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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 Sweeney Ranch (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 Sweeney Ranch. 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 Sweeney Ranch ...

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 Sweeney Ranch: Sweeney Rnch.

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 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.

Sweeney Ranch 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 Sweeney Ranch. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Sweeney Ranch:

  • Sweetwater County     (The home county of Sweeney Ranch)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sweeney Ranch, with the one closest to Sweeney Ranch listed first.
    • Arrowhead Springs
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrowhead Springs
      • Arrowhead Springs is located in Sweetwater County
    • Quealy
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quealy
      • Quealy is located in Sweetwater County
    • Rock Springs
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Clearview Acres
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearview Acres
      • Clearview Acres is located in Sweetwater County
    • Reliance
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Purple Sage
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purple Sage
      • Purple Sage is located in Sweetwater County
    • North Rock Springs
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Rock Springs
      • North Rock Springs is located in Sweetwater County
    • Point of Rocks
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Superior
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Green River
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Bitter Creek
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • 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
    • James Town
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James Town
      • James Town is located in Sweetwater County

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

Newspapers Published in Sweeney Ranch ...

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 21 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sweeney Ranch.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sweeney Ranch, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Sweeney Ranch.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Sweeney Ranch:

Cemeteries Near Sweeney Ranch ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sweeney Ranch.

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 Sweeney Ranch covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Rock Springs Municipal Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Rest Haven Memorial Gardens
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Riverview Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the west)

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>

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

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

  • Baxter
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Baxter have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baxter
    • Baxter is located in Sweetwater County
  • Salt Wells
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • 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
  • Rock Springs
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Black Buttes
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • 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
  • Hallville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hallville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallville
    • Hallville is located in Sweetwater County
  • Point of Rocks
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Green River
    (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
  • Bitter Creek
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • 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
  • Monell
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Monell have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monell
    • Monell 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 Sweeney Ranch. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sweeney Ranch.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Sweeney Ranch. 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 '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- Sweeney Ranch) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Sweeney Ranch. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.4797, Longitude: -109.0112       In this case, the coordinates for Sweeney Ranch have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Sweeney Ranch, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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