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Goal 8: Maps and Gazetteers


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Goal 8: Learn about Colorado maps and gazetteers.


Choices


ALearn about Colorado maps and gazetteers.


Summary
  1. Learn about Colorado maps in these articles.

    FS—Wiki: Colorado Maps
    AC—Wiki: Colorado Maps

  2. Learn about Colorado gazetteers in this FamilySearch Wiki article.

    FS—Wiki: Colorado Gazetteers

  3. Access interactive maps and atlases of Colorado on the MapsofUS site.
  4. Explore FamilySearch Places to learn about place names in Arizona, from 1861 to present.
  5. Explore a list of Colorado place names on the Denver Public Library site.
  6. Find Colorado towns and communities on the RoadsideThoughts site.

B Explore Colorado maps and gazetteers.


  1. Explore the David Rumsey collection of Colorado maps.
  2. Explore the Perry-Castaneda site for maps of Colorado.
  3. Explore historical Colorado maps on the Historic Map Works site.
  4. Explore the Old Maps Online site for Colorado maps.
  5. Explore the Old Maps of Colorado on the Wikipedia site.
  6. Explore Sanborn Insurance Maps in the Library of Congress.
Exercises







Colorado Counties

Name = FamilySearch; A = Ancestry; L = Linkpendium; G = Genealogy Inc; U = USGenWeb; T=GenealogyTrails; F = Facebook

Adams A L G U T F
Alamosa A L G U T F
Arapahoe A L G U T
Archuleta L G T
Baca L G U T
Bent A L G U T
Boulder A L G U T F
Broomfield L G U T F
Chaffee A L G U T
Cheyenne L G T
Clear Creek A L G T
Conejos A L G U T
Costilla A L G U T
Crowley L G U T
Custer A L G U T
Delta A L G T
Denver A L G U T F
Dolores A L G U T
Douglas L G U T
Eagle L G U T
Elbert L G U T
El Paso A L G U T F
Fremont A L G U T
Garfield L G U T
Gilpin A L G T
Grand L G U T
Gunnison L G U T
Hinsdale A L G U T
Huerfano L G U T
Jackson L G U T
Jefferson A L G TF
Kiowa L G U T
Kit Carson L G U T
Lake A L G U T
La Plata A L G U T
Larimer A L G U T F
Las Animas A L G U T
Lincoln L G U T
Logan A L G U T
Lowndes L G
Macon L G U T
Madison L G U T
Mesa A L G U T
Mineral L G U T
Moffat L G T
Montezuma L G U T
Montrose A L G U T F
Morgan L G U T
Otero L G U T
Ouray L G U T
Park L G U T
Phillips A L G U T
Pitkin A L G U T
Prowers L G U T
Pueblo A L G U T
Rio Blanco L G U T
Rio Grande L G U T
Routt L G U T
Saguache L G U T
San Juan L G U T
San Miguel L G U T
Sedgewick A L G U T
Summit L G U T
Teller A L G U T
Washington A L G U T
Weld A L G U T
Yuma A L G U T

Click here for a printable map of counties.