Pitkin County Free Genealogy Research Information

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Pitkin County Free Genealogy Research Information

Excerpted from Colorado Cemetery Guide, edited by Kay R. Merrill and published by the Colorado Council of Genealogical Societies. If you are aware of other cemeteries in Pitkin County please let me know!
 

Cemetery

Location

History/Status

Ashcroft Cemetery #1

2 mi north of Ashcroft

Public - in use 1879-1890
Abandoned - no records available

Ashcroft Cemetery #2

1.25 mi north of Ashcroft at Elk Mtn Ranch

Private - abt 10 graves
Abandoned - no records available

Aspen Grove Cemetery

Directory

on eastern edge of town of Aspen

Public - 1st marked burial 1879
Still in use - contact Aspen Town Clerk or Ramona Markalunas -- 970-928-7071
Tombstone pictures online.

 

Basalt Cemetery, aka Fairview Cem

1/4 mile east of Town of Basalt

Public - known burial 1888
Still in use

Collins Cemetery

2 miles southeast of Woody Creek

Private - Family, 1st known burial 1879, last known burial 1889
for info contact George Stranahan 

Evergreen Cemetery, aka Ute Cemetery 

 

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See Ute Cemetery

Fairview Cemetery, aka Basalt Cemetery 

 

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See Basalt Cemetery

Hillside Cemetery, aka Redstone Cemetery 

 

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See Redstone Cemetery

Osgood, JC

ashes scattered in Crystal River Valley near Redstone 

 

 

Red Butte Cemetery

About

On Cemetery Lane, 1/2 mile west of Aspen

Oldest marked burial 1874, still in use
Mailing address is PO Box 13, Aspen CO 81611
for info contact Jane Stapleton -- 970-923-6313.
tombstone photos online.

 

Redstone Cemetery

1/4 mile west of Redstone

Public - 1st marked burial 1901, last 1909
10-15 unmarked graves
Abandoned

Reynolds, Dick grave

in Conundrum Gulch southwest of Aspen 

 

single grave
Abandoned

Rural Cemetery #1

SW of Aspen, 2 mi west of Colo 125, on west side of Sievers Mountain near Willow Creek ( SW 30-T10S-R85W) 

 

 

Snowmass Village Cemetery

on Highline Road in Snowmass Village 

 

Barbara Lucks, Sexton -- 970-923-5021 

Thomasville Cemetery

SW of Thomasville

Public - abt 30 graves
no markers remain, used ca 1890-1918 

 

Tourtelotte Cemetery

South of Aspen on Aspen Mtn

Public - Town settled ca 1880
Abandoned - now under ski run

Unknown Grave #1

6 miles SW of Basalt

single grave 

 

Unknown Grave #2

abt 2 miles SW of Thomasville

single grave - died abt 1978
Abandoned

Unknown Grave #3

On South Cunningham Creek (Sec 33-T8S,R82W) 

 

single grave

Ute Cemetery, aka Evergreen Cemetery

Index

SE edge of Aspen on Ute Avenue

Public - established 1879, 1st marked burial 1882
Still in use - contact Aspen Town Clerk, PO Box 356, Aspen CO 81611 
or Aspen Parks Dept. 970-925-3399 
transcription online.

 

Wheatley Cemetery

At Snowmass on Lower River Road

Private - 1st marked burial 1885, last 1967
Occasional use, contact Fierman Arbaney 

 


 

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