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 Adams City (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 Adams City. 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 Adams City ...
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.
While the name of this community is Adams City, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Adams City may originally have been Adam's City.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Adams City might be written as Adam City.
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 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.
Adams City is located in Adams County.
To see how the shape of Colorado's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Adams County: Arapahoe, Boulder, Denver, Jefferson, Morgan, Washington & Weld.
Below are the counties that are near Adams City. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Adams City:
- Adams County (The home county of Adams City)
- The following are listed by their distance from Adams City, with the one closest to Adams City listed first.
- Derby
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Derby is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby
- Dupont
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Welby
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Welby is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welby
- North Washington
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- North Washington is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Washington
- Sherrelwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Sherrelwood is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherrelwood
- Western Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Western Hills is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Western Hills
- Twin Lakes
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Twin Lakes is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
- Federal Heights
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Holiday Hills Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Berkley
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Berkley is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkley
- Hidden Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Hidden Lake is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Lake
- Westminster
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Arapahoe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Adams City, with the one closest to Adams City listed first.
- Colfax Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Colfax Village is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colfax Village
- Glendale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Altura
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Altura is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altura
- Aurora
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Old Towne
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Old Towne is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Towne
- Havana Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Havana Village is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havana Village
- Hallcrafts Village East
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sableridge
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sableridge is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sableridge
- Settlers Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Settlers Village is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Settlers Village
- Somerset Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Somerset Village is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerset Village
- Cherry Hills Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Englewood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Boulder County
- The following are listed by their distance from Adams City, with the one closest to Adams City listed first.
- Lafayette
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Superior
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Erie
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Louisville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Canfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Canfield is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canfield
- Eldorado Springs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Valmont
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Valmont is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valmont
- Pleasant View Ridge
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Pleasant View Ridge is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View Ridge
- Gunbarrel
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Gunbarrel is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gunbarrel
- Boulder
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Niwot
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Crescent Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Crescent Village is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent Village
- Broomfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Adams City, with the one closest to Adams City listed first.
- Broomfield Heights
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Broomfield Heights is located in Broomfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broomfield Heights
- Broomfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Clear Creek County
- Brookvale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Brookvale is located in Clear Creek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookvale
- Denver County
- The following are listed by their distance from Adams City, with the one closest to Adams City listed first.
- Sandown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Sandown is located in Denver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandown
- Montbello
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Denver
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Denver is located in Denver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denver
- Population from the 2020 Census: 735,538 people
- Former names for Denver:
- Auraina
- Denver City
- Montana City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Denver <2>
- Cherry Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Cherry Creek is located in Denver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Creek
- West Denver
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- West Denver is located in Denver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Denver
- Douglas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Adams City, with the one closest to Adams City listed first.
- Acres Green
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Highlands Ranch
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Cottonwood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Cottonwood is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood
- Gateway
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Gateway is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gateway
- Heritage Hills
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Heritage Hills is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Hills
- Meridian
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Meridian is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meridian
- Carriage Club
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Carriage Club is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carriage Club
- Grand View Estates
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Grand View Estates is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand View Estates
- Lone Tree
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Stonegate
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Stonegate is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonegate
- Parker
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cherry Creek Highlands
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Gilpin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Adams City, with the one closest to Adams City listed first.
- Cottonwood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Cottonwood is located in Gilpin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood
- Smith Hill ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Smith Hill is located in Gilpin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Hill
- Black Hawk
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Adams City, with the one closest to Adams City listed first.
- Lakeside
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mountain View
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mountain View is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
- Population from the 2020 Census: 549 people
- Edgewater
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Arvada
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Wallace Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Wallace Village is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallace Village
- Wheat Ridge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Park
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Oak Park is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Park
- Lakewood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Applewood Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Applewood Village is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Applewood Village
- East Pleasant View
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- East Pleasant View is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Pleasant View
- Applewood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Applewood is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Applewood
- Arapahoe ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Arapahoe is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arapahoe
- Weld County
- The following are listed by their distance from Adams City, with the one closest to Adams City listed first.
- Wattenberg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Wattenberg is located in Weld County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wattenberg
- Lochbuie
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lochbuie is located in Weld County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lochbuie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,885 people
- Dacono
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Fort Lupton
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Frederick
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Aristocrat Ranchettes
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Firestone
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Hudson
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Platteville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Highland Lake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Highland Lake is located in Weld County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Lake
- Keenesburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mead
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Adams City, see our County-by-County Page for Adams City.
Cemeteries Near Adams City ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Adams City.
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.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Adams City - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Adams City covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Adams City, with the one closest to Adams City listed first.
- Rose Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Riverside Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Olinger Highland Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olinger Highland Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Olinger Highland Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<4> to the southwest of Thornton.
- The Olinger Highland Cemetery has also been known as:
- Highland Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #453365 <3>
- Highland Memorial Gardens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Belleview Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleview Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Belleview Cemetery is located in Westminster.
- The Belleview Cemetery has also been known as:
- Pillar of Fire Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2143601 <3>
- Mt. Nebo Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wesley Chapel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- St. Clair Ross Memorial Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Emanuel Cemetery at Fairmount
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Fairmount Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Arvada Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Crown Hill Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (66 more) ...
- Broomfield County Commons Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Olinger Eastlawn Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olinger Eastlawn Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Olinger Eastlawn Cemetery is located in Thornton.
- The Olinger Eastlawn Cemetery has also been known as:
- Eastlawn Memorial Gardens
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #57246 <3>
- Elmwood Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
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 Adams City in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Adams City.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Adams City, with the one closest to Adams City listed first.
- Denver
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Denver is located in Denver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denver
- Population from the 2020 Census: 735,538 people
- Former names for Denver:
- Auraina
- Denver City
- Montana City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Denver <2>
- West Denver
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- West Denver is located in Denver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Denver
- Cotton Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cotton Creek is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Creek
- Semper
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Semper is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Semper
- Arvada
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Aurora
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Sullivan
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Sullivan is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sullivan
- Broomfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Fort Logan ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fort Logan is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Logan
- Dick
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Dick is located in Weld County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dick
- Lafayette
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Vrains
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Saint Vrains is located in Weld County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Vrains
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Littleton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Erie
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Louisville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Adams City. See our List of 1890's Communities around Adams City.
Newspapers Published in Adams City ...
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 415 newspapers that have been published in the area around Adams City.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Adams City, there are papers which were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Adams City.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Adams City:
- Websites specific to Colorado
- Pages specific to Adams County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Arapahoe County
- Boulder County
- Broomfield County
- Clear Creek County
- Denver County
- Douglas County
- Gilpin County
- Jefferson County
- Weld County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Colorado
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Adams City) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Adams City, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |