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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 Adelaide (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 Adelaide. 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.

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 and doctors 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.

Adelaide is located in Fremont 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 Fremont County: Chaffee, Custer, El Paso, Park, Pueblo, Saguache & Teller.

Below are the counties that are near Adelaide. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Adelaide:

  • Fremont County     (The home county of Adelaide)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Adelaide, with the one closest to Adelaide listed first.
    • Penrose
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Canon City
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Florence
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Brookside
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Brookside is located in Fremont County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookside
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 261 people
    • Lincoln Park
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Lincoln Park is located in Fremont County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Park
    • Williamsburg
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Williamsburg is located in Fremont County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 682 people
    • Prospect Heights
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Prospect Heights is located in Fremont County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect Heights
    • Rockvale
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Buckskin Joe
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Buckskin Joe is located in Fremont County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckskin Joe
    • Coal Creek
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Sunset City
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Sunset City is located in Fremont County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset City
    • Echo
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Echo is located in Fremont County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo
  • Custer County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Adelaide, with the one closest to Adelaide listed first.
    • Wetmore
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Greenwood
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Greenwood is located in Custer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
  • El Paso County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Adelaide, with the one closest to Adelaide listed first.
    • Fort Carson
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Manitou Springs
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Stratmoor
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Stratmoor is located in El Paso County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stratmoor
    • Fountain
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Kelker
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Kelker is located in El Paso County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelker
    • Widefield
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Wigwam
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Wigwam is located in El Paso County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wigwam
    • Cascade
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Colorado Springs
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Colorado Springs is located in El Paso County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colorado Springs
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 482,131 people
      • Former names for Colorado Springs:
      • El Paso
      • Fountain Colony
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Colorado Springs <1>
    • Henkel
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Henkel is located in El Paso County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henkel
    • Chipita Park
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Green Mountain Falls
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Crystola
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Crystola is located in El Paso County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystola
  • Park County
  • Pueblo County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Adelaide, with the one closest to Adelaide listed first.
    • Stone City
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Stone City is located in Pueblo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone City
    • Siloam
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Siloam is located in Pueblo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siloam
    • Pueblo West
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Pinon
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Pinon is located in Pueblo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinon
  • Teller County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Adelaide, with the one closest to Adelaide listed first.
    • Victor
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Goldfield
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Goldfield is located in Teller County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldfield
    • Independence ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Independence is located in Teller County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
    • Cripple Creek
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Divide
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Florissant
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Woodland Park
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)

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

Cemeteries Near Adelaide ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Adelaide.

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 Adelaide - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Adelaide covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Upper Beaver Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Abbey Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Victor Sunnyside Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victor Sunnyside Cemetery
    • The Victor Sunnyside Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Sunnsyside Cemetery
    • Victor City Cemetery
  • Penrose Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Fremont Memory Gardens Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Mountain Vale Memory Gardens
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Greenwood Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • IOOF Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Lakeside Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • San Juan Bautisa Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Union Highland Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Mt. Pisgah Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (24 more) ...
    • Henry Harkins Gravesite
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Spring Creek Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Gillett Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)

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.<3>

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

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

  • Canon City
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Brookside
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Brookside is located in Fremont County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookside
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 261 people
  • Florence
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Williamsburg
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Williamsburg is located in Fremont County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 682 people
  • Rockvale
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Chandler ‑ Historic
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Chandler is located in Fremont County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chandler
  • Coal Creek
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Parkdale
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Parkdale is located in Fremont County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkdale
  • Swallows
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Swallows is located in Pueblo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swallows
  • Wetmore
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
  • Siloam
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Siloam is located in Pueblo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siloam
  • Buttes
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Buttes is located in El Paso County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buttes
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Ivywild
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Ivywild is located in El Paso County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivywild
    • Manitou Springs
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Fountain
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Adelaide. See our List of 1890's Communities around Adelaide.

Newspapers Published in Adelaide ...

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 117 newspapers that have been published in the area around Adelaide.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Adelaide, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Adelaide.

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 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 Adelaide:

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 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.
<3>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 Adelaide, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Adelaide) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.