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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 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 doctors and 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.

Adelaide is located in Fremont County.

To see how the shape of Colorado's counties 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)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brookside have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookside
      • Brookside is located in Fremont County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 261 people
    • Lincoln Park
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lincoln Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Park
      • Lincoln Park is located in Fremont County
    • Williamsburg
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Williamsburg have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg
      • Williamsburg is located in Fremont County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 682 people
    • Prospect Heights
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Prospect Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect Heights
      • Prospect Heights is located in Fremont County
    • Rockvale
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Buckskin Joe
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckskin Joe
      • Buckskin Joe is located in Fremont County
    • Coal Creek
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Sunset City
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunset City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset City
      • Sunset City is located in Fremont County
    • Echo
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Echo have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo
      • Echo is located in Fremont County
  • 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)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Greenwood. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
      • Greenwood is located in Custer County
  • 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)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stratmoor have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stratmoor
      • Stratmoor is located in El Paso County
    • Fountain
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fountain have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain
      • Fountain is located in El Paso County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 31,017 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fountain <1>
    • Kelker
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kelker have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelker
      • Kelker is located in El Paso County
    • Widefield
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Wigwam
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Wigwam. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wigwam
      • Wigwam is located in El Paso County
    • Cascade
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Colorado Springs
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colorado Springs
      • Colorado Springs is located in El Paso County
      • 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)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Henkel have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henkel
      • Henkel is located in El Paso County
    • Chipita Park
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Green Mountain Falls
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
  • Park County
    • Guffey
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Guffey have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guffey
      • Guffey is located in Park County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Guffey <1>
  • 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)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stone City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone City
      • Stone City is located in Pueblo County
    • Siloam
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Siloam. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siloam
      • Siloam is located in Pueblo County
    • Pueblo West
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pueblo West have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pueblo West
      • Pueblo West is located in Pueblo County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pueblo West <1>
    • Pinon
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinon
      • Pinon is located in Pueblo County
  • 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)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldfield
      • Goldfield is located in Teller County
    • Independence ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Independence have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
      • Independence is located in Teller County
    • Cripple Creek
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Divide
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Divide have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Divide
      • Divide is located in Teller County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Divide <1>
    • Florissant
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Florissant have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florissant
      • Florissant is located in Teller County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Florissant <1>
    • Woodland Park
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodland Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Park
      • Woodland Park is located in Teller County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,151 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Woodland Park <1>

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.

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 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)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Upper Beaver Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Upper Beaver Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Abbey Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Abbey Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Abbey Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Victor Sunnyside Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the 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)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Penrose Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Penrose Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Fremont Memory Gardens Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fremont Memory Gardens Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fremont Memory Gardens Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Mountain Vale Memory Gardens
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mountain Vale Memory Gardens
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mountain Vale Memory Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Greenwood Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Greenwood Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Greenwood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • IOOF Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the IOOF Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the IOOF Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Lakeside Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • San Juan Bautisa Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the San Juan Bautisa Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the San Juan Bautisa Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Union Highland Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Union Highland Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Union Highland Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • 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)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Henry Harkins Gravesite
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Henry Harkins Gravesite. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Spring Creek Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Spring Creek Cemetery
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Spring Creek Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Gillett Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gillett Cemetery
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Gillett Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>

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 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)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brookside have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookside
    • Brookside is located in Fremont County
    • 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)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Williamsburg have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg
    • Williamsburg is located in Fremont County
    • 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)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chandler have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chandler
    • Chandler is located in Fremont County
  • Coal Creek
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Parkdale
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Parkdale have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkdale
    • Parkdale is located in Fremont County
  • Swallows
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Swallows have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swallows
    • Swallows is located in Pueblo County
  • Wetmore
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
  • Siloam
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Siloam. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siloam
    • Siloam is located in Pueblo County
  • Buttes
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Buttes have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buttes
    • Buttes is located in El Paso County
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Ivywild
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ivywild have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivywild
      • Ivywild is located in El Paso County
    • Manitou Springs
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Fountain
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fountain have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain
      • Fountain is located in El Paso County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 31,017 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fountain <1>

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]<6>. 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 like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Adelaide. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Fremont County: www.fremontco.com/

The official website for State of Colorado: https://www.colorado.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>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<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 Adelaide, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>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 from Point A (ie- Adelaide) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Adelaide. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.5600, Longitude: -105.0908       In this case, the coordinates for Adelaide have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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