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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 Algonquin Acres (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 Algonquin Acres. 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 northwest 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 north.

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 north 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.

Algonquin Acres is located in Arapahoe 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 Arapahoe County: Adams, Denver, Douglas, Elbert, Jefferson, Lincoln & Washington.

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

  • Arapahoe County     (The home county of Algonquin Acres)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Algonquin Acres, with the one closest to Algonquin Acres listed first.
    • Foxfield
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Foxfield is located in Arapahoe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxfield
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 771 people
    • Centennial
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Castlewood
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Castlewood is located in Arapahoe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castlewood
    • Greenwood Village
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Hallcrafts Village East
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Sableridge
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Somerset Village
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Somerset Village is located in Arapahoe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerset Village
    • Cherry Knolls
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Southglenn
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Southglenn is located in Arapahoe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southglenn
    • Havana Village
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Havana Village is located in Arapahoe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havana Village
    • Old Towne
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Old Towne is located in Arapahoe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Towne
    • Cherry Hills Village
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Adams County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Algonquin Acres, with the one closest to Algonquin Acres listed first.
    • Friendly Village
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Friendly Village is located in Adams County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendly Village
    • Hillcrest Village
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Hillcrest Village is located in Adams County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest Village
    • Watkins
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Adams City
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Adams City is located in Adams County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams City
    • North Washington
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • North Washington is located in Adams County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Washington
    • Derby
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Derby is located in Adams County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby
    • Dupont
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Berkley
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Welby
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Hidden Lake
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Hidden Lake is located in Adams County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Lake
    • Sherrelwood
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Sherrelwood is located in Adams County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherrelwood
    • Twin Lakes
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Boulder County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Algonquin Acres, with the one closest to Algonquin Acres listed first.
    • Superior
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Lafayette
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Louisville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Broomfield County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Algonquin Acres, with the one closest to Algonquin Acres listed first.
    • Broomfield Heights
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Broomfield Heights is located in Broomfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broomfield Heights
    • Broomfield
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Denver County
  • Douglas County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Algonquin Acres, with the one closest to Algonquin Acres listed first.
    • Cottonwood
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Cottonwood is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood
    • Grand View Estates
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Grand View Estates is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand View Estates
    • Meridian
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Meridian is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meridian
    • Stonegate
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Stonegate is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonegate
    • Acres Green
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Heritage Hills
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Heritage Hills is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Hills
    • Gateway
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Gateway is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gateway
    • Lone Tree
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Parker
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Pine Valley
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Pine Valley is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Valley
    • Carriage Club
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Carriage Club is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carriage Club
    • Cherry Creek Highlands
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Elbert County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Algonquin Acres, with the one closest to Algonquin Acres listed first.
    • Ponderosa Park
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Ponderosa Park is located in Elbert County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponderosa Park
    • Elizabeth
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Kiowa
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Elbert
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Jefferson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Algonquin Acres, with the one closest to Algonquin Acres listed first.
    • Columbine
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Columbine is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbine
    • Archer
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Archer is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archer
    • Lakewood
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Ken Caryl
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Edgewater
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Lakeside
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Mountain View
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Mountain View is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 549 people
    • Wheat Ridge
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Green Mountain Village
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Applewood Village
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Applewood Village is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Applewood Village
    • Arvada
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • East Pleasant View
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • East Pleasant View is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Pleasant View
  • Weld County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Algonquin Acres, with the one closest to Algonquin Acres listed first.
    • Lochbuie
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Lochbuie is located in Weld County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lochbuie
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,885 people
    • Wattenberg
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)

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

Cemeteries Near Algonquin Acres ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Algonquin Acres.

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 Algonquin Acres - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

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 Algonquin Acres in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Algonquin Acres.

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

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

Newspapers Published in Algonquin Acres ...

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 58 newspapers that have been published in the area around Algonquin Acres.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Algonquin Acres, 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 Algonquin Acres.

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 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 Algonquin Acres:

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 Algonquin Acres, 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- Algonquin Acres) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.