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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 Arrowhead (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 Arrowhead. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Arrowhead is located in Larimer 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 Larimer County: Boulder, Grand, Jackson, Weld, Albany (WY) & Laramie (WY).

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

  • Larimer County     (The home county of Arrowhead)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Arrowhead, with the one closest to Arrowhead listed first.
    • Fort Collins
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Timnath
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Laporte
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Kerns
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Kerns is located in Larimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerns
    • Stout ‑ Historic
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Stout is located in Larimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stout
    • Wellington
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Bellvue
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Horsetooth Heights
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Horsetooth Heights is located in Larimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horsetooth Heights
    • Waverly
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Waverly is located in Larimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly
    • Masonville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Loveland
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Bulger
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Bulger is located in Larimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bulger
    • Campion
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Campion is located in Larimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campion
  • Boulder County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Arrowhead, with the one closest to Arrowhead listed first.
    • Noland
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Noland is located in Boulder County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noland
    • Lyons
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Lyons is located in Boulder County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyons
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,058 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lyons <1>
    • Hygiene
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Longmont
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
  • Weld County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Arrowhead, with the one closest to Arrowhead listed first.
    • Severance
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Windsor
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Windsor is located in Weld County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 27,659 people
      • Former names for Windsor:
      • New Liberty
      • New Windsor
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Windsor <1>
    • Pierce
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Ault
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Nunn
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Eaton
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Johnstown
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Lucerne
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Dover
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Dover is located in Weld County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
    • Greeley
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Hillsboro
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Hillsboro is located in Weld County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsboro
    • Milliken
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Evans
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)

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

Cemeteries Near Arrowhead ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Arrowhead.

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

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

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

  • Roselawn Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Timnath Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Harmony Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Grandview Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Laporte Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Resthaven Memory Gardens
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Reu Family Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • U S Soldier Grave
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Kinnison Family Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Lakeview Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Lakeview Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Windsor.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #277751 <2>
  • Highland Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Lory State Park Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (67 more) ...
    • Patterson Grave
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Bardwell Family Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Rhodes Family Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)

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

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

  • Fort Collins
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Timnath
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Stout ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Stout is located in Larimer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stout
  • Laporte
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Bellvue
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Windsor
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Windsor is located in Weld County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 27,659 people
    • Former names for Windsor:
    • New Liberty
    • New Windsor
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Windsor <1>
  • Loveland
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Pierce
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Eaton
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Berthoud
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Hillsboro
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Hillsboro is located in Weld County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsboro
  • Greeley
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Dover
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Dover is located in Weld County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
    • Livermore
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Evans
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)

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

Newspapers Published in Arrowhead ...

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 26 newspapers that have been published in the area around Arrowhead.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Arrowhead, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Arrowhead.

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 helpful 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 Arrowhead:

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