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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Balarat. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Balarat to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Balarat, please Contact Us.

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 Balarat (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 Balarat. 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 Balarat ...

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.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.

Other variations include: Ballarat and Ballaret.

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 northwest 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 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Balarat is historic, it would have been located within present day Boulder 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 Boulder County: Adams, Gilpin, Grand, Jefferson, Larimer & Weld.

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

  • Boulder County     (The home county of Balarat)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Balarat, with the one closest to Balarat listed first.
    • Jamestown
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Rowena
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Rowena is located in Boulder County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowena
    • Lazy Acres
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Lazy Acres is located in Boulder County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lazy Acres
    • Gold Hill
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Gold Hill is located in Boulder County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Hill
    • Sunshine
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Sunshine is located in Boulder County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine
    • Salina
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Salina is located in Boulder County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salina
    • Allenspark
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Lyons
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • 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 <2>
    • Wallstreet
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Wallstreet is located in Boulder County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallstreet
    • Ward
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Ward is located in Boulder County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ward
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 168 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ward <2>
    • Noland
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Noland is located in Boulder County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noland
    • Hygiene
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Boulder
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Adams County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Balarat, with the one closest to Balarat listed first.
    • Darlow ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Darlow is located in Adams County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlow
    • Little Texas ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Little Texas is located in Adams County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Texas
    • Northglenn
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Eastlake
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Federal Heights
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Holiday Hills Village
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Thornton
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Westminster
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Hidden Lake
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Hidden Lake is located in Adams County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Lake
    • Sherrelwood
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Sherrelwood is located in Adams County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherrelwood
    • Todd Creek
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Todd Creek is located in Adams County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Todd Creek
    • Western Hills
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Western Hills is located in Adams County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Western Hills
  • Broomfield County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Balarat, with the one closest to Balarat listed first.
    • Broomfield Heights
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Broomfield Heights is located in Broomfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broomfield Heights
    • Broomfield
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
  • Clear Creek County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Balarat, with the one closest to Balarat listed first.
    • Alice
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Alice is located in Clear Creek County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alice
    • Saint Mary's
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Saint Mary's is located in Clear Creek County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Mary's
    • Dumont
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Idaho Springs
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Downieville - Lawson - Dumont
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Downieville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Lawson
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Lawson is located in Clear Creek County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawson
    • Silver Creek ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Silver Creek is located in Clear Creek County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Creek
  • Gilpin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Balarat, with the one closest to Balarat listed first.
    • Rollinsville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • American City ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • American City is located in Gilpin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for American City
    • Apex ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Apex is located in Gilpin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apex
    • Kingston ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Kingston is located in Gilpin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston
    • Black Hawk
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Central City
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Nevadaville ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Nevadaville is located in Gilpin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nevadaville
      • Nevadaville has also been known as:
      • Bald Mountain
      • Nevada City
    • Smith Hill ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Smith Hill is located in Gilpin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Hill
    • Cottonwood
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Cottonwood is located in Gilpin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood
    • Russell Gulch
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Russell Gulch is located in Gilpin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell Gulch
  • Grand County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Balarat, with the one closest to Balarat listed first.
    • Grand Lake
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Fraser
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Tabernash
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Winter Park
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Granby
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Lulu City ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Lulu City is located in Grand County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lulu City
  • Jefferson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Balarat, with the one closest to Balarat listed first.
    • Coal Creek
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Coal Creek is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Creek
    • Twin Spruce
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Twin Spruce is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Spruce
    • Wallace Village
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Wallace Village is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallace Village
    • Oak Park
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Oak Park is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Park
    • Arapahoe ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Arapahoe is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arapahoe
    • Golden
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Golden is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,347 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Golden <2>
    • Arvada
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Arvada is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arvada
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 121,936 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Arvada <2>
    • Applewood Village
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Applewood Village is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Applewood Village
    • Applewood
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Applewood is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Applewood
  • Larimer County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Balarat, with the one closest to Balarat listed first.
    • Big Elk Meadows
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Big Elk Meadows is located in Larimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Elk Meadows
    • Estes Park
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Drake
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Berthoud
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Glen Haven
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Campion
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Campion is located in Larimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campion
    • Loveland
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Masonville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Horsetooth Heights
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Horsetooth Heights is located in Larimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horsetooth Heights
    • Stout ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Stout is located in Larimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stout
  • Weld County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Balarat, with the one closest to Balarat listed first.
    • Highland Lake
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Highland Lake is located in Weld County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Lake
    • Mead
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Frederick
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Dacono
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Firestone
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Johnstown
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Milliken
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
    • Platteville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
    • Wattenberg
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Wattenberg is located in Weld County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wattenberg
    • Hillsboro
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Hillsboro is located in Weld County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsboro

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

Cemeteries Near Balarat ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Balarat.

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

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

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

  • Jamestown Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Gold Hill Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Salina Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Weisner Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Ryssby Church Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Mountain View Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Mountain View Memorial Park
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Niwot Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Columbia Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • St. Francis of Assisi Anglican Church Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Hygiene Cemetery North
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Hygiene Cemetery South
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hygiene Cemetery South
    • The Hygiene Cemetery South has also been known as:
    • Hygiene South Cemetery
  • Continue List   (90 more) ...
    • Charlie Stevens Grave
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Green Mtn. Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Mtn. Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Green Mtn. Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Boulder.
      • The Green Mtn. Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Green Mtn. Memorial Park
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #57314 <3>
    • Valmont Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)

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.

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

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

  • Jamestown
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Springdale
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Springdale is located in Boulder County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale
  • Gold Hill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Gold Hill is located in Boulder County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Hill
  • Sunshine
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Sunshine is located in Boulder County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine
  • Altona ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Altona is located in Boulder County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altona
  • Salina
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Salina is located in Boulder County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salina
  • Crisman
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Crisman is located in Boulder County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crisman
  • Lyons
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • 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 <2>
  • Sunset ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Sunset is located in Boulder County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset
  • Sugarloaf
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Sugarloaf is located in Boulder County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugarloaf
  • Noland
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Noland is located in Boulder County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noland
  • Magnolia
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Magnolia is located in Boulder County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Boulder
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Hygiene
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Valmont
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Valmont is located in Boulder County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valmont

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

Newspapers Published in Balarat ...

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 84 newspapers that have been published in the area around Balarat.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Balarat, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Balarat.

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 Balarat:

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Balarat, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 'straight-line' (or 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- Balarat) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.