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 Barr Lake (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 Barr Lake. 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 Barr Lake ...
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.
Barr Lake was originally named Platte Summit
- A typical abbreviation for Barr Lake: Barr Lk.
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 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.
Barr Lake is located in Adams 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 Adams County: Arapahoe, Boulder, Denver, Jefferson, Morgan, Washington & Weld.
Below are the counties that are near Barr Lake. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Barr Lake:
- Adams County (The home county of Barr Lake)
- The following are listed by their distance from Barr Lake, with the one closest to Barr Lake listed first.
- Brighton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Commerce City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Todd Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Todd Creek is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Todd Creek
- Henderson
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Darlow ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Darlow is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlow
- Eastlake
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Little Texas ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Little Texas is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Texas
- Thornton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Derby
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Derby is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby
- Dupont
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Northglenn
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Adams City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Adams City is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams City
- Arapahoe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Barr Lake, with the one closest to Barr Lake listed first.
- Altura
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Altura is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altura
- Aurora
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Colfax Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Colfax Village is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colfax Village
- Old Towne
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Old Towne is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Towne
- Settlers Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Settlers Village is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Settlers Village
- Hallcrafts Village East
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Havana Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Havana Village is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havana Village
- Sableridge
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Sableridge is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sableridge
- Somerset Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Somerset Village is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerset Village
- Glendale
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Algonquin Acres
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Algonquin Acres is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Algonquin Acres
- Cherry Hills Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Boulder County
- The following are listed by their distance from Barr Lake, with the one closest to Barr Lake listed first.
- Erie
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Canfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Canfield is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canfield
- Lafayette
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Pleasant View Ridge
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant View Ridge is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View Ridge
- Louisville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Superior
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Longmont
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Niwot
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Gunbarrel
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Gunbarrel is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gunbarrel
- Valmont
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Valmont is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valmont
- Eldorado Springs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Boulder
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Broomfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Barr Lake, with the one closest to Barr Lake listed first.
- Broomfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Broomfield Heights
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Broomfield Heights is located in Broomfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broomfield Heights
- Denver County
- The following are listed by their distance from Barr Lake, with the one closest to Barr Lake listed first.
- Montbello
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Sandown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Sandown is located in Denver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandown
- Cherry Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cherry Creek is located in Denver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Creek
- Denver
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Denver is located in Denver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denver
- Population from the 2020 Census: 735,538 people
- Former names for Denver:
- Auraina
- Denver City
- Montana City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Denver <1>
- West Denver
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- West Denver is located in Denver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Denver
- Douglas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Barr Lake, with the one closest to Barr Lake listed first.
- Cottonwood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Cottonwood is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood
- Acres Green
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Grand View Estates
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Grand View Estates is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand View Estates
- Meridian
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Meridian is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meridian
- Gateway
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Gateway is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gateway
- Heritage Hills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Heritage Hills is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Hills
- Highlands Ranch
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Pine Valley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Pine Valley is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Valley
- Stonegate
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Stonegate is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonegate
- Carriage Club
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Carriage Club is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carriage Club
- Lone Tree
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Parker
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Barr Lake, with the one closest to Barr Lake listed first.
- Wallace Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Wallace Village is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallace Village
- Lakeside
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Mountain View
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Mountain View is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
- Population from the 2020 Census: 549 people
- Arvada
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Park
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Oak Park is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Park
- Edgewater
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Wheat Ridge
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Applewood Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Applewood Village is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Applewood Village
- Lakewood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Applewood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Applewood is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Applewood
- Arapahoe ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Arapahoe is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arapahoe
- East Pleasant View
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- East Pleasant View is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Pleasant View
- Larimer County
- Berthoud
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Weld County
- The following are listed by their distance from Barr Lake, with the one closest to Barr Lake listed first.
- Lochbuie
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lochbuie is located in Weld County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lochbuie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,885 people
- Wattenberg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Wattenberg is located in Weld County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wattenberg
- Fort Lupton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Aristocrat Ranchettes
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Hudson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Dacono
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Frederick
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Firestone
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Keenesburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Platteville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Johnson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Johnson is located in Weld County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson
- Gilcrest
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Barr Lake, see our County-by-County Page for Barr Lake.
Cemeteries Near Barr Lake ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Barr Lake.
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 Barr Lake - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Barr Lake covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Barr Lake, with the one closest to Barr Lake listed first.
- Fairview Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Elmwood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Black Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pioneer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- St. Clair Ross Memorial Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Hillside Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Mountain View Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Olinger Highland Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olinger Highland Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Olinger Highland Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the southwest of Thornton.
- The Olinger Highland Cemetery has also been known as:
- Highland Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #453365 <2>
- Highland Memorial Gardens
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Rose Hill Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Evergreen Memorial Gardens
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Memorial Gardens
- The Evergreen Memorial Gardens has also been known as:
- Evergreen Cemetery
- Evergreen Memorial Gardens
- Evergreen Memorial Park
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #57265 <2>
- Wesley Chapel Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Continue List (56 more) ...
- Olinger Eastlawn Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olinger Eastlawn Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Olinger Eastlawn Cemetery is located in Thornton.
- The Olinger Eastlawn Cemetery has also been known as:
- Eastlawn Memorial Gardens
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #57246 <2>
- Riverside Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Nebo Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
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.<4>
While we didn't find Barr Lake in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Barr Lake.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Barr Lake, with the one closest to Barr Lake listed first.
- Fort Lupton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Dick
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Dick is located in Weld County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dick
- Hudson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Vrains
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Vrains is located in Weld County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Vrains
- Cotton Creek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Cotton Creek is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Creek
- Aurora
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Broomfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Erie
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Semper
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Semper is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Semper
- Canfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Canfield is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canfield
- Lafayette
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Denver
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Denver is located in Denver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denver
- Population from the 2020 Census: 735,538 people
- Former names for Denver:
- Auraina
- Denver City
- Montana City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Denver <1>
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Platteville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Arvada
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- West Denver
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- West Denver is located in Denver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Denver
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Barr Lake. See our List of 1890's Communities around Barr Lake.
Newspapers Published in Barr Lake ...
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 36 newspapers that have been published in the area around Barr Lake.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Barr Lake, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Barr Lake.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start 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 Barr Lake:
- Websites specific to Colorado
- Pages specific to Adams County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Arapahoe County
- Boulder County
- Broomfield County
- Denver County
- Douglas County
- Jefferson County
- Larimer County
- Weld County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Colorado
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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Barr Lake) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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 Barr Lake, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |