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 Browns Corner (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 Browns Corner. 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 Browns Corner ...
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.
- A typical abbreviation for Browns Corner: Browns Cor. (or less commonly used: Browns Crn.)
- While the name of this community is Browns Corner, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Browns Corner may originally have been Brown's Corner.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Browns Corner might be written as Brown Corner.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Browns Corner. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Browns Corner.
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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals 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.
Browns Corner 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 Browns Corner. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Browns Corner:
- Larimer County (The home county of Browns Corner)
- The following are listed by their distance from Browns Corner, with the one closest to Browns Corner listed first.
- Loveland
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Campion
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Campion is located in Larimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campion
- Berthoud
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Horsetooth Heights
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Horsetooth Heights is located in Larimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horsetooth Heights
- Kerns
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Kerns is located in Larimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerns
- Timnath
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Masonville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Fort Collins
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Stout ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Stout is located in Larimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stout
- Drake
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Laporte
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Bellvue
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Glen Haven
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Adams County
- The following are listed by their distance from Browns Corner, with the one closest to Browns Corner listed first.
- Darlow ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Darlow is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlow
- Little Texas ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Little Texas is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Texas
- Boulder County
- The following are listed by their distance from Browns Corner, with the one closest to Browns Corner listed first.
- Noland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Noland is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noland
- Longmont
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Hygiene
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lyons
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant View Ridge
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Pleasant View Ridge is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View Ridge
- Niwot
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Canfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Canfield is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canfield
- Gunbarrel
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Gunbarrel is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gunbarrel
- Erie
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Jamestown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lazy Acres
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lazy Acres is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lazy Acres
- Valmont
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Valmont is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valmont
- Allenspark
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Weld County
- The following are listed by their distance from Browns Corner, with the one closest to Browns Corner listed first.
- Johnstown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Windsor
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- 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 <2>
- Mead
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Highland Lake
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Highland Lake is located in Weld County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Lake
- Hillsboro
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hillsboro is located in Weld County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsboro
- Milliken
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Severance
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Evans
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Greeley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Gilcrest
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- La Salle
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Platteville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Eaton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Browns Corner, see our County-by-County Page for Browns Corner.
Cemeteries Near Browns Corner ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Browns Corner.
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 Browns Corner - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Browns Corner covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Browns Corner, with the one closest to Browns Corner listed first.
- Lakeside Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Loveland Burial Park
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loveland Burial Park
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Loveland Burial Park is a very large cemetery that is located in Loveland.
- The Loveland Burial Park has also been known as:
- Loveland Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1940986 <3>
- All Saints Episcopal Church Columbarium
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Modena Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Resthaven Memory Gardens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Langston Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Greenlawn Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Johnstown Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnstown Cemetery
- Former names for Johnstown Cemetery:
- Dilley Chapel Cemetery
- Elwell Cemetery
- Boothroyd - Hutchinson Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Harmony Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Chance Family Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Masonville Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (83 more) ...
- Carter Family Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Sunrise Ranch Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Rhodes Family Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
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 Browns Corner in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Browns Corner.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Browns Corner, with the one closest to Browns Corner listed first.
- Loveland
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Berthoud
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Windsor
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- 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 <2>
- Timnath
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Highland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Highland is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Highland Lake
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Highland Lake is located in Weld County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Lake
- Hillsboro
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hillsboro is located in Weld County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsboro
- Stout ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Stout is located in Larimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stout
- Fort Collins
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Noland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Noland is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noland
- Laporte
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Lyons
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Hygiene
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Longmont
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Bellvue
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Browns Corner. See our List of 1890's Communities around Browns Corner.
Newspapers Published in Browns Corner ...
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 76 newspapers that have been published in the area around Browns Corner.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Browns Corner, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Browns Corner.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Browns Corner:
- Websites specific to Colorado
- Pages specific to Larimer County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Adams County
- Boulder County
- Weld County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Colorado
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <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> | 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 Browns Corner, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Browns Corner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |