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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 Buckeye (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 Buckeye. 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 northeast 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 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 east 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.

Buckeye is located in Larimer County.

To see how the shape of Colorado's counties 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 Buckeye. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Buckeye:

  • Larimer County     (The home county of Buckeye)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Buckeye, with the one closest to Buckeye listed first.
    • Bulger
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bulger have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bulger
      • Bulger is located in Larimer County
    • Waverly
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly
      • Waverly is located in Larimer County
    • Livermore
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Wellington
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wellington have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellington
      • Wellington is located in Larimer County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,620 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wellington <2>
    • Bellvue
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Laporte
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Laporte have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laporte
      • Laporte is located in Larimer County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Laporte <2>
    • Virginia Dale
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Virginia Dale have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virginia Dale
      • Virginia Dale is located in Larimer County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Virginia Dale <2>
    • Fort Collins
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Stout ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Stout. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stout
      • Stout is located in Larimer County
    • Timnath
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Timnath have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timnath
      • Timnath is located in Larimer County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,193 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Timnath <2>
    • Horsetooth Heights
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horsetooth Heights
      • Horsetooth Heights is located in Larimer County
    • Kerns
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kerns have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerns
      • Kerns is located in Larimer County
    • Masonville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Masonville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masonville
      • Masonville is located in Larimer County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Masonville <2>
  • Weld County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Buckeye, with the one closest to Buckeye listed first.
    • Carr
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carr have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carr
      • Carr is located in Weld County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Carr <2>
    • Dover
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dover have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
      • Dover is located in Weld County
    • Nunn
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nunn have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nunn
      • Nunn is located in Weld County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 497 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nunn <2>
    • Pierce
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pierce have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierce
      • Pierce is located in Weld County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 938 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pierce <2>
    • Severance
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Severance have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Severance
      • Severance is located in Weld County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,634 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Severance <2>
    • Ault
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Windsor
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor
      • Windsor is located in Weld County
      • 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>
    • Eaton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Albany County (WY)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Buckeye, with the one closest to Buckeye listed first.
    • Buford
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Sherman ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sherman have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherman
      • Sherman is located in Albany County (WY)
      • Sherman has also been known as:
      • Old Sherman
    • Hermosa
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hermosa have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermosa
      • Hermosa is located in Albany County (WY)
    • Tie Siding
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Laramie County (WY)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Buckeye, with the one closest to Buckeye listed first.
    • Speer
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Speer have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speer
      • Speer is located in Laramie County (WY)
    • South Greeley
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Greeley have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Greeley
      • South Greeley is located in Laramie County (WY)
    • Cheyenne
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheyenne
      • Cheyenne is located in Laramie County (WY)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 64,742 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cheyenne <2>

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

Newspapers Published in Buckeye ...

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 90 newspapers that have been published in the area around Buckeye.

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

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 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 Buckeye:

Cemeteries Near Buckeye ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Buckeye.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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

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

  • Buckeye Ranch Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Eddie Hale Grave
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Eddie Hale Grave have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Eddie Hale Grave
  • Lamb Family Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lamb Family Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lamb Family Cemetery
  • Cherokee Stage Station Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cherokee Stage Station Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cherokee Stage Station Cemetery
  • Livermore Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Reu Family Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Reu Family Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Reu Family Cemetery
  • Highland Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Highland Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Highland Cemetery
  • Christopher Charles Cradock Grave
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Christopher Charles Cradock Grave have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Christopher Charles Cradock Grave
  • U S Soldier Grave
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the U S Soldier Grave have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the U S Soldier Grave
  • Laporte Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Laporte Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Laporte Cemetery
  • Elliott Ranch Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Murchland Family Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Murchland Family Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Murchland Family Cemetery
  • Continue List   (64 more) ...
    • Virginia Dale Community Church Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Adams Cemetery
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Adams Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Adams Cemetery
    • Grandview Cemetery
      (16 miles [25.7 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.<6>

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

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

  • Livermore
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Carr
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carr have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carr
    • Carr is located in Weld County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Carr <2>
  • Bellvue
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Laporte
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Laporte have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laporte
    • Laporte is located in Larimer County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Laporte <2>
  • Dover
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dover have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
    • Dover is located in Weld County
  • Virginia Dale
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Virginia Dale have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virginia Dale
    • Virginia Dale is located in Larimer County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Virginia Dale <2>
  • Fort Collins
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Borie
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Borie have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borie
    • Borie is located in Laramie County (WY)
  • Stout ‑ Historic
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Stout. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stout
    • Stout is located in Larimer County
  • Timnath
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Timnath have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timnath
    • Timnath is located in Larimer County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,193 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Timnath <2>
  • Pierce
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pierce have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierce
    • Pierce is located in Weld County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 938 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pierce <2>
  • Hecla ‑ Historic
    (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hecla have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hecla
    • Hecla is located in Laramie County (WY)
  • Continue List   (10 more) ...
    • Buford
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Dale Creek
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dale Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale Creek
      • Dale Creek is located in Albany County (WY)
    • Silver Crown
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silver Crown have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Crown
      • Silver Crown is located in Laramie County (WY)

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

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Buckeye. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Larimer County: www.co.larimer.co.us/

The official website for State of Colorado: https://www.colorado.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Buckeye) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Buckeye. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.8272, Longitude: -105.0950       In this case, the coordinates for Buckeye have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>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.
<6>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 Buckeye, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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