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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 Cimarron (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 Cimarron. 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 northwest 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 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.

Cimarron is located in Elbert 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 Elbert County: Arapahoe, Douglas, El Paso, Lincoln & Washington.

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

  • Elbert County     (The home county of Cimarron)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cimarron, with the one closest to Cimarron listed first.
    • Elizabeth
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Ponderosa Park
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Ponderosa Park is located in Elbert County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponderosa Park
    • Kiowa
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Elbert
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Fondis
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Fondis is located in Elbert County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fondis
  • Adams County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cimarron, with the one closest to Cimarron listed first.
    • Watkins
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Friendly Village
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Friendly Village is located in Adams County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendly Village
    • Hillcrest Village
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Hillcrest Village is located in Adams County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest Village
    • Bennett
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Strasburg
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Arapahoe County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cimarron, with the one closest to Cimarron listed first.
    • Foxfield
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Foxfield is located in Arapahoe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxfield
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 771 people
    • Algonquin Acres
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Algonquin Acres is located in Arapahoe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Algonquin Acres
    • Centennial
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Castlewood
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Castlewood is located in Arapahoe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castlewood
    • Cherry Knolls
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Cherry Knolls is located in Arapahoe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Knolls
    • Greenwood Village
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Southglenn
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Southglenn is located in Arapahoe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southglenn
    • Somerset Village
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Somerset Village is located in Arapahoe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerset Village
    • Hallcrafts Village East
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Sableridge
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Sableridge is located in Arapahoe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sableridge
    • Settlers Village
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Settlers Village is located in Arapahoe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Settlers Village
    • Cherry Hills Village
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Havana Village
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Havana Village is located in Arapahoe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havana Village
  • Denver County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cimarron, with the one closest to Cimarron listed first.
    • Cherry Creek
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Cherry Creek is located in Denver County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Creek
    • Montbello
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Douglas County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cimarron, with the one closest to Cimarron listed first.
    • Franktown
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • The Pinery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • The Pinery is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Pinery
    • Founders Village
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Founders Village is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Founders Village
    • Cherry Creek Highlands
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Parker
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Pine Valley
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Pine Valley is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Valley
    • Castle Rock
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Stonegate
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Stonegate is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonegate
    • Castle Pines North
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Castle Pines North is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Pines North
      • Estimated population in 2011: 10,602 people
    • Grand View Estates
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Grand View Estates is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand View Estates
    • Castle Pines
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Cottonwood
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Cottonwood is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood
    • Lone Tree
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • El Paso County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cimarron, with the one closest to Cimarron listed first.
    • Eastonville ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Eastonville is located in El Paso County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastonville
    • Woodmoor
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Woodmoor is located in El Paso County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodmoor
    • Monument
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Palmer Lake
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Gleneagle
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Gleneagle is located in El Paso County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gleneagle
    • Black Forest
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Peyton
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Falcon
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Calhan
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Ramah
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Jefferson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cimarron, with the one closest to Cimarron listed first.
    • Archer
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Archer is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archer
    • Columbine
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Columbine is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbine
    • Ken Caryl
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Dome Rock
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Dome Rock is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dome Rock

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

Cemeteries Near Cimarron ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cimarron.

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

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

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

  • Elizabeth Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Miller Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Franktown Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Kiowa Old Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Hungate Memorial
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Fonder Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Newlin Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Elbert - Kiowa Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Ebenezer Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Parker Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parker Cemetery
    • The Parker Cemetery has also been known as:
    • J.S. Parker Cemetery
    • James Sample Parker Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #722189 <2>
  • James Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Cedar Hill Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (41 more) ...
    • Roehling Grave
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Spring Valley Cemetery
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Table Rock Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Table Rock Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Table Rock Cemetery is located 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the east of Monument.

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

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

  • Elizabeth
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Hilltop
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Hilltop is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
  • Franktown
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Kiowa
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Elbert
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Parker
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Castle Rock
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Larkspur
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Greenland
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Greenland is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenland
  • Sedalia
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Eastonville ‑ Historic
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Eastonville is located in El Paso County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastonville
  • Palmer Lake
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (11 more) ...
    • Monument
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Acequia
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Acequia is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acequia
    • Peyton
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)

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

Newspapers Published in Cimarron ...

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 47 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cimarron.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cimarron, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Cimarron.

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 Cimarron:

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' (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- Cimarron) 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 Cimarron, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.