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 College Hills (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 College Hills. 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 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.
College Hills 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 College Hills. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to College Hills:
- Adams County (The home county of College Hills)
- The following are listed by their distance from College Hills, with the one closest to College Hills listed first.
- Northglenn
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Federal Heights
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Holiday Hills Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Eastlake
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Thornton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Sherrelwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Sherrelwood is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherrelwood
- Westminster
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Twin Lakes
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Twin Lakes is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
- Western Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Western Hills is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Western Hills
- Welby
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Welby is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welby
- Berkley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Berkley is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkley
- Hidden Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Hidden Lake is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Lake
- Adams City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- 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 College Hills, with the one closest to College Hills listed first.
- Glendale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Colfax Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Colfax Village is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colfax Village
- Altura
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Altura is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altura
- Aurora
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Havana Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Havana Village is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havana Village
- Old Towne
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Old Towne is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Towne
- Englewood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Sheridan
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Hallcrafts Village East
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cherry Hills Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Fort Logan ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Fort Logan is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Logan
- Sableridge
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Sableridge is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sableridge
- Settlers Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Settlers Village is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Settlers Village
- Boulder County
- The following are listed by their distance from College Hills, with the one closest to College Hills listed first.
- Lafayette
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Louisville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Superior
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Erie
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Canfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Canfield is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canfield
- Gunbarrel
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Gunbarrel is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gunbarrel
- Valmont
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Valmont is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valmont
- Eldorado Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Pleasant View Ridge
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Pleasant View Ridge is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View Ridge
- Boulder
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Niwot
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Crescent Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Crescent Village is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent Village
- Magnolia
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Magnolia is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- Broomfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from College Hills, with the one closest to College Hills listed first.
- Broomfield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Broomfield Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Broomfield Heights is located in Broomfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broomfield Heights
- Clear Creek County
- The following are listed by their distance from College Hills, with the one closest to College Hills listed first.
- Brookvale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Brookvale is located in Clear Creek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookvale
- Idaho Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Denver County
- The following are listed by their distance from College Hills, with the one closest to College Hills listed first.
- Denver
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- 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
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- West Denver is located in Denver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Denver
- Sandown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sandown is located in Denver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandown
- Cherry Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Cherry Creek is located in Denver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Creek
- Montbello
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Douglas County
- The following are listed by their distance from College Hills, with the one closest to College Hills listed first.
- Highlands Ranch
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Acres Green
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Gateway
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Gateway is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gateway
- Meridian
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Meridian is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meridian
- Carriage Club
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Carriage Club is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carriage Club
- Heritage Hills
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Heritage Hills is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Hills
- Cottonwood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cottonwood is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood
- Lone Tree
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Grand View Estates
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Grand View Estates is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand View Estates
- Stonegate
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Stonegate is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonegate
- Louviers
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Roxborough Park
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Roxborough Park is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxborough Park
- Castle Pines North
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Castle Pines North is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Pines North
- Estimated population in 2011: 10,602 people
- Gilpin County
- The following are listed by their distance from College Hills, with the one closest to College Hills listed first.
- Cottonwood
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Cottonwood is located in Gilpin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood
- Rollinsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Smith Hill ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Smith Hill is located in Gilpin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Hill
- Black Hawk
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Central City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Nevadaville ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Nevadaville is located in Gilpin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nevadaville
- Nevadaville has also been known as:
- Bald Mountain
- Nevada City
- Apex ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Apex is located in Gilpin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apex
- Russell Gulch
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Russell Gulch is located in Gilpin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell Gulch
- American City ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- American City is located in Gilpin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for American City
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from College Hills, with the one closest to College Hills listed first.
- Wallace Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Wallace Village is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallace Village
- Oak Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Park is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Park
- Arvada
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lakeside
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Mountain View
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Mountain View is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
- Population from the 2020 Census: 549 people
- Wheat Ridge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Edgewater
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Applewood Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Applewood Village is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Applewood Village
- Arapahoe ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Arapahoe is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arapahoe
- Applewood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Applewood is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Applewood
- Lakewood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- East Pleasant View
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- East Pleasant View is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Pleasant View
- Golden
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Larimer County
- The following are listed by their distance from College Hills, with the one closest to College Hills listed first.
- Berthoud
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Campion
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Campion is located in Larimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campion
- Weld County
- The following are listed by their distance from College Hills, with the one closest to College Hills listed first.
- Dacono
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Wattenberg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Wattenberg is located in Weld County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wattenberg
- Frederick
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Fort Lupton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Firestone
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Lochbuie
(17 miles [27.4 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
- Aristocrat Ranchettes
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Highland Lake
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Highland Lake is located in Weld County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Lake
- Hudson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Platteville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Mead
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Milliken
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Gilcrest
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to College Hills, see our County-by-County Page for College Hills.
Cemeteries Near College Hills ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of College Hills.
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 College Hills - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for College Hills covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from College Hills, with the one closest to College Hills listed first.
- Wesley Chapel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Highland Memorial Gardens
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Olinger Highland Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- 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>
- Broomfield County Commons Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lakeview Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Belleview Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleview Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Belleview Cemetery is located in Westminster.
- The Belleview Cemetery has also been known as:
- Pillar of Fire Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2143601 <2>
- Evergreen Memorial Gardens
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- 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>
- Louisville Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Coal Creek Memorial Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lafayette Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Superior Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Arvada Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (78 more) ...
- Riverside Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Ralston Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Rose Hill Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 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.<4>
While we didn't find College Hills in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of College Hills.
These communities are listed based on their distance from College Hills, with the one closest to College Hills listed first.
- Cotton Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Cotton Creek is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Creek
- Semper
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Semper is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Semper
- Broomfield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Arvada
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lafayette
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Louisville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Erie
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Canfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Canfield is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canfield
- Dick
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Dick is located in Weld County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dick
- Saint Vrains
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Vrains is located in Weld County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Vrains
- West Denver
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- West Denver is located in Denver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Denver
- Denver
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- 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 (16 more) ...
- Marshall
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Marshall is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall
- Valmont
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Valmont is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valmont
- Golden
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around College Hills. See our List of 1890's Communities around College Hills.
Newspapers Published in College Hills ...
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 34 newspapers that have been published in the area around College Hills.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of College Hills, there are papers which were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for College Hills.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 College Hills:
- Websites specific to Colorado
- Pages specific to Adams County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Arapahoe County
- Boulder County
- Broomfield County
- Clear Creek County
- Denver County
- Douglas County
- Gilpin 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' (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- College Hills) 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 College Hills, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |