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 Commerce City (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 Commerce City. 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 hospitals and doctors 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.
Commerce City 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 Commerce City. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Commerce City:
- Adams County (The home county of Commerce City)
- The following are listed by their distance from Commerce City, with the one closest to Commerce City listed first.
- Henderson
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Dupont
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Brighton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Todd Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Todd Creek is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Todd Creek
- Derby
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Derby is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby
- Adams City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Adams City is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams City
- Thornton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Friendly Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Friendly Village is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendly Village
- Hillcrest Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Hillcrest Village is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest Village
- Eastlake
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Northglenn
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Welby
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Welby is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welby
- Darlow ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Darlow is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlow
- Arapahoe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Commerce City, with the one closest to Commerce City listed first.
- Altura
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Altura is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altura
- Aurora
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Colfax Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Colfax Village is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colfax Village
- Old Towne
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Old Towne is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Towne
- Settlers Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Settlers Village is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Settlers Village
- Hallcrafts Village East
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Havana Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Havana Village is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havana Village
- Sableridge
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Sableridge is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sableridge
- Somerset Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Somerset Village is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerset Village
- Glendale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cherry Hills Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Algonquin Acres
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Algonquin Acres is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Algonquin Acres
- Englewood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Boulder County
- The following are listed by their distance from Commerce City, with the one closest to Commerce City listed first.
- Erie
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lafayette
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Canfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Canfield is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canfield
- Louisville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Superior
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Pleasant View Ridge
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant View Ridge is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View Ridge
- Gunbarrel
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Gunbarrel is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gunbarrel
- Niwot
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Valmont
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Valmont is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valmont
- Longmont
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Eldorado Springs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Boulder
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Hygiene
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Broomfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Commerce City, with the one closest to Commerce City 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 Commerce City, with the one closest to Commerce City listed first.
- Montbello
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Sandown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sandown is located in Denver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandown
- Cherry Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Cherry Creek is located in Denver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Creek
- Denver
(14 miles [22.5 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
(15 miles [24.1 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 Commerce City, with the one closest to Commerce City listed first.
- Cottonwood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Cottonwood is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood
- Acres Green
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Gateway
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Gateway is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gateway
- Grand View Estates
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Grand View Estates is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand View Estates
- Heritage Hills
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Heritage Hills is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Hills
- Meridian
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Meridian is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meridian
- Carriage Club
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Carriage Club is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carriage Club
- Highlands Ranch
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Lone Tree
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Pine Valley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Pine Valley is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Valley
- Stonegate
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Stonegate is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonegate
- Parker
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Cherry Creek Highlands
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Commerce City, with the one closest to Commerce City listed first.
- Lakeside
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mountain View
(15 miles [24.1 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
- Wallace Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Wallace Village is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallace Village
- Edgewater
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Arvada
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Wheat Ridge
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Park
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Oak Park is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Park
- Applewood Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Applewood Village is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Applewood Village
- Lakewood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Applewood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Applewood is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Applewood
- Arapahoe ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Arapahoe is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arapahoe
- East Pleasant View
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- East Pleasant View is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Pleasant View
- Green Mountain Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Weld County
- The following are listed by their distance from Commerce City, with the one closest to Commerce City listed first.
- Lochbuie
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Lochbuie is located in Weld County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lochbuie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,885 people
- Wattenberg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Wattenberg is located in Weld County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wattenberg
- Fort Lupton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Aristocrat Ranchettes
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Hudson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Dacono
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Frederick
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Firestone
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Keenesburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Platteville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Johnson
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Johnson is located in Weld County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson
- Gilcrest
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Highland Lake
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Highland Lake is located in Weld County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Lake
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Commerce City, see our County-by-County Page for Commerce City.
Cemeteries Near Commerce City ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Commerce City.
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 Commerce City - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Commerce City covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Commerce City, with the one closest to Commerce City listed first.
- St. Clair Ross Memorial Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Elmwood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Pioneer Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Black Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Rose Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Fairview Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Olinger Eastlawn Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 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
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Nebo Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Wesley Chapel Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Olinger Highland Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 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
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Continue List (54 more) ...
- Belleview Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- 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>
- St. Simeon Catholic Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Evergreen Memorial Gardens
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- 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>
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 Commerce City in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Commerce City.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Commerce City, with the one closest to Commerce City listed first.
- Aurora
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Dick
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Dick is located in Weld County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dick
- Saint Vrains
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Vrains is located in Weld County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Vrains
- Fort Lupton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Cotton Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Cotton Creek is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Creek
- Denver
(14 miles [22.5 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>
- Broomfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Semper
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Semper is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Semper
- West Denver
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- West Denver is located in Denver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Denver
- Sullivan
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Sullivan is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sullivan
- Hudson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Arvada
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Erie
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lafayette
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Canfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Canfield is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canfield
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Commerce City. See our List of 1890's Communities around Commerce City.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Commerce City ...
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 395 newspapers that have been published in the area around Commerce City.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Commerce City. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Commerce City and those printed in the larger area surrounding Commerce City.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> of Commerce City.
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 Commerce City:
- 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
- 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Commerce City) 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 Commerce City, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |