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 Crescent (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 Crescent. 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.
Crescent is located in Boulder 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 Boulder County: Adams, Gilpin, Grand, Jefferson, Larimer & Weld.
Below are the counties that are near Crescent. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Crescent:
- Boulder County (The home county of Crescent)
- The following are listed by their distance from Crescent, with the one closest to Crescent listed first.
- Crescent Village
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Crescent Village is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent Village
- Wondervu
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Wondervu is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wondervu
- Eldorado Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Magnolia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Magnolia is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- Pinecliffe
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Boulder
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Tungsten ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Tungsten is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tungsten
- Salina
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Salina is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salina
- Wallstreet
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Wallstreet is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallstreet
- Gold Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Gold Hill is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Hill
- Sunshine
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Sunshine is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine
- Nederland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Nederland is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nederland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,557 people
- Former names for Nederland:
- Browns Crossing
- Dayton
- Middle Boulder
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nederland <1>
- Adams County
- The following are listed by their distance from Crescent, with the one closest to Crescent listed first.
- Federal Heights
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Westminster
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Holiday Hills Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Berkley
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Berkley is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkley
- Hidden Lake
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Hidden Lake is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Lake
- Northglenn
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Sherrelwood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Sherrelwood is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherrelwood
- Twin Lakes
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Twin Lakes is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
- Western Hills
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Western Hills is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Western Hills
- Eastlake
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Thornton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Darlow ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Darlow is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlow
- Arapahoe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Crescent, with the one closest to Crescent listed first.
- Fort Logan ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Fort Logan is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Logan
- Sheridan
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bow Mar
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bow Mar is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bow Mar
- Population from the 2020 Census: 947 people
- Glendale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Columbine Valley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Columbine Valley is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbine Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,508 people
- Englewood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Littleton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cherry Hills Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Colfax Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Colfax Village is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colfax Village
- Aurora
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Havana Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Havana Village is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havana Village
- Old Towne
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Old Towne is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Towne
- Broomfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Crescent, with the one closest to Crescent listed first.
- Broomfield Heights
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Broomfield Heights is located in Broomfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broomfield Heights
- Broomfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Clear Creek County
- The following are listed by their distance from Crescent, with the one closest to Crescent listed first.
- Idaho Springs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Alice
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Alice is located in Clear Creek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alice
- Dumont
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Mary's
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Mary's is located in Clear Creek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Mary's
- Downieville - Lawson - Dumont
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Downieville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Lawson
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Lawson is located in Clear Creek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawson
- Silver Creek ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Silver Creek is located in Clear Creek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Creek
- Brookvale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Brookvale is located in Clear Creek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookvale
- Empire
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Georgetown
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Berthoud Pass
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Berthoud Pass is located in Clear Creek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berthoud Pass
- Denver County
- The following are listed by their distance from Crescent, with the one closest to Crescent listed first.
- West Denver
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- West Denver is located in Denver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Denver
- Denver
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- 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>
- Cherry Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cherry Creek is located in Denver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Creek
- Sandown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sandown is located in Denver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandown
- Montbello
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Gilpin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Crescent, with the one closest to Crescent listed first.
- Rollinsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Black Hawk
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cottonwood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Cottonwood is located in Gilpin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood
- Central City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Smith Hill ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Smith Hill is located in Gilpin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Hill
- Apex ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Apex is located in Gilpin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apex
- Nevadaville ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Nevadaville is located in Gilpin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nevadaville
- Nevadaville has also been known as:
- Bald Mountain
- Nevada City
- American City ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- American City is located in Gilpin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for American City
- Russell Gulch
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Russell Gulch is located in Gilpin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell Gulch
- Kingston ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Kingston is located in Gilpin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston
- Grand County
- The following are listed by their distance from Crescent, with the one closest to Crescent listed first.
- Winter Park
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Fraser
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Tabernash
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Crescent, with the one closest to Crescent listed first.
- Twin Spruce
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Twin Spruce is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Spruce
- Coal Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Coal Creek is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Creek
- Wallace Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Wallace Village is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallace Village
- Arapahoe ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Arapahoe is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arapahoe
- Golden
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Park
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Park is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Park
- Applewood Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Applewood Village is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Applewood Village
- Applewood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Applewood is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Applewood
- Bergen Park
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Bergen Park is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bergen Park
- Arvada
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- East Pleasant View
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- East Pleasant View is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Pleasant View
- West Pleasant View
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- West Pleasant View is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Pleasant View
- Larimer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Crescent, with the one closest to Crescent listed first.
- Big Elk Meadows
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Big Elk Meadows is located in Larimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Elk Meadows
- Berthoud
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Weld County
- The following are listed by their distance from Crescent, with the one closest to Crescent listed first.
- Frederick
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Dacono
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Firestone
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Wattenberg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Wattenberg is located in Weld County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wattenberg
- Highland Lake
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Highland Lake is located in Weld County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Lake
- Fort Lupton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Mead
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Crescent, see our County-by-County Page for Crescent.
Cemeteries Near Crescent ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Crescent.
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 Crescent - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Crescent covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Crescent, with the one closest to Crescent listed first.
- Eldorado Springs Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Green Mtn. Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Mtn. Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Green Mtn. Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Boulder.
- The Green Mtn. Cemetery has also been known as:
- Green Mtn. Memorial Park
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #57314 <2>
- Columbia Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sacred Heart Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Dory Hill Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Salina Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Gold Hill Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Superior Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Valmont Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Mountain View Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Mountain View Memorial Park
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Nederland Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Continue List (80 more) ...
- City Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Foresters Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Knights of Pythias Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
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.<3>
While we didn't find Crescent in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Crescent.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Crescent, with the one closest to Crescent listed first.
- Magnolia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Magnolia is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- Marshall
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Marshall is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall
- Boulder
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sugarloaf
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sugarloaf is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugarloaf
- Crisman
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Crisman is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crisman
- Salina
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Salina is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salina
- Rollinsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Gold Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Gold Hill is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Hill
- Valmont
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Valmont is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valmont
- Sunset ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sunset is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset
- Nederland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Nederland is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nederland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,557 people
- Former names for Nederland:
- Browns Crossing
- Dayton
- Middle Boulder
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nederland <1>
- Sunshine
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Sunshine is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Black Hawk
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Louisville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Central City
(12 miles [19.3 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 Crescent. See our List of 1890's Communities around Crescent.
Newspapers Published in Crescent ...
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 83 newspapers that have been published in the area around Crescent.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Crescent, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Crescent.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Crescent:
- Websites specific to Colorado
- Pages specific to Boulder County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Adams County
- Arapahoe County
- Broomfield County
- Clear Creek County
- Denver County
- Gilpin County
- Grand 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> | 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 Crescent, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Crescent) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |