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 Dupont (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 Dupont. 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 southwest 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 south.
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 south 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.
Dupont 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 Dupont. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Dupont:
- Adams County (The home county of Dupont)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dupont, with the one closest to Dupont listed first.
- Derby
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Derby is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby
- Adams City
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Adams City is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams City
- Welby
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Welby is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welby
- North Washington
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- North Washington is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Washington
- Sherrelwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Sherrelwood is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherrelwood
- Western Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Western Hills is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Western Hills
- Henderson
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Thornton
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Federal Heights
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Holiday Hills Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Twin Lakes
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Twin Lakes is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
- Berkley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Berkley is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkley
- Arapahoe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dupont, with the one closest to Dupont listed first.
- Colfax Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Colfax Village is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colfax Village
- Altura
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Altura is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altura
- Aurora
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Glendale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Havana Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Havana Village is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havana Village
- Old Towne
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Old Towne is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Towne
- Hallcrafts Village East
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Settlers Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Settlers Village is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Settlers Village
- Sableridge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sableridge is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sableridge
- Somerset Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Somerset Village is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerset Village
- Cherry Hills Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Englewood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Boulder County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dupont, with the one closest to Dupont listed first.
- Lafayette
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Superior
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Erie
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Louisville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Canfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Canfield is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canfield
- Pleasant View Ridge
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Pleasant View Ridge is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View Ridge
- Valmont
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Valmont is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valmont
- Eldorado Springs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Gunbarrel
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Gunbarrel is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gunbarrel
- Niwot
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Boulder
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Crescent Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Crescent Village is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent Village
- Broomfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dupont, with the one closest to Dupont listed first.
- Broomfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Broomfield Heights
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Broomfield Heights is located in Broomfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broomfield Heights
- Clear Creek County
- Brookvale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Brookvale is located in Clear Creek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookvale
- Denver County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dupont, with the one closest to Dupont listed first.
- Sandown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Sandown is located in Denver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandown
- Montbello
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Denver
(7 miles [11.3 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>
- Cherry Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Cherry Creek is located in Denver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Creek
- West Denver
(9 miles [14.5 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 Dupont, with the one closest to Dupont listed first.
- Acres Green
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Cottonwood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Cottonwood is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood
- Gateway
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Gateway is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gateway
- Highlands Ranch
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Meridian
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Meridian is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meridian
- Grand View Estates
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Grand View Estates is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand View Estates
- Heritage Hills
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Heritage Hills is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Hills
- Carriage Club
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Carriage Club is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carriage Club
- Lone Tree
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Stonegate
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Stonegate is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonegate
- Parker
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Pine Valley
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Valley is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Valley
- Gilpin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dupont, with the one closest to Dupont listed first.
- Cottonwood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Cottonwood is located in Gilpin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood
- Smith Hill ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Smith Hill is located in Gilpin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Hill
- Black Hawk
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dupont, with the one closest to Dupont listed first.
- Lakeside
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mountain View
(8 miles [12.9 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
- Arvada
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Edgewater
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Wheat Ridge
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Wallace Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Wallace Village is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallace Village
- Oak Park
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Oak Park is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Park
- Applewood Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Applewood Village is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Applewood Village
- Lakewood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Applewood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Applewood is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Applewood
- Arapahoe ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Arapahoe is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arapahoe
- East Pleasant View
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- East Pleasant View is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Pleasant View
- Weld County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dupont, with the one closest to Dupont listed first.
- Wattenberg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Wattenberg is located in Weld County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wattenberg
- Lochbuie
(14 miles [22.5 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
- Dacono
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Fort Lupton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Frederick
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Aristocrat Ranchettes
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Firestone
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Hudson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Platteville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Highland Lake
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Highland Lake is located in Weld County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Lake
- Keenesburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mead
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Dupont, see our County-by-County Page for Dupont.
Cemeteries Near Dupont ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Dupont.
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 Dupont - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Dupont covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Dupont, with the one closest to Dupont listed first.
- Rose Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Riverside Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Olinger Highland Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- 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
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- St. Clair Ross Memorial Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wesley Chapel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Belleview Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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>
- Mt. Nebo Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Emanuel Cemetery at Fairmount
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Fairmount Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Elmwood Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Black Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (65 more) ...
- Pioneer Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Broomfield County Commons Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Arvada Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
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 Dupont in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Dupont.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Dupont, with the one closest to Dupont listed first.
- Denver
(7 miles [11.3 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>
- Aurora
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Cotton Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Cotton Creek is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Creek
- Semper
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Semper is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Semper
- Arvada
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- West Denver
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- West Denver is located in Denver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Denver
- Broomfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Sullivan
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Sullivan is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sullivan
- Dick
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Dick is located in Weld County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dick
- Saint Vrains
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Saint Vrains is located in Weld County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Vrains
- Lafayette
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Fort Logan ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Fort Logan is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Logan
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Erie
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Louisville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Littleton
(16 miles [25.7 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 Dupont. See our List of 1890's Communities around Dupont.
Newspapers Published in Dupont ...
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 408 newspapers that have been published in the area around Dupont.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Dupont, 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 Dupont.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Dupont:
- 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
- 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Dupont) 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 Dupont, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |