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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 Eaton (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 Eaton. 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 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.

Eaton is located in Weld County.

To see how the shape of Colorado's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Weld County: Adams, Boulder, Broomfield, Larimer, Logan, Morgan, Kimball (NE) & Laramie (WY).

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

  • Weld County     (The home county of Eaton)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Eaton, with the one closest to Eaton listed first.
    • Ault
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Lucerne
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Galeton
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Galeton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galeton
      • Galeton is located in Weld County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Galeton <1>
    • Pierce
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pierce have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierce
      • Pierce is located in Weld County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 938 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pierce <1>
    • Greeley
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Severance
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Severance have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Severance
      • Severance is located in Weld County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,634 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Severance <1>
    • Garden City
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
      • Garden City is located in Weld County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 279 people
    • Gill
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Windsor
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor
      • Windsor is located in Weld County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 27,659 people
      • Former names for Windsor:
      • New Liberty
      • New Windsor
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Windsor <1>
    • Evans
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Evans have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans
      • Evans is located in Weld County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 23,183 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Evans <1>
    • La Salle
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Kersey
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kersey have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kersey
      • Kersey is located in Weld County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,798 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kersey <1>
    • Nunn
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nunn have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nunn
      • Nunn is located in Weld County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 497 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nunn <1>
  • Larimer County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Eaton, with the one closest to Eaton listed first.
    • Kerns
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kerns have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerns
      • Kerns is located in Larimer County
    • Timnath
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Timnath have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timnath
      • Timnath is located in Larimer County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,193 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Timnath <1>
    • Wellington
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wellington have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellington
      • Wellington is located in Larimer County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,620 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wellington <1>
    • Loveland
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Loveland have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loveland
      • Loveland is located in Larimer County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 83,517 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Loveland <1>
    • Fort Collins
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Campion
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campion
      • Campion is located in Larimer County
    • Horsetooth Heights
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horsetooth Heights
      • Horsetooth Heights is located in Larimer County
    • Stout ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Stout. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stout
      • Stout is located in Larimer County
    • Bulger
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bulger have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bulger
      • Bulger is located in Larimer County
    • Waverly
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly
      • Waverly is located in Larimer County
    • Laporte
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Laporte have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laporte
      • Laporte is located in Larimer County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Laporte <1>
    • Berthoud
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Bellvue
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Eaton ...

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 81 newspapers that have been published in the area around Eaton.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Eaton. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Eaton and those printed in the larger area surrounding Eaton.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4> of Eaton.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Eaton:

Cemeteries Near Eaton ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Eaton.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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

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

  • Eaton Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Ault Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Linn Grove Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Lakeview Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Sunset Memorial Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Evans Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Mountain View Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Timnath Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Timnath Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Timnath Cemetery
  • Roselawn Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Johnstown Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Former names for Johnstown Cemetery:
    • Dilley Chapel Cemetery
    • Elwell Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Johnstown Cemetery
  • Harmony Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Harmony Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Harmony Cemetery
  • Resthaven Memory Gardens
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (33 more) ...
    • Highland Cemetery
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Highland Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Highland Cemetery
    • Loveland Burial Park
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Lakeside Cemetery
      (20 miles [32.2 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.<6>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Eaton had a population of 300 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Eaton had a population of 6,000 people.

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

  • Pierce
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pierce have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierce
    • Pierce is located in Weld County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 938 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pierce <1>
  • Greeley
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Windsor
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor
    • Windsor is located in Weld County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 27,659 people
    • Former names for Windsor:
    • New Liberty
    • New Windsor
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Windsor <1>
  • Evans
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Evans have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans
    • Evans is located in Weld County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 23,183 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Evans <1>
  • La Salle
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Timnath
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Timnath have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timnath
    • Timnath is located in Larimer County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,193 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Timnath <1>
  • Hillsboro
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hillsboro have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsboro
    • Hillsboro is located in Weld County
  • Dover
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dover have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
    • Dover is located in Weld County
  • Loveland
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Loveland have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loveland
    • Loveland is located in Larimer County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 83,517 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Loveland <1>
  • Hardin
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hardin have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardin
    • Hardin is located in Weld County
  • Fort Collins
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Platteville
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Platteville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Platteville
    • Platteville is located in Weld County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,000 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Platteville <1>
  • Continue List   (9 more) ...
    • Stout ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Stout. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stout
      • Stout is located in Larimer County
    • Laporte
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Laporte have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laporte
      • Laporte is located in Larimer County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Laporte <1>
    • Berthoud
      (24 miles [38.6 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 Eaton. See our List of 1890's Communities around Eaton.

The official website for Eaton: www.eatonco.org/

The official website for Weld County: www.co.weld.co.us/

The official website for State of Colorado: https://www.colorado.gov/

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 location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Eaton) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Eaton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.5288, Longitude: -104.7159    
<5>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.
<6>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 Eaton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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