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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Fort Logan. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Fort Logan to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Fort Logan, please Contact Us.

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 Fort Logan (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 Fort Logan. 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.

Name Variations for Fort Logan ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Fort Logan: Ft. Logan

You might be interested in other communities that are also named Fort Logan. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Fort Logan.

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

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 hospitals and 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Fort Logan is historic, it would have been located within present day Arapahoe 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 Arapahoe County: Adams, Denver, Douglas, Elbert, Jefferson, Lincoln & Washington.

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

  • Arapahoe County     (The home county of Fort Logan)
  • Adams County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fort Logan, with the one closest to Fort Logan listed first.
    • Berkley
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • North Washington
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • North Washington is located in Adams County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Washington
    • Hidden Lake
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Hidden Lake is located in Adams County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Lake
    • Twin Lakes
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Sherrelwood
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Sherrelwood is located in Adams County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherrelwood
    • Western Hills
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Westminster
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Hillcrest Village
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Hillcrest Village is located in Adams County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest Village
    • Welby
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Adams City
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Adams City is located in Adams County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams City
    • Federal Heights
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Derby
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Derby is located in Adams County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby
    • Dupont
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Boulder County
  • Broomfield County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fort Logan, with the one closest to Fort Logan listed first.
    • Broomfield Heights
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Broomfield Heights is located in Broomfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broomfield Heights
    • Broomfield
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
  • Clear Creek County
  • Denver County
  • Douglas County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fort Logan, with the one closest to Fort Logan listed first.
    • Highlands Ranch
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Acres Green
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Gateway
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Gateway is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gateway
    • Carriage Club
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Carriage Club is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carriage Club
    • Louviers
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Roxborough Park
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Roxborough Park is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxborough Park
    • Heritage Hills
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Heritage Hills is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Hills
    • Meridian
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Meridian is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meridian
    • Lone Tree
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Grand View Estates
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Grand View Estates is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand View Estates
    • Sedalia
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Castle Pines North
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Castle Pines North is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Pines North
      • Estimated population in 2011: 10,602 people
    • Cottonwood
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Cottonwood is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood
  • Elbert County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fort Logan, with the one closest to Fort Logan listed first.
    • Ponderosa Park
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Ponderosa Park is located in Elbert County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponderosa Park
    • Elizabeth
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Gilpin County
  • Jefferson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fort Logan, with the one closest to Fort Logan listed first.
    • Columbine
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Columbine is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbine
    • Lakewood
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Ken Caryl
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Green Mountain Village
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Edgewater
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Archer
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Archer is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archer
    • Wheat Ridge
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • East Pleasant View
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • East Pleasant View is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Pleasant View
    • Morrison
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Lakeside
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Mountain View
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Mountain View is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 549 people
    • Applewood Village
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Applewood Village is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Applewood Village
    • Twin Forks
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Park County
  • Weld County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fort Logan, with the one closest to Fort Logan listed first.
    • Wattenberg
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Lochbuie
      (29 miles [46.7 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

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

Cemeteries Near Fort Logan ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fort Logan.

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 Fort Logan - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

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.

Fort Logan itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a post office and railroad service.

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

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Fort Logan. See our List of 1890's Communities around Fort Logan.

Newspapers Published in Fort Logan ...

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 406 newspapers that have been published in the area around Fort Logan.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Fort Logan, there are papers which were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Fort Logan.

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 Fort Logan:

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Fort Logan, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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.
<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- Fort Logan) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.