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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 Glen Park (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 Glen Park. 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 and hospitals 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.

Glen Park is located in El Paso 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 El Paso County: Crowley, Douglas, Elbert, Fremont, Lincoln, Pueblo & Teller.

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

  • El Paso County     (The home county of Glen Park)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Glen Park, with the one closest to Glen Park listed first.
    • Palmer Lake
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Monument
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Woodmoor
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Woodmoor is located in El Paso County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodmoor
    • Gleneagle
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Gleneagle is located in El Paso County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gleneagle
    • Crystola
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Crystola is located in El Paso County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystola
    • Green Mountain Falls
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Black Forest
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Chipita Park
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Cascade
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Manitou Springs
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Eastonville ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Eastonville is located in El Paso County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastonville
    • Colorado Springs
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Colorado Springs is located in El Paso County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colorado Springs
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 482,131 people
      • Former names for Colorado Springs:
      • El Paso
      • Fountain Colony
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Colorado Springs <1>
    • Falcon
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Douglas County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Glen Park, with the one closest to Glen Park listed first.
    • Larkspur
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Perry Park
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Perry Park is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry Park
    • Westcreek
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Westcreek is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westcreek
    • Castle Rock
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Founders Village
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Founders Village is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Founders Village
    • Franktown
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Twin Cedars ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Twin Cedars is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Cedars
    • Sedalia
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Castle Pines
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Castle Pines North
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Castle Pines North is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Pines North
      • Estimated population in 2011: 10,602 people
    • Louviers
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • The Pinery
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • The Pinery is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Pinery
    • Roxborough Park
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Roxborough Park is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxborough Park
  • Elbert County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Glen Park, with the one closest to Glen Park listed first.
    • Elbert
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Elizabeth
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Ponderosa Park
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Ponderosa Park is located in Elbert County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponderosa Park
    • Kiowa
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Jefferson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Glen Park, with the one closest to Glen Park listed first.
    • Dome Rock
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Dome Rock is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dome Rock
    • Buffalo Creek
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Foxton ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Foxton is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxton
    • Pine
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Archer
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Archer is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archer
    • Indian Springs Village
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Park County
  • Teller County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Glen Park, with the one closest to Glen Park listed first.
    • Woodland Park
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Divide
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Florissant
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Cripple Creek
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Independence ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Independence is located in Teller County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
    • Goldfield
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Goldfield is located in Teller County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldfield
    • Victor
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Glen Park ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Glen Park.

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 Glen Park - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Monument Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • St. Matthias Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • The Church of the Woodmoor Columbarium
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • United States Air Force Academy Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Spring Valley Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Capps Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • St. Benedict Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Glen Grove Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Templeton Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Templeton Cemetery
    • The Templeton Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Pioneer Cemetery
  • Woodland Park Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Mt. St. Francis Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. St. Francis Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Mt. St. Francis Cemetery is located 7 miles [11.3 km]<2> to the north of Colorado Springs.
    • The Mt. St. Francis Cemetery has also been known as:
    • St. Francis Cemetery
  • Rooks Family Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (45 more) ...
    • Table Rock Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Table Rock Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Table Rock Cemetery is located 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the east of Monument.
    • James Cemetery
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Divide Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 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 Glen Park in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Glen Park.

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

  • Palmer Lake
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Monument
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Greenland
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Greenland is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenland
  • Larkspur
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Green Mountain Falls
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Pikeview
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Pikeview is located in El Paso County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikeview
  • Manitou Springs
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Castle Rock
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Colorado Springs
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Colorado Springs is located in El Paso County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colorado Springs
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 482,131 people
    • Former names for Colorado Springs:
    • El Paso
    • Fountain Colony
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Colorado Springs <1>
  • Eastonville ‑ Historic
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Eastonville is located in El Paso County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastonville
  • Elsmere
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Elsmere is located in El Paso County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elsmere
  • Falcon
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Ivywild
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Ivywild is located in El Paso County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivywild
    • Elbert
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Franktown
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)

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

Newspapers Published in Glen Park ...

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 146 newspapers that have been published in the area around Glen Park.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Glen Park, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Glen Park.

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 Glen Park:

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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Glen Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Glen Park, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.