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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Grand Island. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Grand Island to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Grand Island, 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 Grand Island (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 Grand Island. 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 Grand Island ...
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 Grand Island: Grand Is. (in Canada, 'Isld.' is the more common abbreviation.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Grand Island. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Grand Island.
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 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 Grand Island is historic, it would have been located within present day 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 Grand Island. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Grand Island:
- Boulder County (The home county of Grand Island)
- The following are listed by their distance from Grand Island, with the one closest to Grand Island listed first.
- Caribou ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Caribou is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caribou
- Caribou has also been known as:
- Caribou City
- Eldora
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Eldora is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldora
- Former names for Eldora:
- El Dora
- Eldorado
- Eldora has also been known as:
- Happy Valley
- Nederland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- 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 <2>
- Tungsten ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Tungsten is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tungsten
- Ward
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Pinecliffe
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Wondervu
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Wondervu is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wondervu
- Magnolia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Magnolia is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- Gold Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Gold Hill is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Hill
- Wallstreet
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Wallstreet is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallstreet
- Crescent Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Crescent Village is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent Village
- Rowena
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Rowena is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowena
- Broomfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grand Island, with the one closest to Grand Island listed first.
- Broomfield Heights
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Broomfield Heights is located in Broomfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broomfield Heights
- Broomfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Clear Creek County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grand Island, with the one closest to Grand Island listed first.
- Alice
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Alice is located in Clear Creek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alice
- Saint Mary's
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Saint Mary's is located in Clear Creek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Mary's
- Downieville - Lawson - Dumont
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Downieville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Dumont
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Lawson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Lawson is located in Clear Creek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawson
- Silver Creek ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Silver Creek is located in Clear Creek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Creek
- Empire
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Berthoud Pass
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Berthoud Pass is located in Clear Creek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berthoud Pass
- Idaho Springs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Berthoud Falls
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Berthoud Falls is located in Clear Creek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berthoud Falls
- Georgetown
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Gilpin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grand Island, with the one closest to Grand Island listed first.
- American City ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- American City is located in Gilpin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for American City
- Rollinsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Apex ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Apex is located in Gilpin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apex
- Kingston ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Kingston is located in Gilpin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston
- Central City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Nevadaville ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Nevadaville is located in Gilpin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nevadaville
- Nevadaville has also been known as:
- Bald Mountain
- Nevada City
- Russell Gulch
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Russell Gulch is located in Gilpin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell Gulch
- Black Hawk
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Smith Hill ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Smith Hill is located in Gilpin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Hill
- Cottonwood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cottonwood is located in Gilpin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood
- Grand County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grand Island, with the one closest to Grand Island listed first.
- Winter Park
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Fraser
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Tabernash
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Granby
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Grand Lake
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hot Sulphur Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Parshall
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grand Island, with the one closest to Grand Island listed first.
- Coal Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Coal Creek is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Creek
- Twin Spruce
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Twin Spruce is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Spruce
- Bergen Park
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Bergen Park is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bergen Park
- Golden
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Park
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Oak Park is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Park
- Arapahoe ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Arapahoe is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arapahoe
- Genesee
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Wallace Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Wallace Village is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallace Village
- Applewood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Applewood is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Applewood
- Evergreen
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Kittredge
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- West Pleasant View
(27 miles [43.5 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 Grand Island, with the one closest to Grand Island listed first.
- Big Elk Meadows
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Big Elk Meadows is located in Larimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Elk Meadows
- Estes Park
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Summit County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grand Island, with the one closest to Grand Island listed first.
- Chihuahua ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Chihuahua is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chihuahua
- Montezuma
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Grand Island, see our County-by-County Page for Grand Island.
Cemeteries Near Grand Island ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Grand Island.
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 Grand Island - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Grand Island covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Grand Island, with the one closest to Grand Island listed first.
- Nederland Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Cozens Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cozens Cemetery
- The Cozens Cemetery has also been known as:
- Cozens Ranch Cemetery
- Fraser Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Catholic Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- IOOF Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Red Men Lodge Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- City Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Foresters Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Knights of Pythias Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Masonic Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Dory Hill Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Gold Hill Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (67 more) ...
- Bald Mtn. Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Rocky Mtn. IOOF Lodge #2 Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Russell Gulch Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
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.
While we didn't find Grand Island in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Grand Island.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Grand Island, with the one closest to Grand Island listed first.
- Caribou ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Caribou is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caribou
- Caribou has also been known as:
- Caribou City
- Nederland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- 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 <2>
- Rollinsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sunset ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Sunset is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset
- Sugarloaf
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Sugarloaf is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugarloaf
- Fraser
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Nevadaville ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Nevadaville is located in Gilpin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nevadaville
- Nevadaville has also been known as:
- Bald Mountain
- Nevada City
- Central City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Magnolia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Magnolia is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- Gold Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Gold Hill is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Hill
- Russell Gulch
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Russell Gulch is located in Gilpin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell Gulch
- Black Hawk
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Crisman
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Crisman is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crisman
- Salina
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Salina is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salina
- Lawson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Lawson is located in Clear Creek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawson
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Grand Island. See our List of 1890's Communities around Grand Island.
Newspapers Published in Grand Island ...
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 105 newspapers that have been published in the area around Grand Island.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Grand Island, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Grand Island.
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 websites either 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 Grand Island:
- Websites specific to Colorado
- Pages specific to Boulder County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Broomfield County
- Clear Creek County
- Gilpin County
- Grand County
- Jefferson County
- Larimer County
- Summit County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Colorado
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 Grand Island, 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Grand Island) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |