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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 Greenland (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 Greenland. 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 hospitals 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.

Greenland is located in Douglas 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 Douglas County: Arapahoe, El Paso, Elbert, Jefferson, Park & Teller.

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

  • Douglas County     (The home county of Greenland)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Greenland, with the one closest to Greenland listed first.
    • Larkspur
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Perry Park
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Perry Park is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry Park
    • Castle Rock
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Founders Village
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Founders Village is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Founders Village
    • Franktown
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Westcreek
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Westcreek is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westcreek
    • Sedalia
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Castle Pines
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • The Pinery
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • The Pinery is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Pinery
    • Castle Pines North
      (20 miles [32.2 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
    • Twin Cedars ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Twin Cedars is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Cedars
    • Louviers
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Cherry Creek Highlands
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
  • Arapahoe County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Greenland, with the one closest to Greenland listed first.
    • Castlewood
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Castlewood is located in Arapahoe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castlewood
    • Centennial
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Algonquin Acres
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Algonquin Acres is located in Arapahoe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Algonquin Acres
    • Cherry Knolls
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Cherry Knolls is located in Arapahoe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Knolls
    • Foxfield
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Foxfield is located in Arapahoe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxfield
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 771 people
    • Southglenn
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Southglenn is located in Arapahoe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southglenn
    • Columbine Valley
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Columbine Valley is located in Arapahoe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbine Valley
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,508 people
    • Greenwood Village
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • El Paso County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Greenland, with the one closest to Greenland listed first.
    • Woodmoor
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Woodmoor is located in El Paso County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodmoor
    • Palmer Lake
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Monument
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Gleneagle
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Gleneagle is located in El Paso County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gleneagle
    • Black Forest
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Eastonville ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Eastonville is located in El Paso County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastonville
    • Crystola
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Crystola is located in El Paso County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystola
    • Chipita Park
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Green Mountain Falls
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Cascade
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Falcon
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Manitou Springs
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Peyton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Elbert County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Greenland, with the one closest to Greenland listed first.
    • Elbert
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Elizabeth
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Ponderosa Park
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Ponderosa Park is located in Elbert County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponderosa Park
    • Kiowa
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Fondis
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Fondis is located in Elbert County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fondis
  • Jefferson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Greenland, with the one closest to Greenland listed first.
    • Dome Rock
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Dome Rock is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dome Rock
    • Archer
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Archer is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archer
    • Buffalo Creek
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Foxton ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 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)
    • Columbine
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Columbine is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbine
    • Indian Springs Village
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Ken Caryl
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Park County
  • Teller County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Greenland, with the one closest to Greenland listed first.
    • Woodland Park
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Divide
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Florissant
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Greenland ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Greenland.

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 Greenland - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Spring Valley Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Monument Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • St. Matthias Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • The Church of the Woodmoor Columbarium
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Glen Grove Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • St. Benedict Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Table Rock Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • 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.
  • United States Air Force Academy Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • James Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Capps Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Cedar Hill Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Bluff Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Bluff Cemetery is located 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the east of Monument.
    • The Bluff Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Evans Cemetery
  • Continue List   (50 more) ...
    • Franktown Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Templeton Cemetery
      (16 miles [25.7 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
      (16 miles [25.7 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.<4>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Greenland had a population of 78 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.

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

  • Larkspur
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Palmer Lake
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Monument
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Castle Rock
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Franktown
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Eastonville ‑ Historic
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Eastonville is located in El Paso County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastonville
  • Elbert
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Sedalia
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Pikeview
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Pikeview is located in El Paso County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikeview
  • Elizabeth
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Green Mountain Falls
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Hilltop
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Hilltop is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Falcon
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Manitou Springs
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Peyton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)

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

Newspapers Published in Greenland ...

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 126 newspapers that have been published in the area around Greenland.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Greenland, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Greenland.

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 Greenland:

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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Greenland) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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>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 Greenland, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.