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 Gunbarrel (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 Gunbarrel. 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 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 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.
Gunbarrel is located in 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 Gunbarrel. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Gunbarrel:
- Boulder County (The home county of Gunbarrel)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gunbarrel, with the one closest to Gunbarrel listed first.
- Niwot
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Valmont
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Valmont is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valmont
- Boulder
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Canfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Canfield is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canfield
- Lafayette
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Louisville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Erie
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Pleasant View Ridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant View Ridge is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View Ridge
- Hygiene
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Longmont
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Lazy Acres
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Lazy Acres is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lazy Acres
- Salina
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Salina is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salina
- Sunshine
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Sunshine is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine
- Adams County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gunbarrel, with the one closest to Gunbarrel listed first.
- Darlow ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Darlow is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlow
- Little Texas ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Little Texas is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Texas
- Eastlake
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Northglenn
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Federal Heights
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Holiday Hills Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Thornton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Todd Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Todd Creek is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Todd Creek
- Westminster
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Henderson
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Sherrelwood
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Sherrelwood is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherrelwood
- Western Hills
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Western Hills is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Western Hills
- Hidden Lake
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Hidden Lake is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Lake
- Arapahoe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gunbarrel, with the one closest to Gunbarrel listed first.
- Colfax Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Colfax Village is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colfax Village
- Glendale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Aurora
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Englewood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Fort Logan ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Fort Logan is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Logan
- Sheridan
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Altura
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Altura is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altura
- Havana Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Havana Village is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havana Village
- Old Towne
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Old Towne is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Towne
- Broomfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gunbarrel, with the one closest to Gunbarrel listed first.
- Broomfield Heights
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Broomfield Heights is located in Broomfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broomfield Heights
- Broomfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Clear Creek County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gunbarrel, with the one closest to Gunbarrel listed first.
- Idaho Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Alice
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Alice is located in Clear Creek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alice
- Saint Mary's
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Mary's is located in Clear Creek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Mary's
- Downieville - Lawson - Dumont
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Downieville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Dumont
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Denver County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gunbarrel, with the one closest to Gunbarrel listed first.
- West Denver
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- West Denver is located in Denver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Denver
- Denver
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Denver is located in Denver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denver
- Population from the 2020 Census: 735,538 people
- Former names for Denver:
- Auraina
- Denver City
- Montana City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Denver <1>
- Sandown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sandown is located in Denver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandown
- Cherry Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cherry Creek is located in Denver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Creek
- Montbello
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Gilpin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gunbarrel, with the one closest to Gunbarrel listed first.
- Rollinsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- American City ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- American City is located in Gilpin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for American City
- Apex ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Apex is located in Gilpin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apex
- Black Hawk
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Cottonwood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Cottonwood is located in Gilpin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood
- Smith Hill ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Smith Hill is located in Gilpin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Hill
- Central City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Kingston ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Kingston is located in Gilpin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston
- Nevadaville ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- 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
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Russell Gulch is located in Gilpin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell Gulch
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gunbarrel, with the one closest to Gunbarrel listed first.
- Wallace Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Wallace Village is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallace Village
- Coal Creek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Coal Creek is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Creek
- Twin Spruce
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Twin Spruce is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Spruce
- Oak Park
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Oak Park is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Park
- Arvada
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Applewood Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Applewood Village is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Applewood Village
- Arapahoe ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Arapahoe is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arapahoe
- Lakeside
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Applewood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Applewood is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Applewood
- Golden
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Mountain View
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Mountain View is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
- Population from the 2020 Census: 549 people
- Wheat Ridge
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Edgewater
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Larimer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gunbarrel, with the one closest to Gunbarrel listed first.
- Berthoud
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Big Elk Meadows
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Big Elk Meadows is located in Larimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Elk Meadows
- Campion
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Campion is located in Larimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campion
- Loveland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Drake
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Estes Park
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Masonville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Horsetooth Heights
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Horsetooth Heights is located in Larimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horsetooth Heights
- Glen Haven
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Weld County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gunbarrel, with the one closest to Gunbarrel listed first.
- Frederick
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Dacono
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Firestone
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Highland Lake
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Highland Lake is located in Weld County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Lake
- Mead
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Wattenberg
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Wattenberg is located in Weld County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wattenberg
- Fort Lupton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Platteville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Aristocrat Ranchettes
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Johnstown
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Lochbuie
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Lochbuie is located in Weld County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lochbuie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,885 people
- Milliken
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Hillsboro
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hillsboro is located in Weld County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsboro
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Gunbarrel, see our County-by-County Page for Gunbarrel.
Cemeteries Near Gunbarrel ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Gunbarrel.
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 Gunbarrel - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Gunbarrel covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Gunbarrel, with the one closest to Gunbarrel listed first.
- Valmont Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mountain View Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mountain View Memorial Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Niwot Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Ryssby Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Sacred Heart Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Columbia Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Green Mtn. Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Mtn. Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Green Mtn. Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Boulder.
- The Green Mtn. Cemetery has also been known as:
- Green Mtn. Memorial Park
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #57314 <2>
- Lafayette Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Burlington Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Coal Creek Memorial Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Louisville Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (92 more) ...
- Superior Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Hygiene Cemetery North
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Hygiene Cemetery South
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hygiene Cemetery South
- The Hygiene Cemetery South has also been known as:
- Hygiene South Cemetery
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 Gunbarrel in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Gunbarrel.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Gunbarrel, with the one closest to Gunbarrel listed first.
- Valmont
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Valmont is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valmont
- Niwot
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Boulder
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Louisville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lafayette
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Canfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Canfield is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canfield
- Altona ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Altona is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altona
- Marshall
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Marshall is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall
- Erie
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Longmont
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hygiene
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Crisman
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Crisman is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crisman
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Springdale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Springdale is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale
- Sunshine
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Sunshine is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine
- Salina
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Salina is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salina
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Gunbarrel. See our List of 1890's Communities around Gunbarrel.
Newspapers Published in Gunbarrel ...
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 49 newspapers that have been published in the area around Gunbarrel.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Gunbarrel, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Gunbarrel.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Gunbarrel:
- Websites specific to Colorado
- Pages specific to Boulder County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Adams County
- Arapahoe County
- Broomfield County
- Clear Creek County
- Denver County
- Gilpin County
- Jefferson County
- Larimer County
- Weld County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Colorado
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 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. |
| <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 Gunbarrel, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Gunbarrel) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |