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 Heather Ridge (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 Heather Ridge. 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 Heather Ridge ...
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 Heather Ridge: Heather Rdg. (or less commonly used: Heather Rdge. or Heather Ridg.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Heather Ridge. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Heather Ridge.
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 southeast 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 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 east 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.
Heather Ridge is located in 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 Heather Ridge. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Heather Ridge:
- Arapahoe County (The home county of Heather Ridge)
- The following are listed by their distance from Heather Ridge, with the one closest to Heather Ridge listed first.
- Hallcrafts Village East
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Sableridge
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Sableridge is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sableridge
- Havana Village
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Havana Village is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havana Village
- Old Towne
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Old Towne is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Towne
- Settlers Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Settlers Village is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Settlers Village
- Somerset Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Somerset Village is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerset Village
- Colfax Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Colfax Village is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colfax Village
- Aurora
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Altura
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Altura is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altura
- Algonquin Acres
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Algonquin Acres is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Algonquin Acres
- Greenwood Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Glendale
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Centennial
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Adams County
- The following are listed by their distance from Heather Ridge, with the one closest to Heather Ridge listed first.
- Hillcrest Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Hillcrest Village is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest Village
- Friendly Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Friendly Village is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendly Village
- Derby
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Derby is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby
- Dupont
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Adams City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Adams City is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams City
- North Washington
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- North Washington is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Washington
- Welby
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Welby is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welby
- Watkins
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Berkley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Berkley is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkley
- Hidden Lake
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hidden Lake is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Lake
- Sherrelwood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Sherrelwood is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherrelwood
- Twin Lakes
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Twin Lakes is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
- Western Hills
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Western Hills is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Western Hills
- Boulder County
- The following are listed by their distance from Heather Ridge, with the one closest to Heather Ridge listed first.
- Superior
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Lafayette
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Louisville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Erie
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Canfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Canfield is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canfield
- Eldorado Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Broomfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Heather Ridge, with the one closest to Heather Ridge listed first.
- Broomfield Heights
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Broomfield Heights is located in Broomfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broomfield Heights
- Broomfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Denver County
- The following are listed by their distance from Heather Ridge, with the one closest to Heather Ridge listed first.
- Cherry Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cherry Creek is located in Denver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Creek
- Montbello
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Sandown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sandown is located in Denver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandown
- Denver
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- 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>
- West Denver
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- West Denver is located in Denver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Denver
- Douglas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Heather Ridge, with the one closest to Heather Ridge listed first.
- Acres Green
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Cottonwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Cottonwood is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood
- Meridian
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Meridian is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meridian
- Gateway
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Gateway is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gateway
- Grand View Estates
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Grand View Estates is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand View Estates
- Heritage Hills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Heritage Hills is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Hills
- Carriage Club
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Carriage Club is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carriage Club
- Lone Tree
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Stonegate
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Stonegate is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonegate
- Highlands Ranch
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Parker
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Pine Valley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Valley is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Valley
- Cherry Creek Highlands
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Elbert County
- The following are listed by their distance from Heather Ridge, with the one closest to Heather Ridge listed first.
- Ponderosa Park
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ponderosa Park is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponderosa Park
- Elizabeth
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Kiowa
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Heather Ridge, with the one closest to Heather Ridge listed first.
- Edgewater
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lakeside
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Mountain View
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Mountain View is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
- Population from the 2020 Census: 549 people
- Columbine
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Columbine is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbine
- Lakewood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Wheat Ridge
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Arvada
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Green Mountain Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Archer
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Archer is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archer
- Ken Caryl
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Applewood Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Applewood Village is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Applewood Village
- Applewood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Applewood is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Applewood
- East Pleasant View
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- East Pleasant View is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Pleasant View
- Weld County
- The following are listed by their distance from Heather Ridge, with the one closest to Heather Ridge listed first.
- Lochbuie
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Lochbuie is located in Weld County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lochbuie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,885 people
- Wattenberg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Wattenberg is located in Weld County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wattenberg
- Dacono
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Fort Lupton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Hudson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Aristocrat Ranchettes
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Frederick
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Heather Ridge, see our County-by-County Page for Heather Ridge.
Cemeteries Near Heather Ridge ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Heather Ridge.
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 Heather Ridge - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Heather Ridge covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Heather Ridge, with the one closest to Heather Ridge listed first.
- The Cremation Gardens at Rocky Mtn. Memorial Park
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Olinger Hampden Memorial Gardens Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Emanuel Cemetery at Fairmount
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Fairmount Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lewis Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Melvin Lewis Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Mt. Nebo Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- St. Simeon Catholic Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Olinger Eastlawn Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olinger Eastlawn Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Olinger Eastlawn Cemetery is located in Thornton.
- The Olinger Eastlawn Cemetery has also been known as:
- Eastlawn Memorial Gardens
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #57246 <2>
- Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rose Hill Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Littleton Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (54 more) ...
- Riverside Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ft. Logan National Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Parker Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parker Cemetery
- The Parker Cemetery has also been known as:
- J.S. Parker Cemetery
- James Sample Parker Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #722189 <2>
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 Heather Ridge in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Heather Ridge.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Heather Ridge, with the one closest to Heather Ridge listed first.
- Sullivan
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Sullivan is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sullivan
- Aurora
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Denver
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- 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>
- Littleton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- West Denver
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- West Denver is located in Denver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Denver
- Fort Logan ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Fort Logan is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Logan
- Parker
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Acequia
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Acequia is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acequia
- Arvada
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Archer
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Archer is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archer
- Sedalia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Hilltop
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hilltop is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Semper
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Semper is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Semper
- Cotton Creek
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Cotton Creek is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Creek
- Morrison
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Heather Ridge. See our List of 1890's Communities around Heather Ridge.
Newspapers Published in Heather Ridge ...
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 422 newspapers that have been published in the area around Heather Ridge.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Heather Ridge, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Heather Ridge.
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 Heather Ridge:
- Websites specific to Colorado
- Pages specific to Arapahoe County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Adams County
- Boulder County
- Broomfield County
- Denver County
- Douglas County
- Elbert County
- Jefferson 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 Heather Ridge, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Heather Ridge) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |