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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 Henkel (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 Henkel. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors 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.

Henkel is primarily located in El Paso County. A portion of Henkel extends into Pueblo 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 Henkel. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Henkel:

  • El Paso County     (The home county of Henkel)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Henkel, with the one closest to Henkel listed first.
    • Wigwam
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Wigwam is located in El Paso County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wigwam
    • Fountain
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Widefield
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Fort Carson
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Stratmoor
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Stratmoor is located in El Paso County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stratmoor
    • Kelker
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Kelker is located in El Paso County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelker
    • Cimarron Hills
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Colorado Springs
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • 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>
    • Ellicott
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Ellicott is located in El Paso County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellicott
    • Manitou Springs
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Truckton ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Truckton is located in El Paso County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truckton
      • Former names for Truckton:
      • Dunkin City
      • Truck Town
    • Falcon
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
  • Fremont County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Henkel, with the one closest to Henkel listed first.
    • Penrose
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Florence
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Coal Creek
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
    • Rockvale
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
    • Williamsburg
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Williamsburg is located in Fremont County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 682 people
  • Pueblo County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Henkel, with the one closest to Henkel listed first.
    • Pinon
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Pinon is located in Pueblo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinon
    • Pueblo West
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Stone City
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Stone City is located in Pueblo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone City
    • Pueblo
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Pueblo is located in Pueblo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pueblo
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 112,751 people
      • Former names for Pueblo:
      • Bessemer
      • Central Pueblo
      • South Pueblo
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pueblo <1>
    • Salt Creek
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Salt Creek is located in Pueblo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt Creek
    • Lombard Village
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Lombard Village is located in Pueblo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lombard Village
    • Nyberg
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Nyberg is located in Pueblo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nyberg
    • Vineland
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Vineland is located in Pueblo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vineland
    • Avondale
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Fort Reynolds
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Fort Reynolds is located in Pueblo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Reynolds
    • Siloam
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Siloam is located in Pueblo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siloam
    • Boone
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Teller County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Henkel, with the one closest to Henkel listed first.
    • Goldfield
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Goldfield is located in Teller County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldfield
    • Victor
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Henkel ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Henkel.

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

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

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

  • Wilson Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson Cemetery
    • The Wilson Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Butte Cemetery
  • Powers Graves
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Fairview Cemetery at Fountain
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Chico Basin Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chico Basin Cemetery
    • The Chico Basin Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Hanover Cemetery
  • Masonic Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Henry Harkins Gravesite
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Pikes Peak National Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Swallows Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Mountain View Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Mountain View Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the southwest of Pueblo.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #57448 <2>
  • Roselawn Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Bouma / Briggs Grave
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Valhalla Memorial Park
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (19 more) ...
    • Upper Beaver Cemetery
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Penrose Cemetery
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Memorial Gardens Cemetery
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)

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>

While we didn't find Henkel in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Henkel.

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

  • Wigwam
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Wigwam is located in El Paso County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wigwam
  • Buttes
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Buttes is located in El Paso County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buttes
  • Pinon
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Pinon is located in Pueblo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinon
  • Fountain
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Eden
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Eden is located in Pueblo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
  • Widefield
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Pueblo
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Pueblo is located in Pueblo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pueblo
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 112,751 people
    • Former names for Pueblo:
    • Bessemer
    • Central Pueblo
    • South Pueblo
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pueblo <1>
  • Goodnight
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Goodnight is located in Pueblo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodnight
  • Baxter
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Baxter is located in Pueblo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baxter
  • Swallows
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Swallows is located in Pueblo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swallows
  • Salt Creek
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Salt Creek is located in Pueblo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt Creek
  • Kelker
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Kelker is located in El Paso County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelker
  • Continue List   (10 more) ...
    • Nyberg
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Nyberg is located in Pueblo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nyberg
    • Ivywild
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Ivywild is located in El Paso County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivywild
    • Elsmere
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Elsmere is located in El Paso County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elsmere

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

Newspapers Published in Henkel ...

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 45 newspapers that have been published in the area around Henkel.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Henkel, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Henkel.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Henkel:

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>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Henkel) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Henkel, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.