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 Highland Park (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 Highland Park. 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 doctors 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.
Highland Park is located in Denver 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 Denver County: Adams, Arapahoe & Jefferson.
Below are the counties that are near Highland Park. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Highland Park:
- Denver County (The home county of Highland Park)
- The following are listed by their distance from Highland Park, with the one closest to Highland Park listed first.
- West Denver
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- West Denver is located in Denver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Denver
- Denver
(Less than 2 miles 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>
- Cherry Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cherry Creek is located in Denver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Creek
- Sandown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Sandown is located in Denver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandown
- Montbello
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Adams County
- The following are listed by their distance from Highland Park, with the one closest to Highland Park listed first.
- Berkley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Berkley is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkley
- Hidden Lake
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Hidden Lake is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Lake
- North Washington
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- North Washington is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Washington
- Twin Lakes
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Twin Lakes is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
- Sherrelwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Sherrelwood is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherrelwood
- Western Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Western Hills is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Western Hills
- Westminster
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Adams City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Adams City is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams City
- Welby
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Welby is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welby
- Federal Heights
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Derby
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Derby is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby
- Dupont
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Arapahoe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Highland Park, with the one closest to Highland Park listed first.
- Glendale
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Sheridan
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Colfax Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Colfax Village is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colfax Village
- Cherry Hills Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Englewood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Fort Logan ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Fort Logan is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Logan
- Old Towne
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Old Towne is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Towne
- Bow Mar
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Bow Mar is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bow Mar
- Population from the 2020 Census: 947 people
- Havana Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Havana Village is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havana Village
- Aurora
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Littleton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Hallcrafts Village East
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Boulder County
- The following are listed by their distance from Highland Park, with the one closest to Highland Park listed first.
- Superior
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lafayette
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Louisville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Eldorado Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Erie
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Canfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Canfield is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canfield
- Crescent Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Crescent Village is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent Village
- Valmont
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Valmont is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valmont
- Boulder
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Gunbarrel
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Gunbarrel is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gunbarrel
- Wondervu
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Wondervu is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wondervu
- Magnolia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Magnolia is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- Broomfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Highland Park, with the one closest to Highland Park listed first.
- Broomfield Heights
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Broomfield Heights is located in Broomfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broomfield Heights
- Broomfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Clear Creek County
- The following are listed by their distance from Highland Park, with the one closest to Highland Park listed first.
- Brookvale
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Brookvale is located in Clear Creek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookvale
- Idaho Springs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Dumont
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Douglas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Highland Park, with the one closest to Highland Park listed first.
- Highlands Ranch
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Acres Green
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Gateway
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Gateway is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gateway
- Carriage Club
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Carriage Club is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carriage Club
- Heritage Hills
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Heritage Hills is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Hills
- Meridian
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Meridian is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meridian
- Cottonwood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cottonwood is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood
- Lone Tree
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Grand View Estates
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Grand View Estates is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand View Estates
- Louviers
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Stonegate
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Stonegate is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonegate
- Roxborough Park
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Roxborough Park is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxborough Park
- Gilpin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Highland Park, with the one closest to Highland Park listed first.
- Cottonwood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Cottonwood is located in Gilpin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood
- Smith Hill ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Smith Hill is located in Gilpin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Hill
- Black Hawk
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Central City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Nevadaville ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Nevadaville is located in Gilpin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nevadaville
- Nevadaville has also been known as:
- Bald Mountain
- Nevada City
- Rollinsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Russell Gulch
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Russell Gulch is located in Gilpin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell Gulch
- Apex ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Apex is located in Gilpin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apex
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Highland Park, with the one closest to Highland Park listed first.
- Lakeside
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mountain View
(2 miles [3.2 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
- Edgewater
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Wheat Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Arvada
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lakewood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Applewood Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Applewood Village is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Applewood Village
- Oak Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Park is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Park
- Green Mountain Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Applewood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Applewood is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Applewood
- East Pleasant View
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- East Pleasant View is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Pleasant View
- Arapahoe ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Arapahoe is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arapahoe
- Weld County
- The following are listed by their distance from Highland Park, with the one closest to Highland Park listed first.
- Wattenberg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Wattenberg is located in Weld County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wattenberg
- Dacono
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Lochbuie
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lochbuie is located in Weld County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lochbuie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,885 people
- Frederick
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Fort Lupton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Firestone
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Aristocrat Ranchettes
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hudson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Highland Park, see our County-by-County Page for Highland Park.
Cemeteries Near Highland Park ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Highland Park.
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 Highland Park - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Highland Park covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Highland Park, with the one closest to Highland Park listed first.
- Riverside Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Crown Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Arvada Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Golden Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Rose Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Belleview Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleview Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Belleview Cemetery is located in Westminster.
- The Belleview Cemetery has also been known as:
- Pillar of Fire Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2143601 <2>
- Mt. Olivet Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Olivet Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mt. Olivet Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Wheat Ridge.
- The Mt. Olivet Cemetery has also been known as:
- Mt. Olivet Catholic Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #57441 <2>
- Emanuel Cemetery at Fairmount
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fairmount Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ft. Logan National Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Mt. Nebo Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Highland Memorial Gardens
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Continue List (80 more) ...
- Olinger Highland Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olinger Highland Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Olinger Highland Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the southwest of Thornton.
- The Olinger Highland Cemetery has also been known as:
- Highland Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #453365 <2>
- Ralston Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Golden Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Golden Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Golden.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #152829 <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.<4>
While we didn't find Highland Park in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Highland Park.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Highland Park, with the one closest to Highland Park listed first.
- West Denver
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- West Denver is located in Denver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Denver
- Denver
(Less than 2 miles 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>
- Arvada
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Semper
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Semper is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Semper
- Fort Logan ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Fort Logan is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Logan
- Sullivan
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Sullivan is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sullivan
- Cotton Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Cotton Creek is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Creek
- Littleton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Aurora
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Golden
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Morrison
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Broomfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Lafayette
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Archer
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Archer is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archer
- Acequia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Acequia is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acequia
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Highland Park. See our List of 1890's Communities around Highland Park.
Newspapers Published in Highland Park ...
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 37 newspapers that have been published in the area around Highland Park.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Highland Park, there are papers which were published within 8 miles [12.9 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Highland Park.
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 Highland Park:
- Websites specific to Colorado
- Pages specific to Denver County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Adams County
- Arapahoe County
- Boulder County
- Broomfield County
- Clear Creek County
- Douglas County
- Gilpin 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Highland Park) 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 Highland Park, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |