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 Hillrose (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 Hillrose. 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 northwest 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 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 west 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.
Hillrose is located in Morgan 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 Morgan County: Adams, Logan, Washington & Weld.
Below are the counties that are near Hillrose. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hillrose:
- Morgan County (The home county of Hillrose)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hillrose, with the one closest to Hillrose listed first.
- Snyder
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Brush
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Fort Morgan
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Log Lane Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Log Lane Village is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Log Lane Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 848 people
- Twelvemile Corner
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Twelvemile Corner is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twelvemile Corner
- Weldona
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Wiggins
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Logan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hillrose, with the one closest to Hillrose listed first.
- Merino
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Willard ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Willard is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willard
- Atwood
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Sterling
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hillrose, with the one closest to Hillrose listed first.
- Messex
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Messex is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Messex
- Pinneo ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Pinneo is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinneo
- Midway ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Midway is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Xenia ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Xenia is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Xenia
- Xenia has also been known as:
- Cody
- Akron
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Rago ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Rago is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rago
- Curtis ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Curtis is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtis
- Woodrow
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Platner
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Platner is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Platner
- Harmon ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Harmon is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmon
- Burdett ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Burdett is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burdett
- Elba ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Elba is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elba
- Weld County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hillrose, with the one closest to Hillrose listed first.
- Stoneham
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Raymer
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Raymer is located in Weld County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 120 people
- Raymer has also been known as:
- New Raymer
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Raymer <1>
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hillrose, see our County-by-County Page for Hillrose.
Cemeteries Near Hillrose ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hillrose.
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 Hillrose - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hillrose covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hillrose, with the one closest to Hillrose listed first.
- J. L. Brush Memorial Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Brush Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Eben - Ezer Lutheran Care Center Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Merino Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Presbyterian Church Columbarium
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Riverside Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Prairie Lawn Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Akron Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Gebaurer Family Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- St. Joseph's Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Prairie View Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Grave of Susanna Alderdice
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Summit Springs Battlefield Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Weldona Cemetery
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Curtis Cemetery
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
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.<2>
While we didn't find Hillrose in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hillrose.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hillrose, with the one closest to Hillrose listed first.
- Balzac
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Balzac is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balzac
- Brush
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pinneo ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Pinneo is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinneo
- Merino
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Fort Morgan
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Willard ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Willard is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willard
- Akron
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Stoneham
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Atwood
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Curtis ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Curtis is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtis
- Raymer
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Raymer is located in Weld County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 120 people
- Raymer has also been known as:
- New Raymer
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Raymer <1>
- Sterling
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Goodrich
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Goodrich is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodrich
- Harmon ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Harmon is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmon
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hillrose. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hillrose.
Newspapers Published in Hillrose ...
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 42 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hillrose.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hillrose, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hillrose.
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 Hillrose:
- Websites specific to Colorado
- Pages specific to Morgan County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Logan County
- Washington 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> | 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 Hillrose, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Hillrose) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |