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 Hoffman Heights (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 Hoffman Heights. 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 Hoffman Heights ...
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 Hoffman Heights: Hoffman Hts. (in Canada, 'Hgts.' is the more common abbreviation.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Hoffman Heights. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Hoffman Heights.
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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.
Hoffman Heights 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 Hoffman Heights. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hoffman Heights:
- Arapahoe County (The home county of Hoffman Heights)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hoffman Heights, with the one closest to Hoffman Heights listed first.
- Aurora
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Altura
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Altura is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altura
- Old Towne
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Old Towne is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Towne
- Colfax Village
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Colfax Village is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colfax Village
- Hallcrafts Village East
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Sableridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Sableridge is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sableridge
- Settlers Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Settlers Village is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Settlers Village
- Havana Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Havana Village is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havana Village
- Somerset Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Somerset Village is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerset Village
- Glendale
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Cherry Hills Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Greenwood Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Adams County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hoffman Heights, with the one closest to Hoffman Heights listed first.
- Hillcrest Village
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Hillcrest Village is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest Village
- Friendly Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Friendly Village is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendly Village
- Adams City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Adams City is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams City
- Derby
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Derby is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby
- Dupont
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- North Washington
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- North Washington is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Washington
- Welby
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Welby is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welby
- Commerce City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Western Hills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Western Hills is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Western Hills
- Berkley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Berkley is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkley
- Hidden Lake
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hidden Lake is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Lake
- Sherrelwood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sherrelwood is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherrelwood
- Boulder County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hoffman Heights, with the one closest to Hoffman Heights listed first.
- Lafayette
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Superior
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Erie
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Louisville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Canfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Canfield is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canfield
- Eldorado Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Valmont
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Valmont is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valmont
- Gunbarrel
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Gunbarrel is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gunbarrel
- Pleasant View Ridge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant View Ridge is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View Ridge
- Boulder
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Crescent Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Crescent Village is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent Village
- Niwot
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Broomfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hoffman Heights, with the one closest to Hoffman Heights listed first.
- Broomfield Heights
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Broomfield Heights is located in Broomfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broomfield Heights
- Broomfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Denver County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hoffman Heights, with the one closest to Hoffman Heights listed first.
- Montbello
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Sandown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sandown is located in Denver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandown
- Cherry Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Cherry Creek is located in Denver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Creek
- Denver
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- 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 west)
- 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 Hoffman Heights, with the one closest to Hoffman Heights listed first.
- Cottonwood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Cottonwood is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood
- Acres Green
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Grand View Estates
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Grand View Estates is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand View Estates
- Meridian
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Meridian is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meridian
- Gateway
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Gateway is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gateway
- Heritage Hills
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Heritage Hills is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Hills
- Lone Tree
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Stonegate
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Stonegate is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonegate
- Carriage Club
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Carriage Club is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carriage Club
- Highlands Ranch
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Parker
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Pine Valley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Pine Valley is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Valley
- Elbert County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hoffman Heights, with the one closest to Hoffman Heights listed first.
- Ponderosa Park
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Ponderosa Park is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponderosa Park
- Elizabeth
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hoffman Heights, with the one closest to Hoffman Heights listed first.
- Edgewater
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Lakeside
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Mountain View
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Mountain View is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
- Population from the 2020 Census: 549 people
- Lakewood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Wheat Ridge
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Arvada
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Columbine
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Columbine is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbine
- Applewood Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Applewood Village is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Applewood Village
- Green Mountain Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Oak Park
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Park is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Park
- East Pleasant View
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- East Pleasant View is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Pleasant View
- Applewood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Applewood is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Applewood
- Weld County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hoffman Heights, with the one closest to Hoffman Heights listed first.
- Lochbuie
(19 miles [30.6 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
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Wattenberg is located in Weld County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wattenberg
- Dacono
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Fort Lupton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Aristocrat Ranchettes
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Frederick
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Hudson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Firestone
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hoffman Heights, see our County-by-County Page for Hoffman Heights.
Cemeteries Near Hoffman Heights ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hoffman Heights.
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 Hoffman Heights - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hoffman Heights covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hoffman Heights, with the one closest to Hoffman Heights listed first.
- Mt. Nebo Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Emanuel Cemetery at Fairmount
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fairmount Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Olinger Eastlawn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- 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>
- The Cremation Gardens at Rocky Mtn. Memorial Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- St. Simeon Catholic Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Olinger Hampden Memorial Gardens Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rose Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Riverside Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lewis Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Melvin Lewis Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (57 more) ...
- Ft. Logan National Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Littleton Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Highland Memorial Gardens
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
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 Hoffman Heights in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hoffman Heights.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hoffman Heights, with the one closest to Hoffman Heights listed first.
- Aurora
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Sullivan
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Sullivan is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sullivan
- Denver
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- 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 west)
- West Denver is located in Denver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Denver
- Fort Logan ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Fort Logan is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Logan
- Littleton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Semper
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Semper is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Semper
- Arvada
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Parker
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Cotton Creek
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cotton Creek is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Creek
- Acequia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Acequia is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acequia
- Archer
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Archer is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archer
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Broomfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Morrison
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Golden
(20 miles [32.2 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 Hoffman Heights. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hoffman Heights.
Newspapers Published in Hoffman Heights ...
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 73 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hoffman Heights.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hoffman Heights, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hoffman Heights.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start 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 Hoffman Heights:
- 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 Hoffman Heights, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Hoffman Heights) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |