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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 Keenesburg (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 Keenesburg. 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 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.

Keenesburg is located in Weld County.

To see how the shape of Colorado's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Weld County: Adams, Boulder, Broomfield, Larimer, Logan, Morgan, Kimball (NE) & Laramie (WY).

Below are the counties that are near Keenesburg. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Keenesburg:

  • Weld County     (The home county of Keenesburg)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Keenesburg, with the one closest to Keenesburg listed first.
    • Johnson
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Johnson have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson
      • Johnson is located in Weld County
    • Hudson
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hudson have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson
      • Hudson is located in Weld County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,768 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hudson <2>
    • Roggen
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Lochbuie
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lochbuie have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lochbuie
      • Lochbuie is located in Weld County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,885 people
    • Aristocrat Ranchettes
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Aristocrat Ranchettes have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aristocrat Ranchettes
      • Aristocrat Ranchettes is located in Weld County
    • Fort Lupton
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Hardin
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Hardin. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardin
      • Hardin is located in Weld County
    • Platteville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Platteville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Platteville
      • Platteville is located in Weld County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,000 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Platteville <2>
    • Wattenberg
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wattenberg
      • Wattenberg is located in Weld County
    • Dearfield ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dearfield
      • Dearfield is located in Weld County
    • Gilcrest
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Kersey
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kersey have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kersey
      • Kersey is located in Weld County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,798 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kersey <2>
    • La Salle
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Adams County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Keenesburg, with the one closest to Keenesburg listed first.
    • Comanche ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Comanche. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comanche
      • Comanche is located in Adams County
    • Brighton
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Todd Creek
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Todd Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Todd Creek
      • Todd Creek is located in Adams County
    • Commerce City
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Commerce City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Commerce City
      • Commerce City is located in Adams County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 59,317 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Commerce City <2>
    • Henderson
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Henderson have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henderson
      • Henderson is located in Adams County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Henderson <2>
    • Bennett
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Darlow ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Darlow. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlow
      • Darlow is located in Adams County
    • Little Texas ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Little Texas. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Texas
      • Little Texas is located in Adams County
    • Watkins
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Eastlake
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eastlake have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastlake
      • Eastlake is located in Adams County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eastlake <2>
    • Thornton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Thornton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornton
      • Thornton is located in Adams County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 148,113 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Thornton <2>
    • Strasburg
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Derby
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Derby have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby
      • Derby is located in Adams County
  • Arapahoe County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Keenesburg, with the one closest to Keenesburg listed first.
    • Altura
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Altura have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altura
      • Altura is located in Arapahoe County
    • Aurora
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aurora
      • Aurora is located in Arapahoe County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 387,377 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Aurora <2>
  • Boulder County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Keenesburg, with the one closest to Keenesburg listed first.
    • Erie
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Erie have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erie
      • Erie is located in Boulder County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 30,318 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Erie <2>
    • Pleasant View Ridge
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant View Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View Ridge
      • Pleasant View Ridge is located in Boulder County
    • Canfield
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canfield
      • Canfield is located in Boulder County
  • Broomfield County
    • Broomfield
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Broomfield have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broomfield
      • Broomfield is located in Broomfield County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 72,236 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Broomfield <2>
  • Denver County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Keenesburg, with the one closest to Keenesburg listed first.
    • Montbello
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Sandown
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandown
      • Sandown is located in Denver County
  • Morgan County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Keenesburg, with the one closest to Keenesburg listed first.
    • Hoyt
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoyt
      • Hoyt is located in Morgan County
    • Wiggins
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Orchard
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Orchard have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard
      • Orchard is located in Morgan County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Orchard <2>

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

Cemeteries Near Keenesburg ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Keenesburg.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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

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

  • Mountain View Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Hillside Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Fairview Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Mizpah Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mizpah Cemetery
    • Former name for Mizpah Cemetery:
    • Sandhill Cemetery
  • St. Francis Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Francis Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Francis Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Black Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Black Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Black Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Pioneer Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Elmwood Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Evans Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Burbridge Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Burbridge Cemetery
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Burbridge Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • The Burbridge Cemetery has also been known as:
    • St. Vrain Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2318187 <4>
  • St. Clair Ross Memorial Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Linn Grove Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...
    • Sunset Memorial Cemetery
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Hoyt Cemetery
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hoyt Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hoyt Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Mt. View Cemetery
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)

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.<5>

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

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

  • Hudson
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hudson have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson
    • Hudson is located in Weld County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,768 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hudson <2>
  • Roggen
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Fort Lupton
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Hardin
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Hardin. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardin
    • Hardin is located in Weld County
  • Platteville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Platteville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Platteville
    • Platteville is located in Weld County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,000 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Platteville <2>
  • La Salle
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Masters
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Masters have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masters
    • Masters is located in Weld County
  • Evans
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Evans have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans
    • Evans is located in Weld County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 23,183 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Evans <2>
  • Dick
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dick have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dick
    • Dick is located in Weld County
  • Saint Vrains
    (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Vrains have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Vrains
    • Saint Vrains is located in Weld County
  • Greeley
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Hillsboro
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hillsboro have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsboro
    • Hillsboro is located in Weld County
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Highland Lake
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Highland Lake. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Lake
      • Highland Lake is located in Weld County
    • Erie
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Erie have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erie
      • Erie is located in Boulder County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 30,318 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Erie <2>
    • Goodrich
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Goodrich have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodrich
      • Goodrich is located in Morgan County

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Keenesburg ...

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 44 newspapers that have been published in the area around Keenesburg.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Keenesburg. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Keenesburg and those printed in the larger area surrounding Keenesburg.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<6> of Keenesburg.

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 helpful 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 Keenesburg:

The official website for Keenesburg: www.keenesburgco.org/

The official website for Weld County: www.co.weld.co.us/

The official website for State of Colorado: https://www.colorado.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>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.
<5>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 Keenesburg, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>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 from Point A (ie- Keenesburg) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Keenesburg. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.1083, Longitude: -104.5156       In this case, the coordinates for Keenesburg have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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