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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 Kenyon Corner (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 Kenyon Corner. 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 Kenyon Corner ...

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 Kenyon Corner: Kenyon Cor. (or less commonly used: Kenyon Crn.)

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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals 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.

Kenyon Corner is located in Larimer 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 Larimer County: Boulder, Grand, Jackson, Weld, Albany (WY) & Laramie (WY).

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

  • Larimer County     (The home county of Kenyon Corner)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kenyon Corner, with the one closest to Kenyon Corner listed first.
    • Laporte
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Fort Collins
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Wellington
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Bellvue
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Waverly
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Waverly is located in Larimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly
    • Stout ‑ Historic
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Stout is located in Larimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stout
    • Timnath
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Horsetooth Heights
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Horsetooth Heights is located in Larimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horsetooth Heights
    • Bulger
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Bulger is located in Larimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bulger
    • Kerns
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Kerns is located in Larimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerns
    • Masonville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Livermore
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Loveland
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Boulder County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kenyon Corner, with the one closest to Kenyon Corner listed first.
    • Noland
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Noland is located in Boulder County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noland
    • Lyons
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Lyons is located in Boulder County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyons
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,058 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lyons <1>
  • Weld County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kenyon Corner, with the one closest to Kenyon Corner listed first.
    • Severance
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Windsor
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Windsor is located in Weld County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 27,659 people
      • Former names for Windsor:
      • New Liberty
      • New Windsor
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Windsor <1>
    • Nunn
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Pierce
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Dover
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Dover is located in Weld County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
    • Ault
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Eaton
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Carr
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Johnstown
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Lucerne
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Greeley
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Hillsboro
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Hillsboro is located in Weld County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsboro
    • Milliken
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Laramie County (WY)
    • Speer
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Speer is located in Laramie County (WY)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speer

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

Cemeteries Near Kenyon Corner ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Kenyon Corner.

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 Kenyon Corner - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Laporte Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Reu Family Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Grandview Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Roselawn Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • U S Soldier Grave
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Highland Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Timnath Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Bardwell Family Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Lory State Park Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Harmony Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Patterson Grave
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Kinnison Family Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (68 more) ...
    • Eddie Hale Grave
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Pittington Family Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Resthaven Memory Gardens
      (11 miles [17.7 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.<3>

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

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

  • Laporte
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Fort Collins
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Bellvue
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Stout ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Stout is located in Larimer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stout
  • Timnath
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Livermore
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Windsor
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Windsor is located in Weld County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 27,659 people
    • Former names for Windsor:
    • New Liberty
    • New Windsor
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Windsor <1>
  • Loveland
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Pierce
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Dover
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Dover is located in Weld County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
  • Eaton
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
  • Carr
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (11 more) ...
    • Berthoud
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Hillsboro
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Hillsboro is located in Weld County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsboro
    • Greeley
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)

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

Newspapers Published in Kenyon Corner ...

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 56 newspapers that have been published in the area around Kenyon Corner.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Kenyon Corner, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Kenyon Corner.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Kenyon Corner:

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 Kenyon Corner, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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 from Point A (ie- Kenyon Corner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.