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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 Kinikinik (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 Kinikinik. 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.

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

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

  • Larimer County     (The home county of Kinikinik)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kinikinik, with the one closest to Kinikinik listed first.
    • Manhattan ‑ Historic
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manhattan
      • Manhattan is located in Larimer County
    • Rustic
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rustic
      • Rustic is located in Larimer County
    • Red Feather Lakes
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Red Feather Lakes have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Feather Lakes
      • Red Feather Lakes is located in Larimer County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Red Feather Lakes <2>
    • Glen Haven
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glen Haven have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Haven
      • Glen Haven is located in Larimer County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Glen Haven <2>
    • Estes Park
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Estes Park have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estes Park
      • Estes Park is located in Larimer County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,553 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Estes Park <2>
    • Virginia Dale
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Virginia Dale have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virginia Dale
      • Virginia Dale is located in Larimer County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Virginia Dale <2>
    • Livermore
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Drake
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Drake have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drake
      • Drake is located in Larimer County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Drake <2>
    • Bellvue
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Grand County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kinikinik, with the one closest to Kinikinik listed first.
    • Lulu City ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Lulu City. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lulu City
      • Lulu City is located in Grand County
    • Dutchtown ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Dutchtown. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutchtown
      • Dutchtown is located in Grand County
  • Jackson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kinikinik, with the one closest to Kinikinik listed first.
    • Gould ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gould
      • Gould is located in Jackson County
    • Teller City ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Teller City. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teller City
      • Teller City is located in Jackson County
    • Old Homestead
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Homestead
      • Old Homestead is located in Jackson County
    • Walden
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Kings Canyon
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Canyon
      • Kings Canyon is located in Jackson County
    • Rand
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rand have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rand
      • Rand is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rand <2>
    • Brownlee ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownlee
      • Brownlee is located in Jackson County
  • Albany County (WY)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kinikinik, with the one closest to Kinikinik listed first.
    • Hermosa
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hermosa have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermosa
      • Hermosa is located in Albany County (WY)
    • Tie Siding
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Jelm
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jelm have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jelm
      • Jelm is located in Albany County (WY)
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jelm <2>

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

Newspapers Published in Kinikinik ...

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 12 newspapers that have been published in the area around Kinikinik.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Kinikinik, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Kinikinik.

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 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 Kinikinik:

Cemeteries Near Kinikinik ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Kinikinik.

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 Kinikinik covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Charles E Williams Grave
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Charles E Williams Grave have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Charles E Williams Grave
  • Campbell Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Campbell Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Campbell Cemetery
  • Fairkytes Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fairkytes Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fairkytes Cemetery
  • Poudre Canyon Chapel Columbariun
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Poudre Canyon Chapel Columbariun have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Poudre Canyon Chapel Columbariun
  • Pickens' Point Memorials
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pickens' Point Memorials have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pickens' Point Memorials
  • Manhattan Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Manhattan Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Manhattan Cemetery
  • Cabin Creek Grave
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cabin Creek Grave have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cabin Creek Grave
  • Robinson Ranch Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Robinson Ranch Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Robinson Ranch Cemetery
  • Levi Yockey Grave
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Levi Yockey Grave have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Levi Yockey Grave
  • Swanson Memorial Garden
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Swanson Memorial Garden have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Swanson Memorial Garden
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2344070 <5>
  • Wangnild Family Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wangnild Family Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wangnild Family Cemetery
  • Great Stupa Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Great Stupa Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Great Stupa Cemetery
  • Continue List   (64 more) ...
    • Black Mtn. Ranch Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Black Mtn. Ranch Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Black Mtn. Ranch Cemetery
    • Pingree Park Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pingree Park Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pingree Park Cemetery
    • Edward Halliday Grave
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Edward Halliday Grave have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Edward Halliday Grave

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.<6>

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

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

  • Manhattan ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manhattan
    • Manhattan is located in Larimer County
  • Estes Park
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Estes Park have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estes Park
    • Estes Park is located in Larimer County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,553 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Estes Park <2>
  • Virginia Dale
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Virginia Dale have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virginia Dale
    • Virginia Dale is located in Larimer County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Virginia Dale <2>
  • Livermore
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
  • Tie Siding
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Walden
    (28 miles [45.1 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 Kinikinik. See our List of 1890's Communities around Kinikinik.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Kinikinik. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Larimer County: www.co.larimer.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>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- Kinikinik) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Kinikinik. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.7125, Longitude: -105.7381       In this case, the coordinates for Kinikinik have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>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.
<6>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 Kinikinik, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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