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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 Little Dam (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 Little Dam. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Little Dam 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 Little Dam. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Little Dam:

  • Larimer County     (The home county of Little Dam)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Little Dam, with the one closest to Little Dam listed first.
    • Masonville
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Horsetooth Heights
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Horsetooth Heights is located in Larimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horsetooth Heights
    • Drake
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Loveland
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Stout ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Stout is located in Larimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stout
    • Campion
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Campion is located in Larimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campion
    • Berthoud
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Fort Collins
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Glen Haven
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Bellvue
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Laporte
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Timnath
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Boulder County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Little Dam, with the one closest to Little Dam listed first.
    • Noland
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Noland is located in Boulder County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noland
    • Lyons
      (13 miles [20.9 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>
    • Hygiene
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Longmont
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Jamestown
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Niwot
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Pleasant View Ridge
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Pleasant View Ridge is located in Boulder County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View Ridge
    • Allenspark
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Lazy Acres
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Lazy Acres is located in Boulder County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lazy Acres
    • Gunbarrel
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Gunbarrel is located in Boulder County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gunbarrel
    • Rowena
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Rowena is located in Boulder County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowena
    • Sunshine
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Sunshine is located in Boulder County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine
  • Weld County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Little Dam, with the one closest to Little Dam listed first.
    • Highland Lake
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Highland Lake is located in Weld County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Lake
    • Mead
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Johnstown
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Windsor
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • 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>
    • Hillsboro
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Hillsboro is located in Weld County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsboro
    • Milliken
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Severance
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Firestone
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Evans
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Gilcrest
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Greeley
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Frederick
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)

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

Cemeteries Near Little Dam ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Little Dam.

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 Little Dam - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Boothroyd - Hutchinson Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Sunrise Ranch Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Masonville Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Carter Family Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Chance Family Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Eden Valley Resthaven Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Langston Family Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Rhodes Family Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Modena Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • All Saints Episcopal Church Columbarium
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Lakeside Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Loveland Burial Park
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loveland Burial Park
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Loveland Burial Park is a very large cemetery that is located in Loveland.
    • The Loveland Burial Park has also been known as:
    • Loveland Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1940986 <2>
  • Continue List   (92 more) ...
    • Charlie Stevens Grave
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Resthaven Memory Gardens
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Kinnison Family Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)

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 Little Dam in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Little Dam.

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

  • Loveland
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Stout ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Stout is located in Larimer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stout
  • Berthoud
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Noland
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Noland is located in Boulder County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noland
  • Fort Collins
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Lyons
    (13 miles [20.9 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>
  • Highland
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Highland is located in Boulder County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
  • Timnath
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Laporte
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Bellvue
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Estes Park
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Hygiene
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Highland Lake
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Highland Lake is located in Weld County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Lake
    • Windsor
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • 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>
    • Longmont
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)

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

Newspapers Published in Little Dam ...

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 33 newspapers that have been published in the area around Little Dam.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Little Dam, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Little Dam.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Little Dam:

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 Little Dam, 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 from Point A (ie- Little Dam) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.