RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> State of Colorado >> Larimer County >> Little Dam >> Genealogy HelperIndex...










Learn About
The Commemorative
Quarter for
Colorado

The Commemorative Quarter for Colorado





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 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.

Little Dam 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 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)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Masonville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masonville
      • Masonville is located in Larimer County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Masonville <2>
    • Horsetooth Heights
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horsetooth Heights
      • Horsetooth Heights is located in Larimer County
    • Drake
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • 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>
    • Loveland
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Loveland have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loveland
      • Loveland is located in Larimer County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 83,517 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Loveland <2>
    • Stout ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Stout. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stout
      • Stout is located in Larimer County
    • Campion
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campion
      • Campion is located in Larimer County
    • 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)
      • 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>
    • 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)
    • Big Elk Meadows
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Big Elk Meadows have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Elk Meadows
      • Big Elk Meadows is located in Larimer County
  • 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)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Noland. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noland
      • Noland is located in Boulder County
    • Lyons
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyons
      • Lyons is located in Boulder County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,058 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lyons <2>
    • Hygiene
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hygiene have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hygiene
      • Hygiene is located in Boulder County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hygiene <2>
    • 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)
      • 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
    • Allenspark
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Allenspark have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenspark
      • Allenspark is located in Boulder County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Allenspark <2>
    • Lazy Acres
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lazy Acres
      • Lazy Acres is located in Boulder County
    • Gunbarrel
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gunbarrel have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gunbarrel
      • Gunbarrel is located in Boulder County
    • Rowena
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowena
      • Rowena is located in Boulder County
    • Sunshine
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sunshine. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine
      • Sunshine is located in Boulder County
    • Canfield
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canfield
      • Canfield is located in Boulder County
  • 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)
      • 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
    • Mead
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mead have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mead
      • Mead is located in Weld County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,003 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mead <2>
    • Johnstown
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Windsor
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor
      • Windsor is located in Weld County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 27,659 people
      • Former names for Windsor:
      • New Liberty
      • New Windsor
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Windsor <2>
    • Milliken
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Milliken have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milliken
      • Milliken is located in Weld County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,688 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Milliken <2>
    • Severance
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Severance have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Severance
      • Severance is located in Weld County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,634 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Severance <2>
    • Firestone
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Firestone have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Firestone
      • Firestone is located in Weld County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,298 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Firestone <2>
    • Evans
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • 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>
    • 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)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Frederick have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frederick
      • Frederick is located in Weld County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,515 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Frederick <2>
    • Platteville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • 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>
    • Dacono
      (27 miles [43.5 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.

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 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)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Boothroyd - Hutchinson Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Boothroyd - Hutchinson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Sunrise Ranch Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Masonville Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Masonville Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Masonville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Carter Family Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Carter Family Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Carter Family Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Chance Family Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Chance Family Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Chance Family Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Eden Valley Resthaven Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Eden Valley Resthaven Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Eden Valley Resthaven Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Langston Family Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Langston Family Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Langston Family Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Rhodes Family Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rhodes Family Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rhodes Family Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Modena Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Modena Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Modena Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • All Saints Episcopal Church Columbarium
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the All Saints Episcopal Church Columbarium
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the All Saints Episcopal Church Columbarium have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Lakeside Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Loveland Burial Park
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (92 more) ...
    • Charlie Stevens Grave
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Charlie Stevens Grave
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Charlie Stevens Grave have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Resthaven Memory Gardens
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Kinnison Family Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kinnison Family Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Kinnison Family Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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 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
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Loveland have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loveland
    • Loveland is located in Larimer County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 83,517 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Loveland <2>
  • Stout ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Stout. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stout
    • Stout is located in Larimer County
  • Berthoud
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Noland
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Noland. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noland
    • Noland is located in Boulder County
  • Fort Collins
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Lyons
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyons
    • Lyons is located in Boulder County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,058 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lyons <2>
  • Highland
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Highland have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
    • Highland is located in Boulder County
  • 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)
    • 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>
  • Hygiene
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hygiene have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hygiene
    • Hygiene is located in Boulder County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hygiene <2>
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Highland Lake
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • 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
    • Windsor
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor
      • Windsor is located in Weld County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 27,659 people
      • Former names for Windsor:
      • New Liberty
      • New Windsor
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Windsor <2>
    • 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]<6>. 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 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 Little Dam:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Little Dam. 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>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 Little Dam, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>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- Little Dam) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Little Dam. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.4222, Longitude: -105.2228       In this case, the coordinates for Little Dam have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

Copyright 2025
All Rights Reserved

Thank you for visiting our website.

In closing, please keep in mind that we can not guarantee the accuracy or timeliness of the information on this website, so use with care. We encourage you to double-check the information that is critical to you.

If you've found an error or have additional information that you would like to share, please don't hesitate to write: Click here to contact us.

This page was last modified/updated: 28 Apr 2025