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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 Living Springs (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 Living Springs. 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 Living Springs ...

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 have occurred.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Living Springs: Living Spgs. (or less commonly used: Living Spngs. or Living Sprngs.)

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 southeast 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 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.

Living Springs is located in Adams 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 Adams County: Arapahoe, Boulder, Denver, Jefferson, Morgan, Washington & Weld.

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

  • Adams County     (The home county of Living Springs)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Living Springs, with the one closest to Living Springs listed first.
    • Comanche ‑ Historic
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Comanche have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comanche
      • Comanche is located in Adams County
    • Strasburg
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Bennett
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Cabin Creek
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cabin Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cabin Creek
      • Cabin Creek is located in Adams County
    • Watkins
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Shamrock
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shamrock have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamrock
      • Shamrock is located in Adams County
    • Commerce City
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • 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>
    • Brighton
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Friendly Village
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Friendly Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendly Village
      • Friendly Village is located in Adams County
    • Hillcrest Village
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hillcrest Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest Village
      • Hillcrest Village is located in Adams County
    • Henderson
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • 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>
    • Todd Creek
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • 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
  • Arapahoe County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Living Springs, with the one closest to Living Springs listed first.
    • Byers
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Deer Trail
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Altura
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • 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
    • Somerset Village
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Somerset Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerset Village
      • Somerset Village is located in Arapahoe County
    • Aurora
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • 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>
    • Sableridge
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sableridge
      • Sableridge is located in Arapahoe County
    • Settlers Village
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Settlers Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Settlers Village
      • Settlers Village is located in Arapahoe County
  • Denver County
  • Morgan County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Living Springs, with the one closest to Living Springs listed first.
    • Hoyt
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoyt
      • Hoyt is located in Morgan County
    • Wiggins
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Twelvemile Corner
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twelvemile Corner
      • Twelvemile Corner is located in Morgan County
  • Weld County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Living Springs, with the one closest to Living Springs listed first.
    • Johnson
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • 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
    • Keenesburg
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Keenesburg have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keenesburg
      • Keenesburg is located in Weld County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,302 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Keenesburg <2>
    • Roggen
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Roggen have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roggen
      • Roggen is located in Weld County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Roggen <2>
    • Hudson
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • 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>
    • Lochbuie
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • 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
    • Dearfield ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dearfield
      • Dearfield is located in Weld County
    • Aristocrat Ranchettes
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • 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
    • Wattenberg
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wattenberg
      • Wattenberg is located in Weld County
    • Fort Lupton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)

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

Newspapers Published in Living Springs ...

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 19 newspapers that have been published in the area around Living Springs.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Living Springs, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Living Springs.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Living Springs:

Cemeteries Near Living Springs ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Living Springs.

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

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

  • Mt. View Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Remember The Ten Crash Site Memorial
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Byers Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Woolsey Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Hoyt Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • 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.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hoyt Cemetery
  • Running Creek Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Running Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Running Creek Cemetery
  • Mountain View Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Evergreen Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Evergreen Cemetery
  • Adena Cemetery
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Adena Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Adena Cemetery
  • Olinger Eastlawn Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
  • St. Simeon Catholic Cemetery
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Simeon Catholic Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Simeon Catholic Cemetery
  • Jolly Family Cemetery
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jolly Family Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jolly Family Cemetery
  • Continue List   (8 more) ...
    • Fairview Cemetery
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Wiggins Cemetery
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wiggins Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wiggins Cemetery
    • Black Cemetery
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • 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.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Black Cemetery

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

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

  • Byers
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Roggen
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Roggen have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roggen
    • Roggen is located in Weld County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Roggen <2>
  • Hudson
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • 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>
  • Deer Trail
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
  • Aurora
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • 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>
  • Masters
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • 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

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

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

The official website for Adams County: www.co.adams.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>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Living Springs) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Living Springs. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.8914, Longitude: -104.3005       In this case, the coordinates for Living Springs have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Living Springs, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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