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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 Louviers (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 Louviers. 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 and hospitals 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.

Louviers is located in Douglas 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 Douglas County: Arapahoe, El Paso, Elbert, Jefferson, Park & Teller.

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

  • Douglas County     (The home county of Louviers)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Louviers, with the one closest to Louviers listed first.
    • Sedalia
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Roxborough Park
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Roxborough Park is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxborough Park
    • Castle Pines North
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Castle Pines North is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Pines North
      • Estimated population in 2011: 10,602 people
    • Highlands Ranch
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Castle Pines
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Carriage Club
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Carriage Club is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carriage Club
    • Gateway
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Gateway is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gateway
    • Acres Green
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Heritage Hills
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Heritage Hills is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Hills
    • Lone Tree
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Meridian
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Meridian is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meridian
    • Castle Rock
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Adams County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Louviers, with the one closest to Louviers listed first.
    • Friendly Village
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Friendly Village is located in Adams County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendly Village
    • Hillcrest Village
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Hillcrest Village is located in Adams County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest Village
    • Berkley
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • North Washington
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • North Washington is located in Adams County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Washington
    • Hidden Lake
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Hidden Lake is located in Adams County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Lake
    • Adams City
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Adams City is located in Adams County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams City
    • Sherrelwood
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Sherrelwood is located in Adams County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherrelwood
    • Twin Lakes
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Western Hills
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Westminster
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Derby
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Derby is located in Adams County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby
    • Dupont
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
  • Arapahoe County
  • Clear Creek County
  • Denver County
  • El Paso County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Louviers, with the one closest to Louviers listed first.
    • Palmer Lake
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Monument
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Woodmoor
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Woodmoor is located in El Paso County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodmoor
  • Elbert County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Louviers, with the one closest to Louviers listed first.
    • Ponderosa Park
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Ponderosa Park is located in Elbert County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponderosa Park
    • Elizabeth
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Kiowa
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
    • Elbert
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Gilpin County
  • Jefferson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Louviers, with the one closest to Louviers listed first.
    • Archer
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Archer is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archer
    • Columbine
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Columbine is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbine
    • Ken Caryl
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Dome Rock
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Foxton ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Twin Forks
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Sky Village
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Sky Village is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sky Village
    • Indian Hills
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Indians Hills
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Morrison
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Buffalo Creek
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Aspen Park
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Aspen Park is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aspen Park
  • Park County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Louviers, with the one closest to Louviers listed first.
    • Bailey
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Shawnee
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)

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

Cemeteries Near Louviers ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Louviers.

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 Louviers - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

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

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

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

Newspapers Published in Louviers ...

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 46 newspapers that have been published in the area around Louviers.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Louviers, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Louviers.

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 professional and volunteer 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 Louviers:

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 Louviers, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Louviers) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.