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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 Maddux (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 Maddux. 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 southwest 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 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 west 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.

Maddux is located in Weld 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 Weld County: Adams, Boulder, Broomfield, Larimer, Logan, Morgan, Kimball (NE) & Laramie (WY).

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

  • Weld County     (The home county of Maddux)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Maddux, with the one closest to Maddux listed first.
    • Platteville
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Gilcrest
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Aristocrat Ranchettes
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Fort Lupton
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Firestone
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Milliken
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Hillsboro
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Hillsboro is located in Weld County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsboro
    • Dacono
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Frederick
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Mead
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Highland Lake
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Highland Lake is located in Weld County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Lake
    • Johnstown
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Adams County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Maddux, with the one closest to Maddux listed first.
    • Brighton
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Todd Creek
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Todd Creek is located in Adams County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Todd Creek
    • Little Texas ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Little Texas is located in Adams County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Texas
    • Darlow ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Darlow is located in Adams County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlow
    • Eastlake
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Henderson
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Thornton
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Commerce City
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Northglenn
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Derby
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Derby is located in Adams County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby
    • Dupont
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Federal Heights
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Boulder County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Maddux, with the one closest to Maddux listed first.
    • Pleasant View Ridge
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Pleasant View Ridge is located in Boulder County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View Ridge
    • Longmont
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Erie
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Erie is located in Boulder County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erie
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 30,318 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Erie <1>
    • Canfield
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Canfield is located in Boulder County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canfield
    • Niwot
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Hygiene
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Lafayette
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Gunbarrel
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Gunbarrel is located in Boulder County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gunbarrel
    • Louisville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Valmont
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Valmont is located in Boulder County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valmont
    • Lyons
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • 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>
    • Noland
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Noland is located in Boulder County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noland
  • Broomfield County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Maddux, with the one closest to Maddux listed first.
    • Broomfield
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Broomfield Heights
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Broomfield Heights is located in Broomfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broomfield Heights
  • Denver County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Maddux, with the one closest to Maddux listed first.
    • Montbello
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Sandown
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Sandown is located in Denver County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandown
  • Jefferson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Maddux, with the one closest to Maddux listed first.
    • Wallace Village
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Wallace Village is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallace Village
    • Oak Park
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Oak Park is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Park
    • Arvada
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Arvada is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arvada
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 121,936 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Arvada <1>
  • Larimer County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Maddux, with the one closest to Maddux listed first.
    • Berthoud
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Campion
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Campion is located in Larimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campion
    • Loveland
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Kerns
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Kerns is located in Larimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerns
    • Timnath
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Horsetooth Heights
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Horsetooth Heights is located in Larimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horsetooth Heights
    • Masonville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Fort Collins
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Stout ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Stout is located in Larimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stout

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

Cemeteries Near Maddux ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Maddux.

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

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

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

  • Mizpah Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mizpah Cemetery
    • Former name for Mizpah Cemetery:
    • Sandhill Cemetery
  • Burbridge Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • St. Francis Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Hillside Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Mountain View Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Highlandlake Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Johnstown Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnstown Cemetery
    • Former names for Johnstown Cemetery:
    • Dilley Chapel Cemetery
    • Elwell Cemetery
  • Fairview Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Sunset Memorial Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Greenlawn Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Black Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Pioneer Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (54 more) ...

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

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

  • Platteville
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Fort Lupton
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Hillsboro
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Hillsboro is located in Weld County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsboro
  • Highland Lake
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Highland Lake is located in Weld County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Lake
  • Saint Vrains
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Saint Vrains is located in Weld County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Vrains
  • Dick
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Dick is located in Weld County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dick
  • Hudson
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • La Salle
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Evans
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Highland
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Highland is located in Boulder County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
  • Longmont
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Erie
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Erie is located in Boulder County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erie
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 30,318 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Erie <1>
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...
    • Berthoud
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Canfield
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Canfield is located in Boulder County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canfield
    • Greeley
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)

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

Newspapers Published in Maddux ...

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 90 newspapers that have been published in the area around Maddux.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Maddux, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Maddux.

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 Maddux:

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