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 Marshall (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 Marshall. 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.
Marshall is located in Boulder 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 Boulder County: Adams, Gilpin, Grand, Jefferson, Larimer & Weld.
Below are the counties that are near Marshall. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Marshall:
- Boulder County (The home county of Marshall)
- The following are listed by their distance from Marshall, with the one closest to Marshall listed first.
- Eldorado Springs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Superior
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Boulder
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Louisville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Valmont
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Valmont is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valmont
- Lafayette
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Gunbarrel
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Gunbarrel is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gunbarrel
- Crescent Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Crescent Village is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent Village
- Magnolia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Magnolia is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- Wondervu
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Wondervu is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wondervu
- Niwot
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Canfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Canfield is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canfield
- Lazy Acres
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lazy Acres is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lazy Acres
- Adams County
- The following are listed by their distance from Marshall, with the one closest to Marshall listed first.
- Federal Heights
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Northglenn
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Holiday Hills Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Westminster
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Eastlake
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Hidden Lake
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hidden Lake is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Lake
- Sherrelwood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Sherrelwood is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherrelwood
- Twin Lakes
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Twin Lakes is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
- Western Hills
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Western Hills is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Western Hills
- Darlow ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Darlow is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlow
- Little Texas ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Little Texas is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Texas
- Thornton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Berkley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Berkley is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkley
- Arapahoe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Marshall, with the one closest to Marshall listed first.
- Fort Logan ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Fort Logan is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Logan
- Glendale
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Bow Mar
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Bow Mar is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bow Mar
- Population from the 2020 Census: 947 people
- Colfax Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Colfax Village is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colfax Village
- Englewood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Sheridan
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Cherry Hills Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Aurora
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Columbine Valley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Columbine Valley is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbine Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,508 people
- Havana Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Havana Village is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havana Village
- Littleton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Old Towne
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Old Towne is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Towne
- Altura
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Altura is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altura
- Broomfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Marshall, with the one closest to Marshall listed first.
- Broomfield Heights
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Broomfield Heights is located in Broomfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broomfield Heights
- Broomfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Clear Creek County
- The following are listed by their distance from Marshall, with the one closest to Marshall listed first.
- Idaho Springs
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Alice
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Alice is located in Clear Creek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alice
- Dumont
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Brookvale
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Brookvale is located in Clear Creek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookvale
- Downieville - Lawson - Dumont
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Downieville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Lawson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Lawson is located in Clear Creek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawson
- Saint Mary's
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Mary's is located in Clear Creek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Mary's
- Silver Creek ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Silver Creek is located in Clear Creek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Creek
- Empire
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Georgetown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Silverdale ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Silverdale is located in Clear Creek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silverdale
- Berthoud Pass
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Berthoud Pass is located in Clear Creek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berthoud Pass
- Denver County
- The following are listed by their distance from Marshall, with the one closest to Marshall listed first.
- West Denver
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- West Denver is located in Denver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Denver
- Denver
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Denver is located in Denver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denver
- Population from the 2020 Census: 735,538 people
- Former names for Denver:
- Auraina
- Denver City
- Montana City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Denver <1>
- Cherry Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cherry Creek is located in Denver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Creek
- Sandown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sandown is located in Denver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandown
- Montbello
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Douglas County
- Highlands Ranch
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Gilpin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Marshall, with the one closest to Marshall listed first.
- Rollinsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Cottonwood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cottonwood is located in Gilpin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood
- Black Hawk
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Smith Hill ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Smith Hill is located in Gilpin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Hill
- Central City
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Nevadaville ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Nevadaville is located in Gilpin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nevadaville
- Nevadaville has also been known as:
- Bald Mountain
- Nevada City
- American City ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- American City is located in Gilpin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for American City
- Apex ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Apex is located in Gilpin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apex
- Russell Gulch
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Russell Gulch is located in Gilpin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell Gulch
- Kingston ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Kingston is located in Gilpin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston
- Grand County
- Winter Park
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Marshall, with the one closest to Marshall listed first.
- Wallace Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Wallace Village is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallace Village
- Twin Spruce
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Twin Spruce is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Spruce
- Coal Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Coal Creek is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Creek
- Oak Park
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Park is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Park
- Arapahoe ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Arapahoe is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arapahoe
- Arvada
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Golden
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Applewood Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Applewood Village is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Applewood Village
- Applewood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Applewood is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Applewood
- West Pleasant View
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- West Pleasant View is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Pleasant View
- Lakeside
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mountain View
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mountain View is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
- Population from the 2020 Census: 549 people
- Wheat Ridge
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Larimer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Marshall, with the one closest to Marshall listed first.
- Big Elk Meadows
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Big Elk Meadows is located in Larimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Elk Meadows
- Berthoud
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Campion
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Campion is located in Larimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campion
- Weld County
- The following are listed by their distance from Marshall, with the one closest to Marshall listed first.
- Frederick
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Dacono
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Firestone
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Wattenberg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Wattenberg is located in Weld County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wattenberg
- Fort Lupton
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Highland Lake
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Highland Lake is located in Weld County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Lake
- Mead
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Lochbuie
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Lochbuie is located in Weld County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lochbuie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,885 people
- Aristocrat Ranchettes
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Platteville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Marshall, see our County-by-County Page for Marshall.
Cemeteries Near Marshall ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Marshall.
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 Marshall - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Marshall covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Marshall, with the one closest to Marshall listed first.
- Eldorado Springs Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Sacred Heart Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Superior Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Green Mtn. Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Mtn. Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Green Mtn. Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Boulder.
- The Green Mtn. Cemetery has also been known as:
- Green Mtn. Memorial Park
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #57314 <2>
- Columbia Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mountain View Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Mountain View Memorial Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Valmont Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Coal Creek Memorial Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Louisville Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Lafayette Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lakeview Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Continue List (79 more) ...
- Broomfield County Commons Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Ralston Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Salina Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Marshall had railroad service and no post office.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Marshall, with the one closest to Marshall listed first.
- Boulder
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Louisville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Valmont
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Valmont is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valmont
- Lafayette
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Magnolia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Magnolia is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- Broomfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Crisman
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Crisman is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crisman
- Cotton Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cotton Creek is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Creek
- Canfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Canfield is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canfield
- Niwot
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Sunshine
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Sunshine is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine
- Salina
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Salina is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salina
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Sugarloaf
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Sugarloaf is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugarloaf
- Semper
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Semper is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Semper
- Erie
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Marshall. See our List of 1890's Communities around Marshall.
Newspapers Published in Marshall ...
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 100 newspapers that have been published in the area around Marshall.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Marshall, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Marshall.
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 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 Marshall:
- Websites specific to Colorado
- Pages specific to Boulder County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Adams County
- Arapahoe County
- Broomfield County
- Clear Creek County
- Denver County
- Douglas County
- Gilpin County
- Grand County
- Jefferson County
- Larimer County
- Weld County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Colorado
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 Marshall, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Marshall) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |