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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 New Haven (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 New Haven. 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 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.

New Haven is located in Logan 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 Logan County: Morgan, Phillips, Sedgwick, Washington, Weld, Yuma, Cheyenne (NE) & Kimball (NE).

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

  • Logan County     (The home county of New Haven)
    • The following are listed by their distance from New Haven, with the one closest to New Haven listed first.
    • Saint Petersburg
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Saint Petersburg is located in Logan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Petersburg
    • Leroy
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Leroy is located in Logan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leroy
    • Fleming
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Dailey
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Dailey is located in Logan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dailey
    • Sterling
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Iliff
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Atwood
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Crook
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Padroni
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Merino
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Red Lion
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Red Lion is located in Logan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Lion
    • Buchanan ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Buchanan is located in Logan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buchanan
  • Phillips County
    • The following are listed by their distance from New Haven, with the one closest to New Haven listed first.
    • Haxtun
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Paoli
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Holyoke
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
  • Washington County
    • The following are listed by their distance from New Haven, with the one closest to New Haven listed first.
    • Leslie ‑ Historic
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Leslie is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leslie
    • Lone Star ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Lone Star is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Star
    • Burdett ‑ Historic
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Burdett is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burdett
    • Curtis ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Curtis is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtis
    • Calhoun ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Calhoun is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calhoun
    • Hyde ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Hyde is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyde
    • Otis
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Otis is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otis
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 484 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Otis <1>
    • Harmon ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Harmon is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmon
    • Platner
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Platner is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Platner
    • Akron
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Akron is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akron
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,682 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Akron <1>
  • Yuma County
    • Yuma
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)

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

Cemeteries Near New Haven ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of New Haven.

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 New Haven - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • New Haven Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • St. Peters Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Leroy Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Rockland Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Burdett Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Bryant Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Schlake Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Kelly Community Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Fleming Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Grave of Susanna Alderdice
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Summit Springs Battlefield Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Hope Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Pleasant Valley Methodist Church Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Jarvis Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Curtis Cemetery
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)

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.<2>

While we didn't find New Haven in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of New Haven.

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

  • Leroy
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Leroy is located in Logan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leroy
  • Leslie ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Leslie is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leslie
  • Burdett ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Burdett is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burdett
  • Fleming
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Haxtun
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Galien
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Galien is located in Logan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galien
  • Curtis ‑ Historic
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Curtis is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtis
  • Paoli
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Sterling
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Iliff
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Proctor ‑ Historic
    (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Proctor is located in Logan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Proctor
  • Otis
    (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Otis is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otis
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 484 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Otis <1>
  • Continue List   (8 more) ...
    • Hyde ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Hyde is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyde
    • Atwood
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Harmon ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Harmon is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmon

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

Newspapers Published in New Haven ...

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 44 newspapers that have been published in the area around New Haven.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of New Haven, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for New Haven.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 New Haven:

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>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 New Haven, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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- New Haven) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.