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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 Owl Canyon (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 Owl Canyon. 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 Owl Canyon ...

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 occur.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Owl Canyon: Owl Cyn. (or less commonly used: Owl Canyn. or Owl Cnyn.)

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.

Owl Canyon is located in Larimer 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 Larimer County: Boulder, Grand, Jackson, Weld, Albany (WY) & Laramie (WY).

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

  • Larimer County     (The home county of Owl Canyon)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Owl Canyon, with the one closest to Owl Canyon listed first.
    • Livermore
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Waverly
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Waverly is located in Larimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly
    • Bellvue
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Laporte
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Wellington
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Bulger
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Bulger is located in Larimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bulger
    • Stove Prairie Landing
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Fort Collins
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Stout ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Stout is located in Larimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stout
    • Virginia Dale
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Horsetooth Heights
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Horsetooth Heights is located in Larimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horsetooth Heights
    • Masonville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Weld County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Owl Canyon, with the one closest to Owl Canyon listed first.
    • Carr
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Dover
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Dover is located in Weld County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
    • Nunn
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Severance
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Pierce
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Windsor
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Windsor is located in Weld County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 27,659 people
      • Former names for Windsor:
      • New Liberty
      • New Windsor
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Windsor <1>
    • Ault
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Eaton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Albany County (WY)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Owl Canyon, with the one closest to Owl Canyon listed first.
    • Buford
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Hermosa
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Hermosa is located in Albany County (WY)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermosa
    • Sherman ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Sherman is located in Albany County (WY)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherman
      • Sherman has also been known as:
      • Old Sherman
    • Tie Siding
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Laramie County (WY)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Owl Canyon, with the one closest to Owl Canyon listed first.
    • Granite Canon
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Granite Canon is located in Laramie County (WY)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite Canon
    • Speer
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Speer is located in Laramie County (WY)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speer
    • South Greeley
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • South Greeley is located in Laramie County (WY)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Greeley

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

Cemeteries Near Owl Canyon ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Owl Canyon.

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 Owl Canyon - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Eddie Hale Grave
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Lamb Family Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Livermore Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Reu Family Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Buckeye Ranch Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Christopher Charles Cradock Grave
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Cherokee Stage Station Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • U S Soldier Grave
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Laporte Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Adams Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Highland Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Elliott Ranch Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (61 more) ...
    • Bania Family Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Williams Family Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Stoney Park Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 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.<3>

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

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

  • Livermore
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Bellvue
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Laporte
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Stout ‑ Historic
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Stout is located in Larimer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stout
  • Fort Collins
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Virginia Dale
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Carr
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Timnath
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Dover
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Dover is located in Weld County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
  • Manhattan ‑ Historic
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Manhattan is located in Larimer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manhattan
  • Pierce
    (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
  • Granite Canon
    (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Granite Canon is located in Laramie County (WY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite Canon
  • Continue List   (10 more) ...
    • Windsor
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Windsor is located in Weld County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 27,659 people
      • Former names for Windsor:
      • New Liberty
      • New Windsor
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Windsor <1>
    • Dale Creek
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Dale Creek is located in Albany County (WY)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale Creek
    • Borie
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Borie is located in Laramie County (WY)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borie

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

Newspapers Published in Owl Canyon ...

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 77 newspapers that have been published in the area around Owl Canyon.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Owl Canyon, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Owl Canyon.

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 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 Owl Canyon:

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