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 Pactolus (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 Pactolus. 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 southeast 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 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.
Pactolus is located in Gilpin 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 Gilpin County: Boulder, Clear Creek, Grand & Jefferson.
Below are the counties that are near Pactolus. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pactolus:
- Gilpin County (The home county of Pactolus)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pactolus, with the one closest to Pactolus listed first.
- Rollinsville
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Apex ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Apex is located in Gilpin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apex
- American City ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- American City is located in Gilpin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for American City
- Black Hawk
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Central City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Kingston ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Kingston is located in Gilpin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston
- Nevadaville ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Nevadaville is located in Gilpin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nevadaville
- Nevadaville has also been known as:
- Bald Mountain
- Nevada City
- Smith Hill ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Smith Hill is located in Gilpin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Hill
- Cottonwood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Cottonwood is located in Gilpin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood
- Russell Gulch
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Russell Gulch is located in Gilpin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell Gulch
- Adams County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pactolus, with the one closest to Pactolus listed first.
- Westminster
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Berkley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Berkley is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkley
- Federal Heights
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Hidden Lake
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Hidden Lake is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Lake
- Holiday Hills Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Northglenn
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Sherrelwood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Sherrelwood is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherrelwood
- Twin Lakes
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Twin Lakes is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
- Western Hills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Western Hills is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Western Hills
- Eastlake
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- North Washington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- North Washington is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Washington
- Thornton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Welby
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Welby is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welby
- Arapahoe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pactolus, with the one closest to Pactolus listed first.
- Bow Mar
(29 miles [46.7 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
- Fort Logan ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fort Logan is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Logan
- Sheridan
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Boulder County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pactolus, with the one closest to Pactolus listed first.
- Pinecliffe
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Wondervu
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Wondervu is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wondervu
- Tungsten ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Tungsten is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tungsten
- Nederland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Nederland is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nederland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,557 people
- Former names for Nederland:
- Browns Crossing
- Dayton
- Middle Boulder
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nederland <1>
- Crescent Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Crescent Village is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent Village
- Eldora
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Eldora is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldora
- Former names for Eldora:
- El Dora
- Eldorado
- Eldora has also been known as:
- Happy Valley
- Magnolia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Magnolia is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- Caribou ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Caribou is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caribou
- Caribou has also been known as:
- Caribou City
- Wallstreet
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Wallstreet is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallstreet
- Eldorado Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Gold Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Gold Hill is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Hill
- Salina
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Salina is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salina
- Boulder
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Broomfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pactolus, with the one closest to Pactolus listed first.
- Broomfield Heights
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Broomfield Heights is located in Broomfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broomfield Heights
- Broomfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Clear Creek County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pactolus, with the one closest to Pactolus listed first.
- Alice
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Alice is located in Clear Creek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alice
- Saint Mary's
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Mary's is located in Clear Creek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Mary's
- Idaho Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Dumont
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Downieville - Lawson - Dumont
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Downieville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Lawson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Lawson is located in Clear Creek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawson
- Silver Creek ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Silver Creek is located in Clear Creek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Creek
- Empire
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Berthoud Pass
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Berthoud Pass is located in Clear Creek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berthoud Pass
- Georgetown
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Silverdale ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Silverdale is located in Clear Creek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silverdale
- Berthoud Falls
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Berthoud Falls is located in Clear Creek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berthoud Falls
- Denver County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pactolus, with the one closest to Pactolus listed first.
- West Denver
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- West Denver is located in Denver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Denver
- Denver
(27 miles [43.5 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
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cherry Creek is located in Denver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Creek
- Grand County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pactolus, with the one closest to Pactolus listed first.
- Winter Park
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Fraser
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Tabernash
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Granby
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Grand Lake
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pactolus, with the one closest to Pactolus listed first.
- Coal Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Coal Creek is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Creek
- Twin Spruce
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Twin Spruce is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Spruce
- Bergen Park
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Bergen Park is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bergen Park
- Golden
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Park
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Oak Park is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Park
- Arapahoe ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Arapahoe is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arapahoe
- Genesee
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Wallace Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Wallace Village is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallace Village
- Applewood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Applewood is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Applewood
- West Pleasant View
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- West Pleasant View is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Pleasant View
- Applewood Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Applewood Village is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Applewood Village
- East Pleasant View
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- East Pleasant View is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Pleasant View
- Idledale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Larimer County
- Big Elk Meadows
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Big Elk Meadows is located in Larimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Elk Meadows
- Summit County
- Chihuahua ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Chihuahua is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chihuahua
- Weld County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pactolus, with the one closest to Pactolus listed first.
- Frederick
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Dacono
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Pactolus, see our County-by-County Page for Pactolus.
Cemeteries Near Pactolus ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pactolus.
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 Pactolus - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Pactolus covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pactolus, with the one closest to Pactolus listed first.
- Nederland Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Dory Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Masonic Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Catholic Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- IOOF Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Red Men Lodge Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- City Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Foresters Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Knights of Pythias Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bald Mtn. Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Missouri City Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Rocky Mtn. IOOF Lodge #2 Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Continue List (69 more) ...
- Russell Gulch Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Eldorado Springs Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Salina Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
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 Pactolus in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Pactolus.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Pactolus, with the one closest to Pactolus listed first.
- Rollinsville
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Nederland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Nederland is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nederland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,557 people
- Former names for Nederland:
- Browns Crossing
- Dayton
- Middle Boulder
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nederland <1>
- Magnolia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Magnolia is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- Sugarloaf
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sugarloaf is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugarloaf
- Caribou ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Caribou is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caribou
- Caribou has also been known as:
- Caribou City
- Central City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Black Hawk
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Sunset ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Sunset is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset
- Nevadaville ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Nevadaville is located in Gilpin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nevadaville
- Nevadaville has also been known as:
- Bald Mountain
- Nevada City
- Smith Hill ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Smith Hill is located in Gilpin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Hill
- Russell Gulch
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Russell Gulch is located in Gilpin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell Gulch
- Cottonwood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Cottonwood is located in Gilpin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Crisman
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Crisman is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crisman
- Salina
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Salina is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salina
- Gold Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Gold Hill is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Hill
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Pactolus. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pactolus.
Newspapers Published in Pactolus ...
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 105 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pactolus.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pactolus, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Pactolus.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Pactolus:
- Websites specific to Colorado
- Pages specific to Gilpin County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Adams County
- Arapahoe County
- Boulder County
- Broomfield County
- Clear Creek County
- Denver County
- Grand County
- Jefferson County
- Larimer County
- Summit 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 Pactolus, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Pactolus) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |