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 Pine Brook Hill (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 Pine Brook Hill. 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 Pine Brook Hill ...
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 Pine Brook Hill: Pine Brk. Hill
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 northeast 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 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 east 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.
Pine Brook Hill 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 Pine Brook Hill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pine Brook Hill:
- Boulder County (The home county of Pine Brook Hill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Brook Hill, with the one closest to Pine Brook Hill listed first.
- Sunshine
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Sunshine is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine
- Lazy Acres
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lazy Acres is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lazy Acres
- Boulder
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Salina
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Salina is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salina
- Rowena
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Rowena is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowena
- Magnolia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Magnolia is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- Wallstreet
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Wallstreet is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallstreet
- Valmont
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Valmont is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valmont
- Jamestown
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Gold Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Gold Hill is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Hill
- Gunbarrel
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Gunbarrel is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gunbarrel
- Niwot
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Eldorado Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Adams County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Brook Hill, with the one closest to Pine Brook Hill listed first.
- Darlow ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Darlow is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlow
- Little Texas ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Little Texas is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Texas
- Eastlake
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Federal Heights
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Holiday Hills Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Northglenn
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Westminster
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Thornton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Berkley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Berkley is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkley
- Hidden Lake
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hidden Lake is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Lake
- Sherrelwood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sherrelwood is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherrelwood
- Twin Lakes
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Twin Lakes is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
- Western Hills
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Western Hills is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Western Hills
- Broomfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Brook Hill, with the one closest to Pine Brook Hill listed first.
- Broomfield Heights
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Broomfield Heights is located in Broomfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broomfield Heights
- Broomfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Clear Creek County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Brook Hill, with the one closest to Pine Brook Hill listed first.
- Alice
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Alice is located in Clear Creek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alice
- Idaho Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Mary's
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Mary's is located in Clear Creek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Mary's
- Dumont
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Downieville - Lawson - Dumont
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Downieville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lawson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lawson is located in Clear Creek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawson
- Silver Creek ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 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)
- Brookvale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Brookvale is located in Clear Creek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookvale
- Berthoud Pass
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Berthoud Pass is located in Clear Creek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berthoud Pass
- Georgetown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Denver County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Brook Hill, with the one closest to Pine Brook Hill 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
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cherry Creek is located in Denver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Creek
- Sandown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sandown is located in Denver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandown
- Gilpin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Brook Hill, with the one closest to Pine Brook Hill listed first.
- Rollinsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- American City ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- American City is located in Gilpin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for American City
- Apex ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Apex is located in Gilpin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apex
- Black Hawk
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Cottonwood
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Cottonwood is located in Gilpin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood
- Smith Hill ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Smith Hill is located in Gilpin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Hill
- Central City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Kingston ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Kingston is located in Gilpin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston
- Nevadaville ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 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
- Russell Gulch
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Russell Gulch is located in Gilpin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell Gulch
- Grand County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Brook Hill, with the one closest to Pine Brook Hill listed first.
- Winter Park
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fraser
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Tabernash
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Grand Lake
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Brook Hill, with the one closest to Pine Brook Hill listed first.
- Coal Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Coal Creek is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Creek
- Twin Spruce
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Twin Spruce is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Spruce
- Wallace Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wallace Village is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallace Village
- Oak Park
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Park is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Park
- Arapahoe ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Arapahoe is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arapahoe
- Golden
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Arvada
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Applewood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Applewood is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Applewood
- Applewood Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Applewood Village is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Applewood Village
- Wheat Ridge
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- East Pleasant View
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- East Pleasant View is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Pleasant View
- Lakeside
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Mountain View
(23 miles [37 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
- Larimer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Brook Hill, with the one closest to Pine Brook Hill listed first.
- Big Elk Meadows
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Big Elk Meadows is located in Larimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Elk Meadows
- Berthoud
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Campion
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Campion is located in Larimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campion
- Estes Park
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Drake
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Loveland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Glen Haven
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Masonville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Weld County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Brook Hill, with the one closest to Pine Brook Hill listed first.
- Frederick
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Dacono
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Firestone
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Highland Lake
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Highland Lake is located in Weld County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Lake
- Mead
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Wattenberg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Wattenberg is located in Weld County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wattenberg
- Fort Lupton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Johnstown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Platteville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Aristocrat Ranchettes
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Lochbuie
(30 miles [48.3 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
- Hillsboro
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hillsboro is located in Weld County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsboro
- Milliken
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Pine Brook Hill, see our County-by-County Page for Pine Brook Hill.
Cemeteries Near Pine Brook Hill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pine Brook Hill.
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 Pine Brook Hill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Pine Brook Hill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pine Brook Hill, with the one closest to Pine Brook Hill listed first.
- Columbia Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mountain View Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Mountain View Memorial Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Salina Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Green Mtn. Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- 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>
- Valmont Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Jamestown Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Gold Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Sacred Heart Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Eldorado Springs Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Niwot Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Ryssby Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (94 more) ...
- Superior Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Nederland Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Coal Creek Memorial Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
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 Pine Brook Hill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Pine Brook Hill.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Pine Brook Hill, with the one closest to Pine Brook Hill listed first.
- Crisman
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Crisman is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crisman
- Sunshine
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Sunshine is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine
- Boulder
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Salina
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Salina is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salina
- Magnolia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Magnolia is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- Springdale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Springdale is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale
- Sugarloaf
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Sugarloaf is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugarloaf
- Valmont
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Valmont is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valmont
- Jamestown
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Gold Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Gold Hill is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Hill
- Altona ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Altona is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altona
- Marshall
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Marshall is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Niwot
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Sunset ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Sunset is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset
- Louisville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Pine Brook Hill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pine Brook Hill.
Newspapers Published in Pine Brook Hill ...
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 33 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pine Brook Hill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pine Brook Hill, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Pine Brook Hill.
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 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 Pine Brook Hill:
- Websites specific to Colorado
- Pages specific to Boulder County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Adams County
- Broomfield County
- Clear Creek County
- Denver 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 Pine Brook Hill, 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- Pine Brook Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |