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 Plainview (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 Plainview. 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 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.
Plainview is located in Jefferson 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 Jefferson County: Adams, Boulder, Clear Creek, Denver, Douglas, Gilpin, Park & Teller.
Below are the counties that are near Plainview. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Plainview:
- Jefferson County (The home county of Plainview)
- The following are listed by their distance from Plainview, with the one closest to Plainview listed first.
- Twin Spruce
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Twin Spruce is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Spruce
- Coal Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Coal Creek is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Creek
- Oak Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Park is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Park
- Wallace Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Wallace Village is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallace Village
- Arapahoe ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Arapahoe is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arapahoe
- Golden
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Applewood Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Applewood Village is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Applewood Village
- Applewood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Applewood is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Applewood
- Arvada
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- West Pleasant View
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- West Pleasant View is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Pleasant View
- East Pleasant View
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- East Pleasant View is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Pleasant View
- Wheat Ridge
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Adams County
- The following are listed by their distance from Plainview, with the one closest to Plainview listed first.
- Federal Heights
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Westminster
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Hidden Lake
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Hidden Lake is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Lake
- Holiday Hills Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Berkley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Berkley is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkley
- Northglenn
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Sherrelwood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Sherrelwood is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherrelwood
- Twin Lakes
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Twin Lakes is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
- Western Hills
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Western Hills is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Western Hills
- Eastlake
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- North Washington
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- North Washington is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Washington
- Thornton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Arapahoe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Plainview, with the one closest to Plainview listed first.
- Fort Logan ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Fort Logan is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Logan
- Sheridan
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bow Mar
(22 miles [35.4 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
- Englewood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Glendale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Littleton
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Cherry Hills Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- 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
- Columbine Valley
(24 miles [38.6 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
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Havana Village is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havana Village
- Old Towne
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Old Towne is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Towne
- Aurora
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Boulder County
- The following are listed by their distance from Plainview, with the one closest to Plainview listed first.
- Eldorado Springs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Crescent Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Crescent Village is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent Village
- Superior
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wondervu
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Wondervu is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wondervu
- Boulder
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Magnolia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Magnolia is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- Pinecliffe
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Louisville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Valmont
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Valmont is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valmont
- Lafayette
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Salina
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Salina is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salina
- Tungsten ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Tungsten is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tungsten
- Broomfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Plainview, with the one closest to Plainview listed first.
- Broomfield Heights
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Broomfield Heights is located in Broomfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broomfield Heights
- Broomfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Clear Creek County
- The following are listed by their distance from Plainview, with the one closest to Plainview listed first.
- Idaho Springs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Brookvale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Brookvale is located in Clear Creek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookvale
- Downieville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Dumont
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Downieville - Lawson - Dumont
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lawson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lawson is located in Clear Creek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawson
- Alice
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Alice is located in Clear Creek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alice
- Saint Mary's
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Saint Mary's is located in Clear Creek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Mary's
- Silver Creek ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Silver Creek is located in Clear Creek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Creek
- Empire
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Georgetown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Silverdale ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Silverdale is located in Clear Creek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silverdale
- Denver County
- The following are listed by their distance from Plainview, with the one closest to Plainview listed first.
- West Denver
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- West Denver is located in Denver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Denver
- Denver
(18 miles [29 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>
- Sandown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Sandown is located in Denver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandown
- 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
- Montbello
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Douglas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Plainview, with the one closest to Plainview listed first.
- Highlands Ranch
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Roxborough Park
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Roxborough Park is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxborough Park
- Acres Green
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Gateway
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Gateway is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gateway
- Gilpin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Plainview, with the one closest to Plainview listed first.
- Cottonwood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cottonwood is located in Gilpin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood
- Smith Hill ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Smith Hill is located in Gilpin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Hill
- Rollinsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Black Hawk
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Central City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Nevadaville ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 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
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Russell Gulch is located in Gilpin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell Gulch
- Apex ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Apex is located in Gilpin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apex
- American City ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- American City is located in Gilpin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for American City
- Kingston ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Kingston is located in Gilpin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston
- Grand County
- The following are listed by their distance from Plainview, with the one closest to Plainview listed first.
- Winter Park
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Fraser
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Tabernash
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Larimer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Plainview, with the one closest to Plainview listed first.
- Big Elk Meadows
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Big Elk Meadows is located in Larimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Elk Meadows
- Berthoud
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Weld County
- The following are listed by their distance from Plainview, with the one closest to Plainview listed first.
- Dacono
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Frederick
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Firestone
(24 miles [38.6 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
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Highland Lake
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Highland Lake is located in Weld County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Lake
- Lochbuie
(29 miles [46.7 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
- Mead
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Aristocrat Ranchettes
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Plainview, see our County-by-County Page for Plainview.
Cemeteries Near Plainview ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Plainview.
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 Plainview - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Plainview covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Plainview, with the one closest to Plainview listed first.
- Eldorado Springs Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Green Mtn. Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- 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
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Superior Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sacred Heart Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ralston Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- White Ash Mine Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Mt. Olivet Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Olivet Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mt. Olivet Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Wheat Ridge.
- The Mt. Olivet Cemetery has also been known as:
- Mt. Olivet Catholic Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #57441 <2>
- Coal Creek Memorial Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Louisville Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Valmont Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Mountain View Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Continue List (81 more) ...
- Mountain View Memorial Park
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Dory Hill Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- William F Cody Grave
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
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 Plainview in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Plainview.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Plainview, with the one closest to Plainview listed first.
- Marshall
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Marshall is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall
- Boulder
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Magnolia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Magnolia is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- Louisville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Golden
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Valmont
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Valmont is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valmont
- Sugarloaf
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Sugarloaf is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugarloaf
- Cottonwood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cottonwood is located in Gilpin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood
- Arvada
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Crisman
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Crisman is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crisman
- Semper
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Semper is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Semper
- Salina
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Salina is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salina
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Lafayette
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Smith Hill ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Smith Hill is located in Gilpin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Hill
- Sunshine
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Sunshine is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Plainview. See our List of 1890's Communities around Plainview.
Newspapers Published in Plainview ...
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 91 newspapers that have been published in the area around Plainview.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Plainview, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Plainview.
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 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 Plainview:
- Websites specific to Colorado
- Pages specific to Jefferson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Adams County
- Arapahoe County
- Boulder County
- Broomfield County
- Clear Creek County
- Denver County
- Douglas County
- Gilpin County
- Grand 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 Plainview, 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 from Point A (ie- Plainview) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |