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 Powars (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 Powars. 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 southwest 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 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 west 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.
Powars is located in Weld 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 Weld County: Adams, Boulder, Broomfield, Larimer, Logan, Morgan, Kimball (NE) & Laramie (WY).
Below are the counties that are near Powars. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Powars:
- Weld County (The home county of Powars)
- The following are listed by their distance from Powars, with the one closest to Powars listed first.
- Wattenberg
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Wattenberg is located in Weld County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wattenberg
- Fort Lupton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Lochbuie
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lochbuie is located in Weld County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lochbuie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,885 people
- Aristocrat Ranchettes
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Dacono
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hudson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Frederick
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Firestone
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Platteville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Keenesburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Gilcrest
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Highland Lake
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Highland Lake is located in Weld County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Lake
- Adams County
- The following are listed by their distance from Powars, with the one closest to Powars listed first.
- Brighton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Todd Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Todd Creek is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Todd Creek
- Darlow ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Darlow is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlow
- Little Texas ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Little Texas is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Texas
- Henderson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Commerce City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Eastlake
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Thornton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Northglenn
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Derby
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Derby is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby
- Dupont
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Adams City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Adams City is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams City
- Arapahoe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Powars, with the one closest to Powars listed first.
- Altura
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Altura is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altura
- Aurora
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Colfax Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Colfax Village is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colfax Village
- Old Towne
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Old Towne is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Towne
- Havana Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Havana Village is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havana Village
- Settlers Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Settlers Village is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Settlers Village
- Somerset Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Somerset Village is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerset Village
- Glendale
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Hallcrafts Village East
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Sableridge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Sableridge is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sableridge
- Cherry Hills Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Englewood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Boulder County
- The following are listed by their distance from Powars, with the one closest to Powars listed first.
- Erie
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Canfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Canfield is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canfield
- Pleasant View Ridge
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Pleasant View Ridge is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View Ridge
- Lafayette
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Louisville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Longmont
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Niwot
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Superior
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Gunbarrel
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Gunbarrel is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gunbarrel
- Valmont
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Valmont is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valmont
- Hygiene
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Boulder
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Broomfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Powars, with the one closest to Powars listed first.
- Broomfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Broomfield Heights
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Broomfield Heights is located in Broomfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broomfield Heights
- Denver County
- The following are listed by their distance from Powars, with the one closest to Powars listed first.
- Montbello
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Sandown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Sandown is located in Denver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandown
- Denver
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- 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
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Cherry Creek is located in Denver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Creek
- West Denver
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- West Denver is located in Denver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Denver
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Powars, with the one closest to Powars listed first.
- Wallace Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Wallace Village is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallace Village
- Arvada
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Park
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Park is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Park
- Lakeside
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mountain View
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mountain View is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
- Population from the 2020 Census: 549 people
- Wheat Ridge
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Edgewater
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Applewood Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Applewood Village is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Applewood Village
- Arapahoe ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Arapahoe is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arapahoe
- Lakewood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Applewood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Applewood is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Applewood
- East Pleasant View
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- East Pleasant View is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Pleasant View
- Larimer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Powars, with the one closest to Powars listed first.
- Berthoud
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Campion
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Campion is located in Larimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campion
- Loveland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Powars, see our County-by-County Page for Powars.
Cemeteries Near Powars ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Powars.
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 Powars - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Powars covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Powars, with the one closest to Powars listed first.
- Hillside Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Fairview Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Black Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Pioneer Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Elmwood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- St. Francis Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- St. Clair Ross Memorial Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Mountain View Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Evergreen Memorial Gardens
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Memorial Gardens
- The Evergreen Memorial Gardens has also been known as:
- Evergreen Cemetery
- Evergreen Memorial Gardens
- Evergreen Memorial Park
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #57265 <2>
- Burbridge Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mizpah Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mizpah Cemetery
- Former name for Mizpah Cemetery:
- Sandhill Cemetery
- Wesley Chapel Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (59 more) ...
- Broomfield County Commons Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Highland Memorial Gardens
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Olinger Highland Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olinger Highland Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Olinger Highland Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the southwest of Thornton.
- The Olinger Highland Cemetery has also been known as:
- Highland Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #453365 <2>
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.<4>
While we didn't find Powars in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Powars.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Powars, with the one closest to Powars listed first.
- Fort Lupton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Dick
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Dick is located in Weld County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dick
- Saint Vrains
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Saint Vrains is located in Weld County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Vrains
- Hudson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Platteville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Erie
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Broomfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Canfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Canfield is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canfield
- Lafayette
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Cotton Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cotton Creek is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Creek
- Louisville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Highland Lake
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Highland Lake is located in Weld County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Lake
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Semper
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Semper is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Semper
- Longmont
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Highland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Highland is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Powars. See our List of 1890's Communities around Powars.
Newspapers Published in Powars ...
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 34 newspapers that have been published in the area around Powars.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Powars, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Powars.
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 Powars:
- Websites specific to Colorado
- Pages specific to Weld County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Adams County
- Arapahoe County
- Boulder County
- Broomfield County
- Denver County
- Jefferson County
- Larimer 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Powars) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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 Powars, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |