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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 Sheehan (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 Sheehan. 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 and hospitals 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.

Sheehan 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 Sheehan. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Sheehan:

  • Weld County     (The home county of Sheehan)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sheehan, with the one closest to Sheehan listed first.
    • Johnson
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Johnson is located in Weld County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson
    • Keenesburg
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Roggen
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Hudson
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Lochbuie
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Lochbuie is located in Weld County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lochbuie
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,885 people
    • Aristocrat Ranchettes
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Dearfield ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Dearfield is located in Weld County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dearfield
    • Fort Lupton
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Hardin
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Hardin is located in Weld County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardin
    • Wattenberg
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Wattenberg is located in Weld County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wattenberg
    • Platteville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Kersey
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Gilcrest
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
  • Adams County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sheehan, with the one closest to Sheehan listed first.
    • Comanche ‑ Historic
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Comanche is located in Adams County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comanche
    • Bennett
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Brighton
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Strasburg
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Commerce City
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Watkins
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Todd Creek
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Todd Creek is located in Adams County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Todd Creek
    • Henderson
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Darlow ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Darlow is located in Adams County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlow
    • Little Texas ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Little Texas is located in Adams County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Texas
    • Friendly Village
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Friendly Village is located in Adams County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendly Village
    • Eastlake
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Thornton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
  • Arapahoe County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sheehan, with the one closest to Sheehan listed first.
    • Byers
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Altura
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Altura is located in Arapahoe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altura
    • Aurora
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Aurora is located in Arapahoe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aurora
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 387,377 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Aurora <1>
  • Denver County
  • Morgan County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sheehan, with the one closest to Sheehan listed first.
    • Hoyt
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Hoyt is located in Morgan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoyt
    • Wiggins
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Orchard
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)

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

Cemeteries Near Sheehan ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sheehan.

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 Sheehan - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Mountain View Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Fairview Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Hillside Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Hoyt Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Mt. View Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
  • Black Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
  • Pioneer Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
  • Elmwood Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
  • Mizpah Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mizpah Cemetery
    • Former name for Mizpah Cemetery:
    • Sandhill Cemetery
  • St. Clair Ross Memorial Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
  • Remember The Ten Crash Site Memorial
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
  • Wiggins Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • St. Francis Cemetery
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Woolsey Cemetery
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Olinger Eastlawn Cemetery
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olinger Eastlawn Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Olinger Eastlawn Cemetery is located in Thornton.
      • The Olinger Eastlawn Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Eastlawn Memorial Gardens
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #57246 <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.<3>

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

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

  • Roggen
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Hudson
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Fort Lupton
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Masters
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Masters is located in Weld County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masters
  • Hardin
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Hardin is located in Weld County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardin
  • Platteville
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
  • La Salle
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Evans
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Byers
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Dick
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Dick is located in Weld County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dick
  • Saint Vrains
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Saint Vrains is located in Weld County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Vrains
  • Goodrich
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Goodrich is located in Morgan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodrich
  • Greeley
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Hillsboro
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Hillsboro is located in Weld County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsboro

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

Newspapers Published in Sheehan ...

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 32 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sheehan.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sheehan, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Sheehan.

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 professional and volunteer 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 Sheehan:

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 Sheehan, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Sheehan) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.