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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 South Roggen (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 South Roggen. 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 South Roggen ...

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.

For example, a typical abbreviation for South Roggen: S. Roggen

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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors 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.

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

  • Weld County     (The home county of South Roggen)
    • The following are listed by their distance from South Roggen, with the one closest to South Roggen listed first.
    • Roggen
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Johnson
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Johnson is located in Weld County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson
    • Keenesburg
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Dearfield ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Dearfield is located in Weld County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dearfield
    • Hudson
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Hardin
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Hardin is located in Weld County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardin
    • Lochbuie
      (21 miles [33.8 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
    • Spanish Village
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Spanish Village is located in Weld County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spanish Village
    • Aristocrat Ranchettes
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Kersey
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • La Salle
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Fort Lupton
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
  • Adams County
    • The following are listed by their distance from South Roggen, with the one closest to South Roggen listed first.
    • Comanche ‑ Historic
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Comanche is located in Adams County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comanche
    • Bennett
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Strasburg
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Brighton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Commerce City
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Watkins
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Cabin Creek
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Cabin Creek is located in Adams County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cabin Creek
    • Todd Creek
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Todd Creek is located in Adams County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Todd Creek
  • Arapahoe County
  • Morgan County
    • The following are listed by their distance from South Roggen, with the one closest to South Roggen listed first.
    • Hoyt
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Hoyt is located in Morgan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoyt
    • Wiggins
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Orchard
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Weldona
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Twelvemile Corner
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Twelvemile Corner is located in Morgan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twelvemile Corner
    • Log Lane Village
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Log Lane Village is located in Morgan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Log Lane Village
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 848 people
    • Fort Morgan
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)

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

Cemeteries Near South Roggen ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of South Roggen.

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 South Roggen - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Hoyt Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Wiggins Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Mountain View Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Woolsey Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Mt. View Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
  • Fairview Cemetery
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
  • Remember The Ten Crash Site Memorial
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
  • Adena Cemetery
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
  • Weldona Cemetery
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Hillside Cemetery
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
  • Mizpah Cemetery
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mizpah Cemetery
    • Former name for Mizpah Cemetery:
    • Sandhill Cemetery
  • Black Cemetery
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (10 more) ...

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 South Roggen in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of South Roggen.

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

  • Roggen
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Masters
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Masters is located in Weld County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masters
  • Hudson
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Hardin
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Hardin is located in Weld County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardin
  • Goodrich
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Goodrich is located in Morgan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodrich
  • La Salle
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Fort Lupton
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
  • Platteville
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
  • Byers
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
  • Evans
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)

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

Newspapers Published in South Roggen ...

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 30 newspapers that have been published in the area around South Roggen.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of South Roggen, 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 South Roggen.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 South Roggen:

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 South Roggen, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- South Roggen) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.