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 Sugarloaf (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 Sugarloaf. 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 Sugarloaf ...
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.
Another variation: Sugar Loaf.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Sugarloaf. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Sugarloaf.
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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Sugarloaf 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 Sugarloaf. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Sugarloaf:
- Boulder County (The home county of Sugarloaf)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sugarloaf, with the one closest to Sugarloaf listed first.
- Wallstreet
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Wallstreet is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallstreet
- Salina
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Salina is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salina
- Magnolia
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Magnolia is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- Gold Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Gold Hill is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Hill
- Sunshine
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sunshine is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine
- Rowena
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Rowena is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowena
- Tungsten ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Tungsten is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tungsten
- Pinecliffe
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Boulder
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Jamestown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Lazy Acres
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lazy Acres is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lazy Acres
- Nederland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Nederland is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nederland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,557 people
- Former names for Nederland:
- Browns Crossing
- Dayton
- Middle Boulder
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nederland <1>
- Adams County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sugarloaf, with the one closest to Sugarloaf listed first.
- Northglenn
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Federal Heights
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Holiday Hills Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Westminster
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Darlow ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Darlow is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlow
- Eastlake
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Little Texas ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Little Texas is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Texas
- Hidden Lake
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Hidden Lake is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Lake
- Sherrelwood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Sherrelwood is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherrelwood
- Thornton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Berkley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Berkley is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkley
- Twin Lakes
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Twin Lakes is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
- Broomfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sugarloaf, with the one closest to Sugarloaf listed first.
- Broomfield Heights
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Broomfield Heights is located in Broomfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broomfield Heights
- Broomfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Clear Creek County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sugarloaf, with the one closest to Sugarloaf listed first.
- Alice
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Alice is located in Clear Creek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alice
- Saint Mary's
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Mary's is located in Clear Creek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Mary's
- Idaho Springs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Downieville - Lawson - Dumont
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Downieville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Dumont
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lawson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lawson is located in Clear Creek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawson
- 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
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Berthoud Pass
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Berthoud Pass is located in Clear Creek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berthoud Pass
- Brookvale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Brookvale is located in Clear Creek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookvale
- Georgetown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Denver County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sugarloaf, with the one closest to Sugarloaf listed first.
- West Denver
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- West Denver is located in Denver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Denver
- Denver
(28 miles [45.1 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>
- Gilpin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sugarloaf, with the one closest to Sugarloaf listed first.
- Rollinsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- American City ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- American City is located in Gilpin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for American City
- Apex ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Apex is located in Gilpin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apex
- Black Hawk
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Kingston ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Kingston is located in Gilpin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston
- Central City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Smith Hill ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Smith Hill is located in Gilpin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Hill
- Nevadaville ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 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
- Cottonwood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Cottonwood is located in Gilpin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood
- Russell Gulch
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- 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 Sugarloaf, with the one closest to Sugarloaf listed first.
- Winter Park
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fraser
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Tabernash
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Grand Lake
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Granby
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sugarloaf, with the one closest to Sugarloaf listed first.
- Coal Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Coal Creek is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Creek
- Twin Spruce
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Twin Spruce is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Spruce
- Oak Park
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Park is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Park
- Wallace Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Wallace Village is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallace Village
- Arapahoe ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Arapahoe is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arapahoe
- Golden
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bergen Park
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Bergen Park is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bergen Park
- Applewood Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Applewood Village is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Applewood Village
- Applewood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Applewood is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Applewood
- Arvada
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Genesee
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- East Pleasant View
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- 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 Sugarloaf, with the one closest to Sugarloaf listed first.
- Big Elk Meadows
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Big Elk Meadows is located in Larimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Elk Meadows
- Estes Park
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Berthoud
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Drake
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Campion
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Campion is located in Larimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campion
- Glen Haven
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Weld County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sugarloaf, with the one closest to Sugarloaf listed first.
- Frederick
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Dacono
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Firestone
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Highland Lake
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Highland Lake is located in Weld County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Lake
- Mead
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Wattenberg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Wattenberg is located in Weld County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wattenberg
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Sugarloaf, see our County-by-County Page for Sugarloaf.
Cemeteries Near Sugarloaf ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sugarloaf.
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 Sugarloaf - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Sugarloaf covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Sugarloaf, with the one closest to Sugarloaf listed first.
- Gold Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Salina Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Nederland Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Columbia Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Jamestown Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Green Mtn. Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- 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>
- Mountain View Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Mountain View Memorial Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Eldorado Springs Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Valmont Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Sacred Heart Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Dory Hill Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Continue List (85 more) ...
- Niwot Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Ryssby Church Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Superior Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Sugarloaf had a population of 98 people in 1895 with railroad service and no post office.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Sugarloaf, with the one closest to Sugarloaf listed first.
- Magnolia
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Magnolia is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- Crisman
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Crisman is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crisman
- Salina
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Salina is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salina
- Sunshine
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sunshine is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine
- Gold Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Gold Hill is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Hill
- Sunset ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Sunset is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset
- Nederland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Nederland is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nederland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,557 people
- Former names for Nederland:
- Browns Crossing
- Dayton
- Middle Boulder
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nederland <1>
- Boulder
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Springdale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Springdale is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale
- Jamestown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Rollinsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Caribou ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Caribou is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caribou
- Caribou has also been known as:
- Caribou City
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Marshall
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Marshall is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall
- Valmont
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Valmont is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valmont
- Altona ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Altona is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altona
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Sugarloaf. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sugarloaf.
Newspapers Published in Sugarloaf ...
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 26 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sugarloaf.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sugarloaf, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Sugarloaf.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Sugarloaf:
- 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 Sugarloaf, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Sugarloaf) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |