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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 Tampa (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 Tampa. 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 southeast 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 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.

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

  • Weld County     (The home county of Tampa)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tampa, with the one closest to Tampa listed first.
    • Roggen
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Johnson
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Johnson is located in Weld County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson
    • Keenesburg
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Hudson
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Hardin
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Hardin is located in Weld County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardin
    • Dearfield ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Dearfield is located in Weld County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dearfield
    • Spanish Village
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Spanish Village is located in Weld County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spanish Village
    • Aristocrat Ranchettes
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Kersey
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Lochbuie
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Lochbuie is located in Weld County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lochbuie
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,885 people
    • Gilcrest
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Fort Lupton
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Adams County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tampa, with the one closest to Tampa listed first.
    • Comanche ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Comanche is located in Adams County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comanche
    • Brighton
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Commerce City
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Todd Creek
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Todd Creek is located in Adams County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Todd Creek
    • Bennett
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Henderson
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Darlow ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Darlow is located in Adams County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlow
    • Little Texas ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Little Texas is located in Adams County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Texas
    • Strasburg
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Watkins
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Eastlake
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Thornton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Morgan County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tampa, with the one closest to Tampa listed first.
    • Wiggins
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Orchard
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Hoyt
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Hoyt is located in Morgan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoyt
    • Weldona
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)

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

Cemeteries Near Tampa ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Tampa.

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

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

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

  • Mountain View Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Hillside Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Mizpah Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mizpah Cemetery
    • Former name for Mizpah Cemetery:
    • Sandhill Cemetery
  • Fairview Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Linn Grove Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Evans Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Hoyt Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
  • St. Francis Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
  • Wiggins Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
  • Sunset Memorial Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Black Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
  • Elmwood Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (11 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 Tampa in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Tampa.

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

  • Roggen
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Hudson
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Hardin
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Hardin is located in Weld County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardin
  • Masters
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Masters is located in Weld County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masters
  • Fort Lupton
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • La Salle
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Platteville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Evans
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Greeley
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
  • Goodrich
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Goodrich is located in Morgan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodrich
  • Hillsboro
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Hillsboro is located in Weld County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsboro
  • 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
  • Eaton
    (29 miles [46.7 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 Tampa. See our List of 1890's Communities around Tampa.

Newspapers Published in Tampa ...

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 45 newspapers that have been published in the area around Tampa.

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

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 Tampa:

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 Tampa, 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- Tampa) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.