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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 Timnath (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 Timnath. 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 northwest 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 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.

Timnath is located in Larimer County.

To see how the shape of Colorado's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Larimer County: Boulder, Grand, Jackson, Weld, Albany (WY) & Laramie (WY).

Below are the counties that are near Timnath. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Timnath:

  • Larimer County     (The home county of Timnath)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Timnath, with the one closest to Timnath listed first.
    • Kerns
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kerns have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerns
      • Kerns is located in Larimer County
    • Fort Collins
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Loveland
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Loveland have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loveland
      • Loveland is located in Larimer County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 83,517 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Loveland <2>
    • Horsetooth Heights
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Stout ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Stout. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stout
      • Stout is located in Larimer County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Stout
      • From Timnath to Stout
    • Laporte
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Wellington
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wellington have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellington
      • Wellington is located in Larimer County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,620 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wellington <2>
    • Bellvue
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Masonville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Masonville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masonville
      • Masonville is located in Larimer County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Masonville <2>
    • Campion
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Waverly
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Berthoud
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Boulder County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Timnath, with the one closest to Timnath listed first.
    • Noland
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Noland. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noland
      • Noland is located in Boulder County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Noland
      • From Timnath to Noland
    • Longmont
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Hygiene
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hygiene have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hygiene
      • Hygiene is located in Boulder County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hygiene <2>
    • Lyons
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Pleasant View Ridge
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant View Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View Ridge
      • Pleasant View Ridge is located in Boulder County
    • Niwot
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Weld County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Timnath, with the one closest to Timnath listed first.
    • Severance
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Severance have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Severance
      • Severance is located in Weld County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,634 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Severance <2>
    • Windsor
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Ault
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Eaton
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Pierce
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Johnstown
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Greeley
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Lucerne
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Nunn
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nunn have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nunn
      • Nunn is located in Weld County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 497 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nunn <2>
    • Milliken
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Milliken have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milliken
      • Milliken is located in Weld County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,688 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Milliken <2>
    • Evans
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Evans have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans
      • Evans is located in Weld County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 23,183 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Evans <2>
    • Garden City
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)

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

Cemeteries Near Timnath ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Timnath.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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

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

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.<5>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Timnath had a population of 38 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Timnath had a population of 3,193 people.

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

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

Newspapers Published in Timnath ...

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 53 newspapers that have been published in the area around Timnath.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Timnath, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Timnath.

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 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 Timnath:

The official website for Timnath: www.timnathcolorado.org/

The official website for Larimer County: www.co.larimer.co.us/

The official website for State of Colorado: https://www.colorado.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>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.
<5>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 Timnath, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Timnath) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Timnath. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.5291, Longitude: -104.9823    









 

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