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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Wideawake. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Wideawake to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Wideawake, please Contact Us.
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 Wideawake (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 Wideawake. 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Wideawake is historic, it would have been located within present day Gilpin 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 Gilpin County: Boulder, Clear Creek, Grand & Jefferson.
Below are the counties that are near Wideawake. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Wideawake:
- Gilpin County (The home county of Wideawake)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wideawake, with the one closest to Wideawake listed first.
- Apex ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Apex is located in Gilpin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apex
- American City ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- American City is located in Gilpin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for American City
- Central City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Nevadaville ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Nevadaville is located in Gilpin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nevadaville
- Nevadaville has also been known as:
- Bald Mountain
- Nevada City
- Black Hawk
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Rollinsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Russell Gulch
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Russell Gulch is located in Gilpin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell Gulch
- Smith Hill ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Smith Hill is located in Gilpin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Hill
- Kingston ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Kingston is located in Gilpin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston
- Cottonwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cottonwood is located in Gilpin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood
- Adams County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wideawake, with the one closest to Wideawake listed first.
- Westminster
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Berkley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Berkley is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkley
- Federal Heights
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Hidden Lake
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Hidden Lake is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Lake
- Holiday Hills Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Sherrelwood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Sherrelwood is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherrelwood
- Twin Lakes
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Twin Lakes is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
- Western Hills
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Western Hills is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Western Hills
- North Washington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- North Washington is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Washington
- Northglenn
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Welby
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Welby is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welby
- Eastlake
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Thornton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Arapahoe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wideawake, with the one closest to Wideawake listed first.
- Bow Mar
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bow Mar is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bow Mar
- Population from the 2020 Census: 947 people
- Fort Logan ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fort Logan is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Logan
- Sheridan
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Boulder County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wideawake, with the one closest to Wideawake listed first.
- Eldora
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Eldora is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldora
- Former names for Eldora:
- El Dora
- Eldorado
- Eldora has also been known as:
- Happy Valley
- Nederland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- 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 <2>
- Pinecliffe
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Tungsten ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Tungsten is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tungsten
- Wondervu
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Wondervu is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wondervu
- Caribou ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Caribou is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caribou
- Caribou has also been known as:
- Caribou City
- Crescent Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Crescent Village is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent Village
- Magnolia
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Magnolia is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- Eldorado Springs
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Wallstreet
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Wallstreet is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallstreet
- Gold Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Gold Hill is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Hill
- Ward
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Salina
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Salina is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salina
- Broomfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wideawake, with the one closest to Wideawake listed first.
- Broomfield Heights
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Broomfield Heights is located in Broomfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broomfield Heights
- Broomfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Clear Creek County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wideawake, with the one closest to Wideawake listed first.
- Alice
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Alice is located in Clear Creek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alice
- Idaho Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Downieville - Lawson - Dumont
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Downieville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Dumont
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Mary's
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Saint Mary's is located in Clear Creek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Mary's
- Lawson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Lawson is located in Clear Creek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawson
- Silver Creek ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Silver Creek is located in Clear Creek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Creek
- Empire
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Georgetown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Berthoud Pass
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Berthoud Pass is located in Clear Creek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berthoud Pass
- Silverdale ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Silverdale is located in Clear Creek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silverdale
- Silver Plume
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Denver County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wideawake, with the one closest to Wideawake listed first.
- West Denver
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- West Denver is located in Denver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Denver
- Denver
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- 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 <2>
- Grand County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wideawake, with the one closest to Wideawake listed first.
- Winter Park
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Fraser
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Tabernash
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Granby
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wideawake, with the one closest to Wideawake listed first.
- Twin Spruce
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Twin Spruce is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Spruce
- Coal Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Coal Creek is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Creek
- Bergen Park
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bergen Park is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bergen Park
- Golden
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Genesee
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Kittredge
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Arapahoe ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Arapahoe is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arapahoe
- Evergreen
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Idledale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Applewood
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Applewood is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Applewood
- Brook Forest
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Brook Forest is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brook Forest
- West Pleasant View
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- West Pleasant View is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Pleasant View
- Applewood Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Applewood Village is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Applewood Village
- Larimer County
- Big Elk Meadows
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Big Elk Meadows is located in Larimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Elk Meadows
- Park County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wideawake, with the one closest to Wideawake listed first.
- Grant
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Weller
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Weller is located in Park County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weller
- Shawnee
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Webster ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Webster is located in Park County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster
- Bailey
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Summit County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wideawake, with the one closest to Wideawake listed first.
- Chihuahua ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Chihuahua is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chihuahua
- Montezuma
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Johns ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Johns is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Johns
- Rexford ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rexford is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rexford
- Keystone
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Swandyke ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Swandyke is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swandyke
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Wideawake, see our County-by-County Page for Wideawake.
Cemeteries Near Wideawake ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Wideawake.
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 Wideawake - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Wideawake covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Wideawake, with the one closest to Wideawake listed first.
- Catholic Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- IOOF Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Red Men Lodge Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Knights of Pythias Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- City Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Foresters Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Masonic Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Dory Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Bald Mtn. Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Missouri City Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Rocky Mtn. IOOF Lodge #2 Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Russell Gulch Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (66 more) ...
- Dumont Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Idaho Springs Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Nederland Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
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.
While we didn't find Wideawake in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Wideawake.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Wideawake, with the one closest to Wideawake listed first.
- Nevadaville ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Nevadaville is located in Gilpin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nevadaville
- Nevadaville has also been known as:
- Bald Mountain
- Nevada City
- Central City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Black Hawk
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Russell Gulch
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Russell Gulch is located in Gilpin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell Gulch
- Rollinsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Smith Hill ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Smith Hill is located in Gilpin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Hill
- Dumont
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Idaho Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Cottonwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cottonwood is located in Gilpin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood
- Nederland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- 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 <2>
- Lawson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Lawson is located in Clear Creek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawson
- Lamartine ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lamartine is located in Clear Creek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamartine
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Caribou ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Caribou is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caribou
- Caribou has also been known as:
- Caribou City
- Empire
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Georgetown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Wideawake. See our List of 1890's Communities around Wideawake.
Newspapers Published in Wideawake ...
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 71 newspapers that have been published in the area around Wideawake.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Wideawake, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Wideawake.
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 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 Wideawake:
- Websites specific to Colorado
- Pages specific to Gilpin County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Adams County
- Arapahoe County
- Boulder County
- Broomfield County
- Clear Creek County
- Denver County
- Grand County
- Jefferson County
- Larimer County
- Park County
- Summit County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Colorado
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Wideawake, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 from Point A (ie- Wideawake) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |