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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 Woodland Park (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 Woodland Park. 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 southwest 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 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 west 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.

Woodland Park is located in Teller 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 Teller County: Douglas, El Paso, Fremont, Jefferson & Park.

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

  • Teller County     (The home county of Woodland Park)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Woodland Park, with the one closest to Woodland Park listed first.
    • Divide
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Florissant
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Cripple Creek
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Independence ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Independence is located in Teller County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
    • Goldfield
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Goldfield is located in Teller County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldfield
    • Victor
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
  • Douglas County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Woodland Park, with the one closest to Woodland Park listed first.
    • Westcreek
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Westcreek is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westcreek
    • Perry Park
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Perry Park is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry Park
    • Larkspur
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Twin Cedars ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Twin Cedars is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Cedars
    • Castle Rock
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Founders Village
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Founders Village is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Founders Village
    • Sedalia
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • El Paso County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Woodland Park, with the one closest to Woodland Park listed first.
    • Crystola
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Crystola is located in El Paso County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystola
    • Green Mountain Falls
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Chipita Park
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Cascade
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Palmer Lake
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Gleneagle
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Gleneagle is located in El Paso County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gleneagle
    • Monument
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Manitou Springs
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Woodmoor
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Woodmoor is located in El Paso County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodmoor
    • Colorado Springs
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Colorado Springs is located in El Paso County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colorado Springs
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 482,131 people
      • Former names for Colorado Springs:
      • El Paso
      • Fountain Colony
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Colorado Springs <1>
    • Black Forest
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Kelker
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Kelker is located in El Paso County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelker
    • Cimarron Hills
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Jefferson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Woodland Park, with the one closest to Woodland Park listed first.
    • Buffalo Creek
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Dome Rock
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Dome Rock is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dome Rock
    • Foxton ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Foxton is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxton
  • Park County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Woodland Park, with the one closest to Woodland Park listed first.
    • Lake George
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Guffey
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Woodland Park ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Woodland Park.

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 Woodland Park - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Woodland Park Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Rooks Family Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Templeton Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Templeton Cemetery
    • The Templeton Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Pioneer Cemetery
  • Divide Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Mt. St. Francis Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. St. Francis Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Mt. St. Francis Cemetery is located 7 miles [11.3 km]<2> to the north of Colorado Springs.
    • The Mt. St. Francis Cemetery has also been known as:
    • St. Francis Cemetery
  • Capps Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • United States Air Force Academy Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Wildhorn Ranch Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Florissant Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Monument Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Crystal Valley Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Gillett Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (33 more) ...
    • Fairview Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Pioneer Park Memorial
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Park Memorial
      • The Pioneer Park Memorial has also been known as:
      • Mesa Cemetery
    • The Church of the Woodmoor Columbarium
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)

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

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

  • Green Mountain Falls
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Palmer Lake
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Manitou Springs
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Monument
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Pikeview
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Pikeview is located in El Paso County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikeview
  • Colorado Springs
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Colorado Springs is located in El Paso County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colorado Springs
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 482,131 people
    • Former names for Colorado Springs:
    • El Paso
    • Fountain Colony
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Colorado Springs <1>
  • Greenland
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Greenland is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenland
  • Lake George
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Ivywild
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Ivywild is located in El Paso County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivywild
  • Larkspur
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Kelker
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Kelker is located in El Paso County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelker
  • Elsmere
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Elsmere is located in El Paso County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elsmere
  • Continue List   (7 more) ...
    • Falcon
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Widefield
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Eastonville ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Eastonville is located in El Paso County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastonville

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Woodland Park ...

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 150 newspapers that have been published in the area around Woodland Park.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Woodland Park. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Woodland Park and those printed in the larger area surrounding Woodland Park.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<2> of Woodland Park.

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 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 Woodland Park:

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>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 from Point A (ie- Woodland Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Woodland Park, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.