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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 Woodmoor (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 Woodmoor. 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.

Woodmoor is located in El Paso 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 El Paso County: Crowley, Douglas, Elbert, Fremont, Lincoln, Pueblo & Teller.

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

  • El Paso County     (The home county of Woodmoor)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Woodmoor, with the one closest to Woodmoor listed first.
    • Monument
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Palmer Lake
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Gleneagle
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Gleneagle is located in El Paso County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gleneagle
    • Black Forest
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Crystola
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Crystola is located in El Paso County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystola
    • Chipita Park
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Green Mountain Falls
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Eastonville ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Eastonville is located in El Paso County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastonville
    • Cascade
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Falcon
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Manitou Springs
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Colorado Springs
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • 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>
    • Cimarron Hills
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Douglas County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Woodmoor, with the one closest to Woodmoor listed first.
    • Larkspur
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Perry Park
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Perry Park is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry Park
    • Westcreek
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Westcreek is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westcreek
    • Castle Rock
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Founders Village
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Founders Village is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Founders Village
    • Franktown
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Castle Pines
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Sedalia
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Twin Cedars ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Twin Cedars is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Cedars
    • Castle Pines North
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Castle Pines North is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Pines North
      • Estimated population in 2011: 10,602 people
    • The Pinery
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • The Pinery is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Pinery
    • Cherry Creek Highlands
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Louviers
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
  • Elbert County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Woodmoor, with the one closest to Woodmoor listed first.
    • Elbert
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Elizabeth
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Ponderosa Park
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Ponderosa Park is located in Elbert County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponderosa Park
    • Kiowa
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Fondis
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Fondis is located in Elbert County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fondis
  • Jefferson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Woodmoor, with the one closest to Woodmoor listed first.
    • Dome Rock
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Dome Rock is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dome Rock
    • Buffalo Creek
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Foxton ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Foxton is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxton
  • Park County
  • Teller County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Woodmoor, with the one closest to Woodmoor listed first.
    • Woodland Park
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Divide
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Florissant
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Independence ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Independence is located in Teller County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
    • Cripple Creek
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Goldfield
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Goldfield is located in Teller County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldfield

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

Cemeteries Near Woodmoor ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Woodmoor.

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

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

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

  • St. Matthias Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • The Church of the Woodmoor Columbarium
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Monument Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • United States Air Force Academy Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • St. Benedict Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Spring Valley Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Capps Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Table Rock Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Table Rock Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Table Rock Cemetery is located 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the east of Monument.
  • Mt. St. Francis Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • 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
  • Templeton Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Templeton Cemetery
    • The Templeton Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Pioneer Cemetery
  • Woodland Park Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Glen Grove Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (48 more) ...
    • James Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Rooks Family Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Eastonville Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastonville Cemetery
      • The Eastonville Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Shadeland Cemetery

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

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

  • Monument
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Palmer Lake
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Greenland
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Greenland is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenland
  • Larkspur
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Pikeview
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Pikeview is located in El Paso County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikeview
  • Green Mountain Falls
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Eastonville ‑ Historic
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Eastonville is located in El Paso County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastonville
  • Falcon
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Manitou Springs
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Elsmere
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Elsmere is located in El Paso County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elsmere
  • Colorado Springs
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • 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>
  • Castle Rock
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Elbert
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Ivywild
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Ivywild is located in El Paso County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivywild
    • Peyton
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)

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

Newspapers Published in Woodmoor ...

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 143 newspapers that have been published in the area around Woodmoor.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Woodmoor, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Woodmoor.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Woodmoor:

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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Woodmoor) 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 Woodmoor, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.