Longmont, Boulder County, Colorado Genealogy

United States Colorado  Boulder County  Longmont  Burlington

Longmont was founded in 1871 as a colony by Chicago-Colorado Colony group. They purchased a square mile of land just north of Burlington Colorado, and divided it into house lots and parks, etc. -- an early planned community. It was named for Long's Peak, a tall mountain visible from town, which in turn was named for Stephen Long, who led an exploratory expedition through the area in 1820.

Longmont is located in the northeast corner of Boulder county, and a small portion of current Longmont is in Weld county.

In Burlington, Boulder County, Colorado, the first gold rush settlers arrived in 1858 and the town became a post office in 1862 because the stagecoach stopped there. The little community later merged with Longmont and yielded the town name in 1873. The current Burlington Colorado is in Kit Carson county.

Churches
Longmont had ten houses of worship by 1903. In 1920 Dr. Harry Huntington, Methodist minister emeritus, compiled the following list of local churches with their dates of organization. Current contact information is added where known. First United Methodist, 1871 350 11th Avenue, Longmont CO 80501 303 776-3523

Central Presbyterian, 1872 402 Kimbark Street, Longmont CO 80501 303 776-6833

First Congregational, UCC, 1872 1500 9th Avenue, Longmont CO 80501 303 776-4940

St Stephens Episcopal, 1881 1303 S. Bross Lane, Longmont CO 80501 303 776-1072

St John the Baptist Catholic, 1882 323 Collyer Street, Longmont CO 80501 303 776-0737

Ryssby, Swedish Lutheran, 1878 merged with First Lutheran see below (Ryssby is 6 miles west of Longmont, so Dr. Huntington probably did not count it among the ten.)

First Lutheran, 1887 803 3rd Avenue, Longmont CO 80501 303 776-2800

First Baptist, 1890 701 Kimbark Street, Longmont CO 80501 303 776-1128

First Christian, 1891 10345 Ute Hwy, Longmont, CO 80504 303 776-5897

Bethlehem Lutheran, 1901 1000 15th Avenue, Longmont CO 80501 303 776-3290

Christian Science, 1902 701 Delaware Avenue, Longmont CO 80501 303 678-0400

Longmont Bible Chapel, 1905 Current contact information is unknown.

Longs Peak United Methodist, 1907 1421 Elmhurst Drive, Longmont CO 80503 (303) 776-0399

Early Churches in Nearby Communities
United Methodist, Erie, 1867

United Methodist, Niwot, 1870

Congregational UCC, Lyons, 1889

U. Methodist, Hygiene, 1903

Rinn United Methodist, 1905

Lyons United Methodist, 1907

Mead United Methodist, 1907

Cemeteries
Mountain View Cemetery 620 11th Avenue Longmont, CO 80501 Phone: 303-776-1036 More than 22,000 interments. The Longmont Genealogical Society recently added their information to FindaGrave. Longmont Genealogical Society has interment information in its collection. Burlington Cemetery South Sunset Street Longmont, CO 80501 303-532-9086 About 250 interments, most or all on FindaGrave. Burlington Cemetery at Longmont Genealogical Society contains some history of the Cemetery and links to online photos of some of the gravestones.

Ryssby Cemetery 9000 N 63rd St Longmont, CO 80503 Churchyard of a Lutheran church built by early Swedish immigrants. Longmont Genealogical Society has interment information, including many obituaries.

Foothill Garden of Memory 14241 N. 107th Street Longmont, CO 80504 Owned and operated by Carroll-Lewellen Funeral Services. The burials are more recent and there are about 6,000. The Longmont Genealogical Society has recently worked with Carroll-Lewellen to record the burials and photograph the gravestones. Many of the burials are listed on FindaGrave.

Newspapers
In Longmont, Colorado the local paper is the Longmont Times-Call. The Longmont Public Library has a name and subject index for both the Times and the Call, and the merged Times-Call until February 2008. The paper began an online edition in 2004, and further card indexing is not deemed necessary. There are plans to extend the online archive back to 1990. Microfilm of the paper is also located at the library, and that continues to be updated.

Microfilm of Old Newspapers
Longmont Public Library has microfilmed local, historic newspapers. Longmont Genealogical Society also maintains a collection of microfilmed local, historic newspapers, as well as some early Longmont Ledger index of extractions of birth, marriage, and death entries.

Other Early Newspapers on Microfilm
The Boulder County News: October 12, 1869 until November 8, 1878. Available on microfilm at the Longmont Public Library. Archived name index. Burlington Free Press: May 5, 1871. Burlington was a small community just south of the colony that became Longmont in 1871. They merged with Longmont and yielded the name Burlington in 1873, and Burlington, Colorado is now the name of a town on the Kansas border. Lyons Recorder: December 12, 1890 to October 23, 1942 (some missing) Lyons is a small community founded in 1880 and 12 miles west of Longmont. Valley Home and Farm: June 29, 1878 Colorado Press: February 21, 1872 and July 24, 1872 Real Estate Bulletin: April 1879

Voter Registration Records
Voter Registration Records, 1898-1919 at Longmont Genealogical Society. Names, ages and addresses are listed in these transcribed records.

Societies, Libraries and Museums
Longmont Public Library 409 4th Avenue Longmont, CO 80501 Phone: 303-651-8470 Website Longmont Genealogical Society P.O. Box 6081 Longmont, CO 80501 Website St Vrain Historical Society P.O. Box 705 Longmont, CO 80502 Phone: 303-776-1870 Website Information about early settlers. Longmont Museum and Cultural Center 400 Quail Road Longmont, CO 80501 Phone: 303-651-8374 Longmont Museum & Archives - Research Resources: Photographs, letters, diaries, maps, business records, ledgers, and more. Archives hours are by appointment only. Phone: 303-651-8969.

City Directories
The Longmont city directory, 1912-13 : with the Longmont rural routes, the towns of Mead, Lyons, Hygiene, Niwot and Highland Lake at Ancestry ($) Other directories are available at the Longmont Public Library.

Family History Center
Longmont Colorado Family History Center