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Weld County, Colorado

Historic newspapers, landmarks, and county history layers for genealogists and local historians.

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41historic places

—earliest paper

1861formed

328,981pop. 2020

27cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 41 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1970. Most listings are in or near Greeley, Johnstown, Eaton.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Colorado is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Weld titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

16 of 41 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

41 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Alger, Amanda K., Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church	Eaton	Building	2006
Anderson Barn	Johnstown	Building	2004
Artesia Farm	Greeley	District	2018
Ball, Elmer and Etta, Ranch	Briggsdale	District	1991
Brush, Jared L., Barn	Johnstown	Building	1991
Clubhouse-Student Union	Greeley	Building	2008
Daniels School	Milliken	Building	2005
Dearfield (Additional Documentation)	Wiggins	District	1995
Eaton, Aaron James, House	Eaton	Building	2006
First Baptist Church	Greeley	Building	1987
First Methodist Episcopal Church	Windsor	Building	2004
Fort Vasquez	Platteville	Site	1970
Glazier House	Greeley	Building	1991
Greeley Downtown	Greeley	District	2008
Greeley High School	Greeley	Building	1999
Greeley High School and Grade School	Greeley	Building	1981
Greeley Junior High School	Greeley	Building	2003
Greeley Masonic Temple	Greeley	Building	2004
Greeley Tribune Building	Greeley	Building	2007
Greeley Union Pacific Railroad Depot	Greeley	Building	1993
Jurgens Site	Kersey	Site	1990
Keota Stone Circles Archeological District	Keota	Site	1981
Land Utilization Program Headquarters	Briggsdale	District	2009
Lincoln School	Erie	Building	1981
Little Thompson River Bridge	Berthoud	Structure	2002
Meeker Memorial Museum	Greeley	Building	1970
Milne Farm	Lucerne	District	1993
Nettleton-Mead House	Greeley	Building	2002
Ottesen Grain Company Feed Mill	Fort Lupton	Building	1998
Parish, Harvey J., House	Johnstown	Building	2000
SLW Ranch	Greeley	District	1991
Sandstone Ranch	Longmont	Building	1984
Star Filling Station	New Raymer	Building	2019
United Church of Christ of Highlandlake	Mead	Building	1989
Von Gohren-Thompson Homestead-Gerry Farm Rural Historic Landscape	Greeley	District	2011
Von Trotha-Firestien Farm at Bracewell	Greeley	District	2009
Weld County Courthouse	Greeley	Building	1978
West Stoneham Archeological District	Stoneham	District	1994
White-Plumb Farm	Greeley	District	2005
Windsor Town Hall	Windsor	Building	1999
Woodbury, Joseph A., House	Greeley	Building	1984

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Weld was formed in 1861 (1861-11-01) from unknown / original county.

WELD created by Colorado Territory from non-county area.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Weld County population from 1870 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1870	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
1,636	5,646	16,808	54,059	63,747	67,504	72,344	123,438	180,936	328,981

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

27 cemeteries and 2 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 27 of 27 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Ault Cemetery	40.59032	-104.72586
Beebe Draw Cemetery	40.29737	-104.65854
Beebe Draw Pioneer Cemetery	40.2618	-104.64004
Briggsdale Cemetery	40.6471	-104.33391
Eaton Cemetery	40.51732	-104.6952
Evans Cemetery	40.39093	-104.69814
Gerry Cemetery	40.39366	-104.4871
Highland Lake Cemetery	40.24724	-105.02629
Hillside Cemetery	40.07223	-104.7955
Home of Peace Cemetery	40.88664	-104.21938
Horst Cemetery	40.55276	-104.083
Johnstown Cemetery	40.33832	-104.94436
Keota Cemetery	40.71424	-104.06918
Lakeview Cemetery	40.47881	-104.89113
Liberty Cemetery	40.83254	-103.69654
Linn Grove Cemetery	40.41194	-104.65687
Mizpah Cemetery	40.2181	-104.81383
Mountain View Cemetery	40.72463	-104.7828
Mountain View Cemetery	40.07398	-104.65867
Pilgrim Cemetery	40.56665	-104.1455
Prairie View Cemetery	40.60946	-103.6714
Raymer Cemetery	40.62969	-103.83156
Saint Francis Cemetery	40.14571	-104.86689
Sligo Cemetery	40.79801	-104.12977
Sunnyside Cemetery	40.96027	-103.93502
Sunset Memorial Cemetery	40.3908	-104.73187
Zion Church Cemetery	40.88488	-104.01973

Historical populated places — 2 of 2

Name	Lat	Lon
Fort Saint Vrain	40.27887	-104.85497
Old Fort Vasquez	40.19443	-104.82108

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

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