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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 Beulah (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 Beulah. 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 northwest 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 north.

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 north 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.

Beulah is located in Malheur County.

To see how the shape of Oregon's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Malheur County: Canyon (ID), Owyhee (ID), Payette (ID), Washington (ID), Humboldt (NV), Baker, Grant & Harney.

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

  • Malheur County     (The home county of Beulah)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Beulah, with the one closest to Beulah listed first.
    • Juntura
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Westfall ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfall
      • Westfall is located in Malheur County
    • Riverside
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Harper
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Ironside
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Harney County
    • Drewsey
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)

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

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Beulah:

Cemeteries Near Beulah ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Beulah.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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

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

  • Agency Valley Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Agency Valley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Agency Valley Cemetery
  • Juntura Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Juntura Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Juntura Cemetery
  • Drewsey Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Drewsey Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Drewsey Cemetery
  • Muller Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Muller Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Muller Cemetery
  • Westfall Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Westfall Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Westfall Cemetery
  • Riverside Cemetery
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
  • Harper Cemetery
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Harper Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Harper 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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Beulah had a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Juntura
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Drewsey
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Westfall ‑ Historic
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfall
    • Westfall is located in Malheur County
  • Riverside
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
  • Van
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Van have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van
    • Van is located in Harney County

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

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Beulah. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Malheur County: www.malheurco.org/

The official website for State of Oregon: https://www.oregon.gov/

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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<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 Beulah, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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