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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 Ashby (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 Ashby. 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 doctors and 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.

Ashby is located in Adams County.

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

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Adams County: Franklin, Grant, Lincoln & Whitman.

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

  • Adams County     (The home county of Ashby)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ashby, with the one closest to Ashby listed first.
    • Ritzville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Lind
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Washtucna
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
  • Lincoln County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ashby, with the one closest to Ashby listed first.
    • Sprague
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Mohler
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohler
      • Mohler is located in Lincoln County
    • Edwall
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Harrington
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Bluestem
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluestem
      • Bluestem is located in Lincoln County
  • Spokane County
    • Tyler
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tyler have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyler
      • Tyler is located in Spokane County
  • Whitman County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ashby, with the one closest to Ashby listed first.
    • Lamont
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Saint John
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Endicott
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • LaCrosse
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Pine City ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pine City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine City
      • Pine City is located in Whitman County
    • Hooper
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Malden
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)

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

Newspapers Published in Ashby ...

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 30 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ashby.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ashby, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Ashby.

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 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 Ashby:

Cemeteries Near Ashby ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ashby.

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 Ashby covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Grisham Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Grisham Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Grisham Cemetery
  • Caylor Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Caylor Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Caylor Cemetery
  • Lake View Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lake View Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lake View Cemetery
  • Macabee Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Macabee Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Macabee Cemetery
  • Memorial Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Memorial Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Memorial Cemetery
  • Ritzville Memorial Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Winona Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Winona Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Winona Cemetery
  • Bemis Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bemis Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bemis Cemetery
  • Sassin Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
  • Paha Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Paha Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Paha Cemetery
  • Lance Hill Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lance Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lance Hill Cemetery
  • Rockdale Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rockdale Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rockdale Cemetery
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Edwall Cemetery
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Edwall Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Edwall Cemetery
    • Pleasant Valley Cemetery
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pleasant Valley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pleasant Valley Cemetery
    • Pine City Cemetery
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pine City Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pine City 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.<5>

While we didn't find Ashby in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Ashby.

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

  • Sprague
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Ritzville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Bemis
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bemis have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bemis
    • Bemis is located in Adams County
  • Winona
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Winona have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winona
    • Winona is located in Whitman County
  • Sutton
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sutton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutton
    • Sutton is located in Whitman County
  • Paha ‑ Historic
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Paha have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paha
    • Paha is located in Adams County
  • Fletcher
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fletcher have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fletcher
    • Fletcher is located in Adams County
  • Endicott
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
  • Saint John
    (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
  • Juno
    (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Juno have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juno
    • Juno is located in Whitman County
  • Tyler
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tyler have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyler
    • Tyler is located in Spokane County
  • Harrington
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Pine City ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pine City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine City
      • Pine City is located in Whitman County
    • Pampa
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pampa have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pampa
      • Pampa is located in Whitman County
    • Hooper
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)

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

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

The official website for Adams County: www.co.adams.wa.us/

The official website for State of Washington: https://access.wa.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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Ashby) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Ashby. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.1521, Longitude: -118.0677       In this case, the coordinates for Ashby have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com.
<5>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 Ashby, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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