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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 Raymond (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 Raymond. 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 northeast 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 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 east 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.

Raymond is located in Pacific 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 Pacific County: Clatsop (OR), Grays Harbor, Lewis & Wahkiakum.

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

  • Pacific County     (The home county of Raymond)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Raymond, with the one closest to Raymond listed first.
    • South Bend
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Menlo
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menlo
      • Menlo is located in Pacific County
    • Bay Center
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Tokeland
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Lebam
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Oysterville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Nahcotta
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Ocean Park
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Naselle
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Breakers
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breakers
      • Breakers is located in Pacific County
    • Long Beach
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Seaview
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Grays Harbor County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Raymond, with the one closest to Raymond listed first.
    • Cosmopolis
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Melbourne
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melbourne
      • Melbourne is located in Grays Harbor County
    • Central Park
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Central Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Park
      • Central Park is located in Grays Harbor County
    • Junction City
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Junction City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction City
      • Junction City is located in Grays Harbor County
    • South Aberdeen
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Aberdeen
      • South Aberdeen is located in Grays Harbor County
    • Bay City
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bay City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay City
      • Bay City is located in Grays Harbor County
    • Grayland
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Markham
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Markham have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Markham
      • Markham is located in Grays Harbor County
    • Aberdeen
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aberdeen
      • Aberdeen is located in Grays Harbor County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 16,827 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Aberdeen <1>
    • Laidlow
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laidlow
      • Laidlow is located in Grays Harbor County
    • Ocosta
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ocosta have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocosta
      • Ocosta is located in Grays Harbor County
    • Cohassett Beach
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cohassett Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cohassett Beach
      • Cohassett Beach is located in Grays Harbor County
  • Lewis County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Raymond, with the one closest to Raymond listed first.
    • Doty
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Pe Ell
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Fayette
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fayette have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayette
      • Fayette is located in Lewis County
    • Curtis
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Thurston County
    • Independence
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
      • Independence is located in Thurston County
  • Wahkiakum County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Raymond, with the one closest to Raymond listed first.
    • Grays River
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Rosburg
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Altoona
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Altoona have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altoona
      • Altoona is located in Wahkiakum County
    • Dahlia
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dahlia
      • Dahlia is located in Wahkiakum County
    • Brookfield
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brookfield have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield
      • Brookfield is located in Wahkiakum County

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Raymond ...

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 97 newspapers that have been published in the area around Raymond.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Raymond. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Raymond and those printed in the larger area surrounding Raymond.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3> of Raymond.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Raymond:

Cemeteries Near Raymond ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Raymond.

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

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

  • Washington Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Washington Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Washington Cemetery
  • Giesy Family Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Giesy Family Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the southeast of Menlo.
    • The Giesy Family Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Kiel Colony Cemetery
    • Willie Keil Gravesite
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Giesy Family Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #641574 <4>
  • Fern Hill Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fern Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fern Hill Cemetery
  • Forest Hill Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Forest Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Forest Hill Cemetery
  • Wynooche Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wynooche Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wynooche Cemetery
  • Fern Hill Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
  • Paceful Hill Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Paceful Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Paceful Hill Cemetery
  • Salmon Creek Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • The Salmon Creek Cemetery has also been known as:
    • New Salmon Creek Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Salmon Creek Cemetery
  • Sunset Memorial Park
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sunset Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sunset Memorial Park
  • Sylvan Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
  • Sharon Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sharon Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sharon Cemetery
  • Masonic Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Masonic Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Masonic Cemetery
  • Continue List   (7 more) ...
    • Elma Catholic Cemetery
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Elma Catholic Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Elma Catholic Cemetery
    • Lone Fir Cemetery
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lone Fir Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lone Fir Cemetery
    • Finnish Cemetery
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Finnish Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Finnish 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 Raymond in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Raymond.

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

  • South Bend
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Willapa
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Willapa have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willapa
    • Willapa is located in Pacific County
  • Bay Center
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Lebam
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Artic
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Artic have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Artic
    • Artic is located in Grays Harbor County
  • North Cove
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Cove have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Cove
    • North Cove is located in Pacific County
  • Oysterville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Melbourne
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melbourne
    • Melbourne is located in Grays Harbor County
  • Cosmopolis
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Markham
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Markham have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Markham
    • Markham is located in Grays Harbor County
  • South Aberdeen
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Aberdeen
    • South Aberdeen is located in Grays Harbor County
  • Aberdeen
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aberdeen
    • Aberdeen is located in Grays Harbor County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 16,827 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Aberdeen <1>
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Aberdeen Junction
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Aberdeen Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aberdeen Junction
      • Aberdeen Junction is located in Grays Harbor County
    • Ocosta
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ocosta have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocosta
      • Ocosta is located in Grays Harbor County
    • Hoquiam
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoquiam
      • Hoquiam is located in Grays Harbor County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,699 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hoquiam <1>

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

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

The official website for Pacific County: www.co.pacific.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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Raymond) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Raymond. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.6866, Longitude: -123.7334    
<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 Raymond, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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