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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 Eileen (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 Eileen. 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 hospitals and doctors 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.

Eileen is located in Siskiyou County.

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

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Siskiyou County: Del Norte, Humboldt, Modoc, Shasta, Trinity, Jackson (OR), Josephine (OR) & Klamath (OR).

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

  • Siskiyou County     (The home county of Eileen)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Eileen, with the one closest to Eileen listed first.
    • Seiad Valley
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Hamburg
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Hamburg is located in Siskiyou County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamburg
    • Klamath River
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Scott Bar
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Happy Camp
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Hornbrook
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Mugginsville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Mugginsville is located in Siskiyou County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mugginsville
    • Oro Fino
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Oro Fino is located in Siskiyou County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oro Fino
    • Fort Jones
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Yreka
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Yreka is located in Siskiyou County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yreka
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,503 people
      • Yreka has also been known as:
      • Yreka City
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Yreka <1>
    • Greenview
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Jackson County (OR)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Eileen, with the one closest to Eileen listed first.
    • Copper ‑ Historic
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Copper is located in Jackson County (OR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper
    • Buncom
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Buncom is located in Jackson County (OR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buncom
    • Ruch
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Sterlingville ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Sterlingville is located in Jackson County (OR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterlingville
    • Applegate
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Provolt
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Provolt is located in Jackson County (OR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Provolt
    • Colestin
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Colestin is located in Jackson County (OR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colestin
    • Jacksonville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Ashland
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Ashland is located in Jackson County (OR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 21,194 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ashland <1>
    • Talent
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Talent is located in Jackson County (OR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talent
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,700 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Talent <1>
    • Phoenix
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Phoenix is located in Jackson County (OR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phoenix
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,678 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Phoenix <1>
    • Medford
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Medford is located in Jackson County (OR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medford
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 83,412 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Medford <1>
    • Central Point
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
  • Josephine County (OR)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Eileen, with the one closest to Eileen listed first.
    • Williams
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Althouse ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Althouse is located in Josephine County (OR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Althouse
    • Brown City ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Brown City is located in Josephine County (OR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown City
    • Murphy
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Waldo ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Waldo is located in Josephine County (OR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldo

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

Cemeteries Near Eileen ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Eileen.

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.

Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Eileen - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Horse Creek Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Steamboat Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Hartley Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Sterling Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Sterlingville Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Kanaka Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
  • Logtown Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logtown Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Logtown Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the northeast of Ruch (OR).
    • The Logtown Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Log Town Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #39053 <2>
  • Sparlin Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Gotcher Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Missouri Flat Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
  • Stearn Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
  • Griffin Creek Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (21 more) ...

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.<4>

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

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

  • Seiad Valley
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Steamboat
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Steamboat is located in Jackson County (OR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steamboat
  • Hamburg
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Hamburg is located in Siskiyou County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamburg
  • Oakbar
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Oakbar is located in Siskiyou County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakbar
  • Walker
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Walker is located in Siskiyou County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker
  • Happy Camp
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Gottsville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Gottsville is located in Siskiyou County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gottsville
  • Williams
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Applegate
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
  • Browntown ‑ Historic
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Browntown is located in Josephine County (OR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browntown
  • Gregory
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Gregory is located in Jackson County (OR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregory
  • Colestin
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Colestin is located in Jackson County (OR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colestin
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Ashland
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Ashland is located in Jackson County (OR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 21,194 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ashland <1>
    • Talent
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Talent is located in Jackson County (OR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talent
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,700 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Talent <1>
    • Jacksonville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)

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

Newspapers Published in Eileen ...

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 69 newspapers that have been published in the area around Eileen.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Eileen, 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 Eileen.

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 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 Eileen:

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 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.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Eileen) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<4>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 Eileen, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.