Our Genealogy Helper
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 Anderson (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 Anderson. 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 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.
Anderson is located in Clackamas County.
To see how the shape of Oregon's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Clackamas County: Hood River, Marion, Multnomah, Wasco, Washington & Yamhill.
Below are the counties that are near Anderson. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Anderson:
- Clackamas County (The home county of Anderson)
- The following are listed by their distance from Anderson, with the one closest to Anderson listed first.
- Boring
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Damascus
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Carver
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Happy Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Eagle Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Sandy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sunnyside
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Sunnyside is located in Clackamas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
- Aims
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Aims is located in Clackamas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aims
- Clackamas
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Currinsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Currinsville is located in Clackamas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Currinsville
- Johnson City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Johnson City is located in Clackamas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 627 people
- Estacada
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Dover
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Dover is located in Clackamas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Hood River County
- Cascade Locks
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Anderson, with the one closest to Anderson listed first.
- Aurora
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Butteville Station ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Butteville Station is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butteville Station
- Butteville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Butteville is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butteville
- Donald
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hubbard
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Champoeg ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Champoeg is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Champoeg
- Multnomah County
- The following are listed by their distance from Anderson, with the one closest to Anderson listed first.
- Powell Valley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Powell Valley is located in Multnomah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powell Valley
- Gresham
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Fairview
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Troutdale
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Wood Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Rockwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Rockwood is located in Multnomah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwood
- Corbett
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hazelwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hazelwood is located in Multnomah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelwood
- Latourell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Latourell is located in Multnomah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latourell
- Former names for Latourell:
- Latourell Falls
- Rooster Rock
- Russellville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Russellville is located in Multnomah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russellville
- Maywood Park
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Montavilla
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Montavilla is located in Multnomah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montavilla
- Milwaukie
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Anderson, with the one closest to Anderson listed first.
- Durham
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Metzger
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Metzger is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metzger
- Raleigh Hills
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Raleigh Hills is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raleigh Hills
- West Slope
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- West Slope is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Slope
- Progress
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Progress is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Progress
- Tigard
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Beaverton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Cedar Hills
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- King City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Cedar Mill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Marlene Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Marlene Village is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlene Village
- Bethany
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Bethany is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany
- Oak Hills
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Oak Hills is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hills
- Yamhill County
- Newberg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Clark County (WA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Anderson, with the one closest to Anderson listed first.
- Washougal
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Camas
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Fisher
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Fisher is located in Clark County (WA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher
- Cascade Park East
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fern Prairie
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Fern Prairie is located in Clark County (WA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fern Prairie
- Sunnyside
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Sunnyside is located in Clark County (WA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
- Cascade Park West
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cascade Park West is located in Clark County (WA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade Park West
- Mill Plain
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Mill Plain is located in Clark County (WA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Plain
- Proebstel
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Proebstel is located in Clark County (WA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Proebstel
- Orchards
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Five Corners
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Five Corners is located in Clark County (WA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Corners
- Walnut Grove
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Walnut Grove is located in Clark County (WA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
- Homan
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Homan is located in Clark County (WA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homan
- Skamania County (WA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Anderson, with the one closest to Anderson listed first.
- Cruzatt
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cruzatt is located in Skamania County (WA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cruzatt
- Skamania
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Skamania is located in Skamania County (WA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skamania
- North Bonneville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Moffetts Hot Springs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Moffetts Hot Springs is located in Skamania County (WA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moffetts Hot Springs
- Stevenson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Anderson, see our County-by-County Page for Anderson.
Cemeteries Near Anderson ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Anderson.
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 Anderson - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Anderson covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Anderson, with the one closest to Anderson listed first.
- Pleasant Home Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Gresham Pioneer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Forest Lawn Memorial Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Escobar Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Damascus Pioneer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Douglas Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Mountain View Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mountain View Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Mountain View Corbett Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Deardorf Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deardorf Cemetery
- The Deardorf Cemetery has also been known as:
- Christilla Pioneer Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #38704 <2>
- Sandy Ridge Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (168 more) ...
- Scandinavia Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Firhill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Firhill Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Firhill Cemetery is located outside and to the northwest of Sandy.
- The Firhill Cemetery has also been known as:
- Fir Hill Cemetery
- Fir Lawn Cemetery
- Hood Loop Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #38779 <2>
- Sunnyside Pioneer Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
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>
While we didn't find Anderson in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Anderson.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Anderson, with the one closest to Anderson listed first.
- Powell Valley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Powell Valley is located in Multnomah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powell Valley
- Pleasant Home
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Home is located in Multnomah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Home
- Damascus
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Gresham
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Fairview
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Troutdale
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Rockwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Rockwood is located in Multnomah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwood
- Sycamore
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Sycamore is located in Multnomah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
- Sunnyside
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Sunnyside is located in Clackamas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
- Eagle Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Sandy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Logan
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Logan is located in Clackamas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Aims
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Aims is located in Clackamas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aims
- Washougal
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Lents
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Lents is located in Multnomah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lents
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Anderson. See our List of 1890's Communities around Anderson.
Newspapers Published in Anderson ...
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 57 newspapers that have been published in the area around Anderson.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Anderson, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Anderson.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Anderson:
- Websites specific to Oregon
- Pages specific to Clackamas County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Hood River County
- Marion County
- Multnomah County
- Washington County
- Yamhill County
- Clark County
- Skamania County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Oregon
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> | 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 Anderson, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Anderson) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |