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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 Barlow (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 Barlow. 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 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.

Barlow is located in Clackamas 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 Clackamas County: Hood River, Marion, Multnomah, Wasco, Washington & Yamhill.

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

  • Clackamas County     (The home county of Barlow)
  • Marion County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Barlow, with the one closest to Barlow listed first.
    • Aurora
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Aurora have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aurora
      • Aurora is located in Marion County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,039 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Aurora <1>
    • Butteville Station ‑ Historic
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Butteville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Hubbard
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Donald
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Donald have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donald
      • Donald is located in Marion County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,064 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Donald <1>
    • Champoeg ‑ Historic
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Woodburn
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodburn have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodburn
      • Woodburn is located in Marion County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 26,175 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Woodburn <1>
    • McKee
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for McKee. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKee
      • McKee is located in Marion County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to McKee
      • From Barlow to McKee
    • Saint Paul
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Mount Angel
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Gervais
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gervais have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gervais
      • Gervais is located in Marion County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,774 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gervais <1>
    • Downs
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Multnomah County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Barlow, with the one closest to Barlow listed first.
    • Milwaukie
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Hillsdale
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Woodstock
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Woodstock. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
      • Woodstock is located in Multnomah County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Woodstock
      • From Barlow to Woodstock
    • Portland
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Laurelhurst
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Montavilla
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Hazelwood
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hazelwood have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelwood
      • Hazelwood is located in Multnomah County
    • Russellville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Rockwood
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Maywood Park
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maywood Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maywood Park
      • Maywood Park is located in Multnomah County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 852 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Maywood Park <1>
    • Gresham
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gresham have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gresham
      • Gresham is located in Multnomah County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 110,031 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gresham <1>
    • Powell Valley
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
  • Polk County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Barlow, with the one closest to Barlow listed first.
    • Lincoln
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Salemtowne
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Zena
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Eola
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eola have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eola
      • Eola is located in Polk County
    • Crowley
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Crowley. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crowley
      • Crowley is located in Polk County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Crowley
      • From Barlow to Crowley
  • Washington County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Barlow, with the one closest to Barlow listed first.
    • Durham
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Durham have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durham
      • Durham is located in Washington County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,908 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Durham <1>
    • Middleton
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Middleton. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleton
      • Middleton is located in Washington County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Middleton
      • From Barlow to Middleton
    • Sherwood
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sherwood have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood
      • Sherwood is located in Washington County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 19,746 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sherwood <1>
    • King City
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for King City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King City
      • King City is located in Washington County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,358 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for King City <1>
    • Tigard
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tigard have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tigard
      • Tigard is located in Washington County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 56,049 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tigard <1>
    • Metzger
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Metzger have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metzger
      • Metzger is located in Washington County
    • Progress
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Progress. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Progress
      • Progress is located in Washington County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Progress
      • From Barlow to Progress
    • Kinton ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Scholls
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Raleigh Hills
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Beaverton
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beaverton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaverton
      • Beaverton is located in Washington County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 98,957 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Beaverton <1>
    • Cedar Hills
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hills
      • Cedar Hills is located in Washington County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cedar Hills <1>
  • Yamhill County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Barlow, with the one closest to Barlow listed first.
    • Newberg
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Newberg have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newberg
      • Newberg is located in Yamhill County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 23,982 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Newberg <1>
    • Dundee
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dundee have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundee
      • Dundee is located in Yamhill County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,320 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dundee <1>
    • Dayton
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dayton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dayton
      • Dayton is located in Yamhill County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,753 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dayton <1>
    • Lafayette
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Saint Joseph
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Hopewell
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Eola Village
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eola Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eola Village
      • Eola Village is located in Yamhill County
    • Carlton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Cove Orchard
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • McMinnville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Yamhill
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Whiteson
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Whiteson. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteson
      • Whiteson is located in Yamhill County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Whiteson
      • From Barlow to Whiteson
  • Clark County (WA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Barlow, with the one closest to Barlow listed first.
    • Fisher
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Fisher. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher
      • Fisher is located in Clark County (WA)
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Fisher
      • From Barlow to Fisher
    • Cascade Park East
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Cascade Park West
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Vancouver
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Camas
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Minnehaha
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Minnehaha have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnehaha
      • Minnehaha is located in Clark County (WA)
    • Washougal
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Hazel Dell
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Mill Plain
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mill Plain have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Plain
      • Mill Plain is located in Clark County (WA)
    • Walnut Grove
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Walnut Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
      • Walnut Grove is located in Clark County (WA)
    • Barberton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Barberton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barberton
      • Barberton is located in Clark County (WA)
    • Fern Prairie
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Fern Prairie. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fern Prairie
      • Fern Prairie is located in Clark County (WA)
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Fern Prairie
      • From Barlow to Fern Prairie

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

Cemeteries Near Barlow ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Barlow.

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

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

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Barlow had a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, Barlow had a population of 147 people.

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

  • Canby
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Aurora
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Aurora have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aurora
    • Aurora is located in Marion County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,039 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Aurora <1>
  • Macksburg
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Macksburg have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macksburg
    • Macksburg is located in Clackamas County
  • New Era ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Era have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Era
    • New Era is located in Clackamas County
  • Needy ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Wilsonville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Butteville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Hubbard
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Mulino
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Carus
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Union Mills
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Union Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Mills
    • Union Mills is located in Clackamas County
  • Oregon City
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Barlow ...

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 87 newspapers that have been published in the area around Barlow.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Barlow. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Barlow and those printed in the larger area surrounding Barlow.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<6> of Barlow.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Barlow:

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

The official website for Clackamas County: www.co.clackamas.or.us/

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>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<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 Barlow, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>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 from Point A (ie- Barlow) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Barlow. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.2527, Longitude: -122.7217       In this case, the coordinates for Barlow have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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