Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Barron. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Barron to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Barron, please Contact Us.
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 Barron (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 Barron. 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 southeast 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 south.
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 south 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Barron is historic, it would have been located within present day Jackson 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 Jackson County: Siskiyou (CA), Douglas, Josephine & Klamath.
Below are the counties that are near Barron. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Barron:
- Jackson County (The home county of Barron)
- The following are listed by their distance from Barron, with the one closest to Barron listed first.
- Colestin
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Colestin is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colestin
- Ashland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Shale City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Shale City is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shale City
- Talent
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Phoenix
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sterlingville ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Sterlingville is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterlingville
- Medford
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Buncom
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Buncom is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buncom
- Jacksonville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Central Point
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Ruch
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Brownsboro
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Brownsboro is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsboro
- Siskiyou County (CA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Barron, with the one closest to Barron listed first.
- Hornbrook
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Bogus ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Bogus is located in Siskiyou County (CA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogus
- Ager
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Ager is located in Siskiyou County (CA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ager
- Beswick
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Beswick is located in Siskiyou County (CA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beswick
- Klamath River
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Montague
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Yreka
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Yreka is located in Siskiyou County (CA)
- 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 <2>
- Little Shasta
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Little Shasta is located in Siskiyou County (CA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Shasta
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Barron, see our County-by-County Page for Barron.
Cemeteries Near Barron ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Barron.
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 Barron - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Barron covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Barron, with the one closest to Barron listed first.
- Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Hill Dunn Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Wells Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Scenic Hills Memorial Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Mountain View Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. View Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Ashland Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hargadine Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Meyers Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Stearn Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pinehurst Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Dunkard Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (31 more) ...
- Phoenix Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Henley - Hornbrook Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Hillcrest Memorial Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
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.
Barron itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a population of 23 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Barron, with the one closest to Barron listed first.
- Steinman
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Steinman is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steinman
- Colestin
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Colestin is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colestin
- Gregory
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Gregory is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregory
- Ashland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Talent
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Phoenix
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Henley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Henley is located in Siskiyou County (CA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henley
- Hornbrook
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Bogus ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Bogus is located in Siskiyou County (CA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogus
- Gottsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Gottsville is located in Siskiyou County (CA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gottsville
- Ager
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Ager is located in Siskiyou County (CA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ager
- Medford
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Lakecreek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Lakecreek is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakecreek
- Wellen ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Wellen is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellen
- Jacksonville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Barron. See our List of 1890's Communities around Barron.
Newspapers Published in Barron ...
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 86 newspapers that have been published in the area around Barron.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Barron, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Barron.
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 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 Barron:
- Websites specific to Oregon
- Pages specific to Jackson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Oregon
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Barron, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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- Barron) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |