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 Barton (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 Barton. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Barton 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 Barton. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Barton:
- Clackamas County (The home county of Barton)
- The following are listed by their distance from Barton, with the one closest to Barton listed first.
- Boring
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Damascus
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Eagle Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Carver
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Currinsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Currinsville is located in Clackamas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Currinsville
- Sandy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Happy Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sunnyside
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sunnyside is located in Clackamas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
- Estacada
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Clackamas
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Johnson City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Johnson City is located in Clackamas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 627 people
- Park Place
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Park Place is located in Clackamas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Place
- Beavercreek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Barton, with the one closest to Barton listed first.
- Aurora
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Butteville Station ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Butteville Station is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butteville Station
- Butteville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Butteville is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butteville
- Donald
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Hubbard
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Champoeg ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Champoeg is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Champoeg
- McKee
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- McKee is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKee
- Scotts Mills
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Woodburn
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Angel
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Downs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Downs is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downs
- Gervais
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Paul
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Multnomah County
- The following are listed by their distance from Barton, with the one closest to Barton listed first.
- Powell Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Powell Valley is located in Multnomah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powell Valley
- Gresham
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Rockwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Rockwood is located in Multnomah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwood
- Fairview
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Troutdale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Wood Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Hazelwood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hazelwood is located in Multnomah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelwood
- Corbett
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Russellville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Russellville is located in Multnomah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russellville
- Woodstock
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Woodstock is located in Multnomah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
- Milwaukie
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Montavilla
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Montavilla is located in Multnomah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montavilla
- Latourell
(13 miles [20.9 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
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Barton, with the one closest to Barton listed first.
- Durham
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Metzger
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Metzger is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metzger
- West Slope
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- West Slope is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Slope
- Progress
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Progress is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Progress
- Raleigh Hills
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Raleigh Hills is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raleigh Hills
- Tigard
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- King City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Cedar Hills
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Beaverton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Cedar Mill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Marlene Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Marlene Village is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlene Village
- Sherwood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Kinton ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Kinton is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinton
- Yamhill County
- The following are listed by their distance from Barton, with the one closest to Barton listed first.
- Newberg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Dundee
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Clark County (WA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Barton, with the one closest to Barton listed first.
- Camas
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Washougal
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Fisher
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Fisher is located in Clark County (WA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher
- Cascade Park East
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Cascade Park West
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cascade Park West is located in Clark County (WA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade Park West
- Fern Prairie
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Fern Prairie is located in Clark County (WA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fern Prairie
- Sunnyside
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Sunnyside is located in Clark County (WA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
- Mill Plain
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Mill Plain is located in Clark County (WA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Plain
- Proebstel
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Proebstel is located in Clark County (WA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Proebstel
- Five Corners
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Five Corners is located in Clark County (WA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Corners
- Orchards
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Vancouver
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Walnut Grove
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Walnut Grove is located in Clark County (WA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
- Skamania County (WA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Barton, with the one closest to Barton listed first.
- Cruzatt
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Cruzatt is located in Skamania County (WA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cruzatt
- Skamania
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Skamania is located in Skamania County (WA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skamania
- North Bonneville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Moffetts Hot Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Moffetts Hot Springs is located in Skamania County (WA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moffetts Hot Springs
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Barton, see our County-by-County Page for Barton.
Cemeteries Near Barton ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Barton.
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 Barton - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Barton covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Barton, with the one closest to Barton listed first.
- Logan Pleasant View Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Philip Foster Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Forrester Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Damascus Pioneer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Githens Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sandy Ridge Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Redland Pioneer Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Viola Pioneer Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Currin Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Sprague Family Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wilson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gibson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (176 more) ...
- Scandinavia Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Firhill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- 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>
- Pleasant Home Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
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 Barton in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Barton.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Barton, with the one closest to Barton listed first.
- Logan
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Logan is located in Clackamas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
- Eagle Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Damascus
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Currinsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Currinsville is located in Clackamas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Currinsville
- Viola
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Viola is located in Clackamas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viola
- Sandy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Home
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Home is located in Multnomah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Home
- Sunnyside
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sunnyside is located in Clackamas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
- Powell Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Powell Valley is located in Multnomah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powell Valley
- Sycamore
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sycamore is located in Multnomah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
- Gresham
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Clackamas
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Park Place
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Park Place is located in Clackamas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Place
- Highland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Highland is located in Clackamas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Rockwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Rockwood is located in Multnomah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwood
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Barton. See our List of 1890's Communities around Barton.
Newspapers Published in Barton ...
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 Barton.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Barton, 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 Barton.
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 Barton:
- Websites specific to Oregon
- Pages specific to Clackamas County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- 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 Barton, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Barton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |