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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 Beagle (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 Beagle. 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 doctors and hospitals 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.

Beagle is located in 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 Beagle. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Beagle:

  • Jackson County     (The home county of Beagle)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Beagle, with the one closest to Beagle listed first.
    • Sams Valley
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Sams Valley is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sams Valley
    • Spikenard ‑ Historic
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Spikenard is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spikenard
    • Shady Cove
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Eagle Point
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • White City
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Trail
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Gold Hill
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Brownsboro
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Brownsboro is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsboro
    • Central Point
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Rock Point ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Rock Point is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Point
    • Wimer
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Wimer is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wimer
    • Medford
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Rogue River
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Douglas County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Beagle, with the one closest to Beagle listed first.
    • Azalea
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Tiller
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Perdue ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Perdue is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perdue
    • Glendale
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Josephine County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Beagle, with the one closest to Beagle listed first.
    • Fruitdale
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Fruitdale is located in Josephine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitdale
    • Placer
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Placer is located in Josephine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Placer
    • Grants Pass
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Greenback ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Greenback is located in Josephine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenback
    • Golden ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Golden is located in Josephine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden
    • Murphy
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Hugo
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Hugo is located in Josephine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hugo
    • Redwood
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Redwood is located in Josephine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redwood
    • Sunny Valley
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Three Pines
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Three Pines is located in Josephine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Pines
    • New Hope
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • New Hope is located in Josephine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
    • Merlin
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Wolf Creek
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Beagle ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Beagle.

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 Beagle - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Antioch Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Pankey Park Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Meadow Graves
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Reese Creek Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • John Mathews Pioneer Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Johnson Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Eagle Point National Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Veterans Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Antelope Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Gold Hill IOOF Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Rock Point Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Hays Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (53 more) ...
    • Hays - Gall Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Central Point IOOF Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Point IOOF Cemetery
      • The Central Point IOOF Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Central Point IOOF Cemetery
    • Nichols Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)

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.<2>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Beagle had a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Sams Valley
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Sams Valley is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sams Valley
  • Spikenard ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Spikenard is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spikenard
  • Table Rock
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Table Rock is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Table Rock
  • Etna ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Etna is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
  • Tolo
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Tolo is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolo
  • Eagle Point
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Gold Hill
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Rock Point ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Rock Point is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Point
  • Central Point
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Wellen ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Wellen is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellen
  • Brownsboro
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Brownsboro is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsboro
  • Wimer
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Wimer is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wimer
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Medford
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Draper ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Draper is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Draper
    • Jacksonville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)

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

Newspapers Published in Beagle ...

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 92 newspapers that have been published in the area around Beagle.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Beagle, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Beagle.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Beagle:

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