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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 Belfort (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 Belfort. 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 doctors 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.

Belfort is located in Tillamook 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 Tillamook County: Clatsop, Columbia, Lincoln, Polk, Washington & Yamhill.

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

  • Tillamook County     (The home county of Belfort)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Belfort, with the one closest to Belfort listed first.
    • Foss
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Foss is located in Tillamook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foss
    • Jordan Creek
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Jordan Creek is located in Tillamook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan Creek
    • Ryan's Camp ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Ryan's Camp is located in Tillamook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ryan's Camp
      • Ryan's Camp has also been known as:
      • Idiotville
    • Nehalem
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Wheeler
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Manzanita
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Nedonna Beach
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Nedonna Beach is located in Tillamook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nedonna Beach
    • Rockaway Beach
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Twin Rocks
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Twin Rocks is located in Tillamook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Rocks
    • Garibaldi
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Hobsonville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Hobsonville is located in Tillamook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobsonville
    • Barview
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Bay City
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Clatsop County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Belfort, with the one closest to Belfort listed first.
    • Vinemaple
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Vinemaple is located in Clatsop County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinemaple
    • Jewell
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Jewell is located in Clatsop County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell
    • Arch Cape
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Tolovana Park
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Cannon Beach
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Seaside
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Gearhart
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Chadwell ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Chadwell is located in Clatsop County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chadwell
    • Svensen Junction
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Svensen Junction is located in Clatsop County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Svensen Junction
    • Westport
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
  • Columbia County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Belfort, with the one closest to Belfort listed first.
    • Keasey
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Keasey is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keasey
    • Vernonia
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Fishhawk ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Fishhawk is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishhawk
    • Pittsburg
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Pittsburg is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsburg
  • Washington County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Belfort, with the one closest to Belfort listed first.
    • Timber
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Buxton
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Manning
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Gales Creek
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Banks
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Banks is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banks
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,034 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Banks <1>
    • Kansas City
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Kansas City is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kansas City
    • Watts
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Watts is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watts
    • Christie ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Christie is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christie
      • Christie has also been known as:
      • Carstens
    • Mountaindale
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Mountaindale is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountaindale
    • Centerville ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Centerville is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
    • Dilley
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Dilley is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dilley
    • Forest Grove
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Cornelius
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)

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

Cemeteries Near Belfort ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Belfort.

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

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

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

  • Hamlet Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Sunny Hill Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Jewell Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • North Cemetery of Clear Creek
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Bay City IOOF Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Hayward Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Buxton Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Trout Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Independent Order of Odd Fellows Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Tillamook IOOF Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Sunset Heights Memorial Gardens
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Fairview Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (39 more) ...
    • Trask Fairview Pioneer Cemetery
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trask Fairview Pioneer Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Trask Fairview Pioneer Cemetery is located outside and to the southeast of Fairview.
      • The Trask Fairview Pioneer Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Fairview Pioneer Cemetery
      • Trask Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2162492 <2>
    • Gales Creek Cemetery
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Vernonia Memorial Cemetery
      (21 miles [33.8 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 Belfort in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Belfort.

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

  • Vinemaple
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Vinemaple is located in Clatsop County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinemaple
  • Jewell
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Jewell is located in Clatsop County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell
  • Nehalem
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Keasey
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Keasey is located in Columbia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keasey
  • Glenwood
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Glenwood is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood
  • Hobsonville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Hobsonville is located in Tillamook County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobsonville
  • Bay City
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Buxton
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
  • Cannon Beach
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Gales Creek
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Manning
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
  • Vernonia
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Barnegat ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Barnegat is located in Tillamook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnegat
    • Tillamook
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Fishhawk ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Fishhawk is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishhawk

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

Newspapers Published in Belfort ...

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 45 newspapers that have been published in the area around Belfort.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Belfort, 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 Belfort.

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 either 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 Belfort:

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 Belfort, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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- Belfort) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.