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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Blind Slough. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Blind Slough to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Blind Slough, 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 Blind Slough (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 Blind Slough. 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 Blind Slough is historic, it would have been located within present day Clatsop 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 Clatsop County: Columbia, Tillamook, Washington, Pacific (WA) & Wahkiakum (WA).
Below are the counties that are near Blind Slough. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Blind Slough:
- Clatsop County (The home county of Blind Slough)
- The following are listed by their distance from Blind Slough, with the one closest to Blind Slough listed first.
- Brownsmead
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Brownsmead is located in Clatsop County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsmead
- Clifton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Clifton is located in Clatsop County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
- Svensen Junction
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Svensen Junction is located in Clatsop County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Svensen Junction
- Westport
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Tongue Point Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Tongue Point Village is located in Clatsop County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tongue Point Village
- Astoria
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Jeffers Garden
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Jeffers Garden is located in Clatsop County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeffers Garden
- Chadwell ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Chadwell is located in Clatsop County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chadwell
- Warrenton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Jewell
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Jewell is located in Clatsop County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell
- Hammond
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Gearhart
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Vinemaple
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Vinemaple is located in Clatsop County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinemaple
- Columbia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blind Slough, with the one closest to Blind Slough listed first.
- Fishhawk ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fishhawk is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishhawk
- Clatskanie
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Quincy
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Quincy is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quincy
- Mayger
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Mayger is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayger
- Keasey
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Keasey is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keasey
- Pittsburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Pittsburg is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsburg
- Vernonia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rainier
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Cowlitz County (WA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Blind Slough, with the one closest to Blind Slough listed first.
- Oak Point
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Oak Point is located in Cowlitz County (WA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Point
- Bunker Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Bunker Hill is located in Cowlitz County (WA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunker Hill
- Stella
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Stella is located in Cowlitz County (WA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stella
- Coal Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Coal Creek is located in Cowlitz County (WA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Creek
- West Longview
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- West Longview is located in Cowlitz County (WA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Longview
- Ryderwood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Ryderwood is located in Cowlitz County (WA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ryderwood
- Longview Heights
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Longview Heights is located in Cowlitz County (WA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longview Heights
- Longview
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Lewis County (WA)
- Pe Ell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Pacific County (WA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Blind Slough, with the one closest to Blind Slough listed first.
- Knappton ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Knappton is located in Pacific County (WA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knappton
- Megler
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Megler is located in Pacific County (WA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Megler
- Naselle
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Chinook
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Ilwaco
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Lebam
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Fort Canby
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Fort Canby is located in Pacific County (WA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Canby
- Pacific City ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Pacific City is located in Pacific County (WA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pacific City
- Long Beach
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Seaview
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Breakers
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Breakers is located in Pacific County (WA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breakers
- Menlo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Menlo is located in Pacific County (WA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menlo
- Nahcotta
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wahkiakum County (WA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Blind Slough, with the one closest to Blind Slough listed first.
- Brookfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Brookfield is located in Wahkiakum County (WA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield
- Dahlia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Dahlia is located in Wahkiakum County (WA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dahlia
- Skamokawa
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Altoona
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Altoona is located in Wahkiakum County (WA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altoona
- Cathlamet
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- East Cathlamet
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- East Cathlamet is located in Wahkiakum County (WA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Cathlamet
- Rosburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Grays River
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Deep River
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Deep River is located in Wahkiakum County (WA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep River
- Eagle Cliff
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Eagle Cliff is located in Wahkiakum County (WA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Cliff
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Blind Slough, see our County-by-County Page for Blind Slough.
Cemeteries Near Blind Slough ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Blind Slough.
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 Blind Slough - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Blind Slough covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Blind Slough, with the one closest to Blind Slough listed first.
- Maplewood Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Prairie Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Cemetery
- The Prairie Cemetery has also been known as:
- Knappa Prairie Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #39309 <3>
- Svensen Pioneer Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Svensen Pioneer Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Svensen Pioneer Cemetery is located outside and to the southeast of Svensen Junction.
- The Svensen Pioneer Cemetery has also been known as:
- Forest Hill Cemetery
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
- Svensen Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #38789 <3>
- Eden Valley Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Fern Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cathlamet Pioneer Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Rosburg Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Grays River Grange Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Westport Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Seal River Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Cemetery
- The Greenwood Cemetery has also been known as:
- Crestview Greenwood Cemetery
- Green Wood Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #38848 <3>
- Continue List (48 more) ...
- Deep River Pioneer Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep River Pioneer Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Deep River Pioneer Cemetery is located outside and to the north of Deep River (WA).
- The Deep River Pioneer Cemetery has also been known as:
- Deep River Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2232653 <3>
- Riverview Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Astoria Pioneer Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
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.
While we didn't find Blind Slough in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Blind Slough.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Blind Slough, with the one closest to Blind Slough listed first.
- Knappa
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Knappa is located in Clatsop County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knappa
- Clifton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Clifton is located in Clatsop County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
- Brookfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Brookfield is located in Wahkiakum County (WA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield
- Skamokawa
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cathlamet
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Grays River
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Westport
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Frankfort ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Frankfort is located in Pacific County (WA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frankfort
- Olney
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Olney is located in Clatsop County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olney
- Deep River
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Deep River is located in Wahkiakum County (WA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep River
- Astoria
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Knappton ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Knappton is located in Pacific County (WA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knappton
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Waterford
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Waterford is located in Wahkiakum County (WA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterford
- Chadwell ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Chadwell is located in Clatsop County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chadwell
- Eagle Cliff
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Eagle Cliff is located in Wahkiakum County (WA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Cliff
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Blind Slough. See our List of 1890's Communities around Blind Slough.
Newspapers Published in Blind Slough ...
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 62 newspapers that have been published in the area around Blind Slough.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Blind Slough, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Blind Slough.
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 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 Blind Slough:
- Websites specific to Oregon
- Pages specific to Clatsop County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Columbia County
- Cowlitz County
- Lewis County
- Pacific County
- Wahkiakum County
- 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 Blind Slough, 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Blind Slough) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |