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 Buckboard (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 Buckboard. 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.

Buckboard is located in Malheur County.

To see how the shape of Oregon's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Malheur County: Canyon (ID), Owyhee (ID), Payette (ID), Washington (ID), Humboldt (NV), Baker, Grant & Harney.

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

• Malheur County     (The home county of Buckboard)
  • The following are listed by their distance from Buckboard, with the one closest to Buckboard listed first.
  • Harper
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper
    • Harper is located in Malheur County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Harper <1>
  • Juntura
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juntura
    • Juntura is located in Malheur County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Juntura <1>
  • Riverside
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
    • Riverside is located in Malheur County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Riverside <1>
  • Westfall ‑ Historic
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfall
    • Westfall is located in Malheur County
  • Adrian
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Adrian have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adrian
    • Adrian is located in Malheur County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Adrian <1>

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

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Buckboard:

• Websites specific to Oregon
  • Jump to Cyndi's List
  • Jump to Family Search
  • Jump to Genealogy Trails
  • Website for the Oregon State Archives

• Pages specific to Malheur County
  • Jump to Cyndi's List
  • Jump to Family Search
  • Jump to Genealogy Trails

• Cemetery Information and Directories for Oregon
  • Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Oregon
  • Cyndi's List
  • Cemeteries of Oregon
  • Cemeteries of Malheur County
  • FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Oregon
  • Find-A-Grave: Home Page
  • Interment.net
  • Cemeteries of Oregon
  • Cemeteries of Malheur County

Cemeteries Near Buckboard ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Buckboard.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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

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

• Littlefield Cemetery
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Littlefield Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Littlefield Cemetery
• Harper Cemetery
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Harper Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Harper Cemetery
• Watson Cemetery
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Watson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Watson Cemetery
• Juntura Cemetery
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Juntura Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Juntura Cemetery
• Riverside Cemetery
  (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Riverside Cemetery
• Westfall Cemetery
  (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Westfall Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Westfall Cemetery

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 Buckboard in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Buckboard.

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

• Juntura
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juntura
  • Juntura is located in Malheur County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Juntura <1>
• Riverside
  (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
  • Riverside is located in Malheur County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Riverside <1>
• Westfall ‑ Historic
  (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfall
  • Westfall is located in Malheur County

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Buckboard. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Malheur County: www.malheurco.org/

The official website for State of Oregon: https://www.oregon.gov/