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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 Bybee Springs (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 Bybee Springs. 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.

Bybee Springs 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 Bybee Springs. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bybee Springs:

  • Jackson County     (The home county of Bybee Springs)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bybee Springs, with the one closest to Bybee Springs listed first.
    • Spikenard ‑ Historic
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Spikenard is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spikenard
    • Wimer
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Wimer is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wimer
    • Sams Valley
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Sams Valley is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sams Valley
    • Gold Hill
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Rock Point ‑ Historic
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Rock Point is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Point
    • Shady Cove
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Rogue River
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Trail
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • White City
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Eagle Point
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Central Point
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Brownsboro
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Brownsboro is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsboro
  • Douglas County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bybee Springs, with the one closest to Bybee Springs listed first.
    • Azalea
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Glendale
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Tiller
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Perdue ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Perdue is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perdue
    • Canyonville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Days Creek
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Riddle
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Riddle is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riddle
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,216 people
      • Former names for Riddle:
      • Riddles
      • Riddlesburg
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Riddle <1>
  • Josephine County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bybee Springs, with the one closest to Bybee Springs listed first.
    • Greenback ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Greenback is located in Josephine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenback
    • Placer
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Placer is located in Josephine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Placer
    • Golden ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Golden is located in Josephine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden
    • Fruitdale
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Fruitdale is located in Josephine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitdale
    • Grants Pass
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Sunny Valley
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Hugo
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Hugo is located in Josephine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hugo
    • Three Pines
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Three Pines is located in Josephine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Pines
    • Wolf Creek
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Merlin
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Redwood
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Redwood is located in Josephine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redwood
    • Leland
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Leland is located in Josephine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leland

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

Cemeteries Near Bybee Springs ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bybee Springs.

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 Bybee Springs - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Pankey Park Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Meadow Graves
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Antioch Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Gold Hill IOOF Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Rock Point Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Hays Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Hays - Gall Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Woodville Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Reese Creek Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Johnson Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Foots Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • John Mathews Pioneer Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (51 more) ...
    • Placer Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Hillcrest Memorial Park
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Tokay Heights Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)

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>

While we didn't find Bybee Springs in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Bybee Springs.

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

  • Wimer
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Wimer is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wimer
  • Spikenard ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Spikenard is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spikenard
  • Sams Valley
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Sams Valley is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sams Valley
  • Beagle
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Beagle is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beagle
  • Gold Hill
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Rock Point ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Rock Point is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Point
  • Table Rock
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Table Rock is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Table Rock
  • Tolo
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Tolo is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolo
  • Etna ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Etna is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
  • Eagle Point
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Draper ‑ Historic
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Draper is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Draper
  • Central Point
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Grants Pass
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Wellen ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Wellen is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellen
    • Jacksonville
      (18 miles [29 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 Bybee Springs. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bybee Springs.

Newspapers Published in Bybee Springs ...

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 33 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bybee Springs.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bybee Springs, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bybee Springs.

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 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 Bybee Springs:

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 Bybee Springs, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Bybee Springs) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.