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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 Calapooia (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 Calapooia. 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.

Calapooia is located in Linn 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 Linn County: Benton, Deschutes, Jefferson, Lane, Marion & Polk.

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

  • Linn County     (The home county of Calapooia)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Calapooia, with the one closest to Calapooia listed first.
    • Holley
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Holley is located in Linn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holley
    • Sweet Home
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Foster
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Crawfordsville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Waterloo
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Waterloo is located in Linn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterloo
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 250 people
    • Sodaville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Sodaville is located in Linn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sodaville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 346 people
    • Brownsville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Cascadia
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • South Lebanon
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • South Lebanon is located in Linn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Lebanon
    • Lebanon
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Lacomb
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Lacomb is located in Linn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacomb
    • Halsey
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Benton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Calapooia, with the one closest to Calapooia listed first.
    • Bellfountain Junction
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Jennyopolis ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Jennyopolis is located in Benton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jennyopolis
    • Monroe
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • North Albany
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • North Albany is located in Benton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Albany
  • Lane County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Calapooia, with the one closest to Calapooia listed first.
    • Mabel
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Mabel is located in Lane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mabel
    • Marcola
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Vida
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Leaburg
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Walterville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Coburg
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Thurston
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • North Springfield
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • North Springfield is located in Lane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Springfield
    • Finn Rock
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Springfield
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Blue River
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Jasper
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
  • Marion County
    • Jefferson
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Calapooia ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Calapooia.

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

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

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

  • Ames Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Crawfordsville Union Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Liberty Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Wiley Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Sweet Home Valley Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Finley Pioneer Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finley Pioneer Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Finley Pioneer Cemetery is located outside and to the west of Crawfordsville.
    • The Finley Pioneer Cemetery has also been known as:
    • IOOF Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2240880 <2>
  • Drury Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Lewis Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Lower Mabel Pioneer Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Mabel Pioneer Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Lower Mabel Pioneer Cemetery is located in Mabel.
    • The Lower Mabel Pioneer Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Mabel Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2501321 <2>
  • Spring Family Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Berlin Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Linn Memorial Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (106 more) ...
    • Klum Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Brownsville Pioneer Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Marcola Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 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.<3>

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

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

  • Holley
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Holley is located in Linn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holley
  • Sweet Home
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Crawfordsville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Waterloo
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Waterloo is located in Linn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterloo
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 250 people
  • Sodaville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Sodaville is located in Linn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sodaville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 346 people
  • Brownsville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Mohawk
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Mohawk is located in Lane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohawk
  • Leaburg
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Lebanon
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Rowland
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Rowland is located in Linn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowland
  • Lacomb
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Lacomb is located in Linn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacomb
  • Plainview
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Plainview is located in Linn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Walterville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Halsey
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Irvinville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Irvinville is located in Linn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irvinville

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

Newspapers Published in Calapooia ...

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 49 newspapers that have been published in the area around Calapooia.

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

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Calapooia:

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 Calapooia, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 drawn from Point A (ie- Calapooia) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.