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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 Cartney (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 Cartney. 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 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.

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

  • Linn County     (The home county of Cartney)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cartney, with the one closest to Cartney listed first.
    • Harrisburg
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Halsey
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Boston ‑ Historic
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Boston is located in Linn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston
      • Boston has also been known as:
      • Boston Mills
    • Shedd
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Brownsville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Oakville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Oakville is located in Linn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakville
    • Crawfordsville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Tangent
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Sodaville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Sodaville is located in Linn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sodaville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 346 people
    • South Lebanon
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • South Lebanon is located in Linn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Lebanon
    • Holley
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Holley is located in Linn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holley
    • Irvinville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Irvinville is located in Linn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irvinville
    • Lebanon
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Benton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cartney, with the one closest to Cartney listed first.
    • Bellfountain Junction
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Monroe
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Jennyopolis ‑ Historic
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Jennyopolis is located in Benton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jennyopolis
    • Corvallis
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Flynn
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Flynn is located in Benton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flynn
    • Philomath
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Lewisburg
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Lewisburg is located in Benton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisburg
    • Alsea
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Wren
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Wren is located in Benton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wren
    • North Albany
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • North Albany is located in Benton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Albany
    • Adair Village
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Adair Village is located in Benton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adair Village
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 872 people
    • Wellsdale
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Wellsdale is located in Benton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellsdale
    • Blodgett
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Lane County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cartney, with the one closest to Cartney listed first.
    • Junction City
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Cheshire
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Franklin
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Franklin is located in Lane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
    • Alvadore
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Coburg
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Santa Clara
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Santa Clara is located in Lane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Clara
    • River Road
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • River Road is located in Lane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Road
    • Fern Ridge Shores
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Fern Ridge Shores is located in Lane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fern Ridge Shores
    • Mabel
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Mabel is located in Lane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mabel
    • Eugene
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Marcola
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • North Springfield
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • North Springfield is located in Lane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Springfield
    • Blachly
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Marion County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cartney, with the one closest to Cartney listed first.
    • Jefferson
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Santiam City ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Santiam City is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santiam City

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

Cemeteries Near Cartney ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cartney.

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

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

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

  • Masonic Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Alford Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Workman Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • IOOF Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Lancaste - Young Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Halsey Pioneer Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Harris Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Pine Grove Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Monroe Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Ferguson Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Milliorn Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Wigle Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (146 more) ...
    • St. Rose Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Resthaven Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Rest Lawn Memorial Park
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rest Lawn Memorial Park
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Rest Lawn Memorial Park is a large cemetery that is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the west of Junction City.
      • The Rest Lawn Memorial Park has also been known as:
      • Independent Order of Odd Fellows Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #316522 <2>

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.<4>

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

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

  • Harrisburg
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Rowland
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Rowland is located in Linn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowland
  • Halsey
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Junction City
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Monroe
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Peoria
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Peoria is located in Linn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoria
  • Brownsville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Shedd
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Franklin
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Franklin is located in Lane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
  • Irving
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Irving is located in Lane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irving
  • Coburg
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Plainview
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Plainview is located in Linn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Oakville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Oakville is located in Linn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakville
    • Crawfordsville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Tangent
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)

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

Newspapers Published in Cartney ...

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 Cartney.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cartney, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Cartney.

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 Cartney:

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