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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Chase. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Chase to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Chase, 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 Chase (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 Chase. 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 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 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Chase is historic, it would have been located within present day Klamath 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 Klamath County: Modoc (CA), Siskiyou (CA), Deschutes, Douglas, Jackson, Lake & Lane.
Below are the counties that are near Chase. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Chase:
- Klamath County (The home county of Chase)
- The following are listed by their distance from Chase, with the one closest to Chase listed first.
- Keno
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Plevna ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Plevna is located in Klamath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plevna
- Midland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Worden
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Worden is located in Klamath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worden
- Klamath Falls
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Pelican City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Pelican City is located in Klamath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pelican City
- Terminal City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Terminal City is located in Klamath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terminal City
- Altamont
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Altamont is located in Klamath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altamont
- Oretech
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Grove
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Pine Grove is located in Klamath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove
- White Lake City ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- White Lake City is located in Klamath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Lake City
- Merrill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Dairy
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Siskiyou County (CA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Chase, with the one closest to Chase listed first.
- Dorris
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Beswick
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Beswick is located in Siskiyou County (CA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beswick
- Somerset
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Somerset is located in Siskiyou County (CA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerset
- Macdoel
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Bogus ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Bogus is located in Siskiyou County (CA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogus
- Mount Hebron
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Mount Hebron is located in Siskiyou County (CA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hebron
- Tulelake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ager
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ager is located in Siskiyou County (CA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ager
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Chase, see our County-by-County Page for Chase.
Cemeteries Near Chase ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Chase.
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 Chase - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Chase covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Chase, with the one closest to Chase listed first.
- Spencer Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Keno Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Worden Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Way Cemetery
- The Way Cemetery is located on private property - be sure to secure permission before visiting.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Way Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #39545 <3>
- Picard Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Klamath Memorial Park
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Linkville Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linkville Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Linkville Cemetery is located in Klamath Falls.
- The Linkville Cemetery has also been known as:
- Linkville Pioneer Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #39046 <3>
- Mt. Laki Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Eternal Hills Memorial Gardens
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Pinehurst Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- IOOF Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Merrill IOOF Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Hibbert Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Gabriel Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
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 Chase in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Chase.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Chase, with the one closest to Chase listed first.
- Keno
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Plevna ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Plevna is located in Klamath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plevna
- Beswick
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Beswick is located in Siskiyou County (CA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beswick
- Olene
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Olene is located in Klamath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olene
- Bogus ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Bogus is located in Siskiyou County (CA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogus
- Mount Hebron
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Mount Hebron is located in Siskiyou County (CA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hebron
- Dairy
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Hildebrand
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hildebrand is located in Klamath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hildebrand
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Chase. See our List of 1890's Communities around Chase.
Newspapers Published in Chase ...
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 Chase.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Chase, 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 Chase.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Chase:
- Websites specific to Oregon
- Pages specific to Klamath County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- 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 Chase, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Chase) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |