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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 College Hill (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 College Hill. 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.

College Hill is located in Lane 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 Lane County: Benton, Deschutes, Douglas, Klamath, Lincoln & Linn.

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

  • Lane County     (The home county of College Hill)
    • The following are listed by their distance from College Hill, with the one closest to College Hill listed first.
    • Eugene
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • River Road
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • River Road is located in Lane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Road
    • Springfield
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Santa Clara
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Santa Clara is located in Lane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Clara
    • North Springfield
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • North Springfield is located in Lane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Springfield
    • Goshen
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Goshen is located in Lane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
    • Coburg
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Cresswell
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Creswell
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Jasper
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Thurston
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Pleasant Hill
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Alvadore
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Benton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from College Hill, with the one closest to College Hill listed first.
    • Monroe
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Bellfountain Junction
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Jennyopolis ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Jennyopolis is located in Benton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jennyopolis
  • Douglas County
    • The following are listed by their distance from College Hill, with the one closest to College Hill listed first.
    • Curtin
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Drain
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Drain is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drain
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,201 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Drain <1>
  • Linn County
    • The following are listed by their distance from College Hill, with the one closest to College Hill listed first.
    • Harrisburg
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Halsey
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Brownsville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Crawfordsville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Holley
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Holley is located in Linn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holley
    • Boston ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 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
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)

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

Cemeteries Near College Hill ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of College Hill.

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 College Hill - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Mt. Calvary Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Calvary Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Mt. Calvary Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Eugene.
    • The Mt. Calvary Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Mt. Calvary Catholic Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #39164 <2>
  • Sunset Hills Memorial Gardens
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Resthaven Memorial Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Eugene Masonic Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eugene Masonic Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Eugene Masonic Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Eugene.
    • The Eugene Masonic Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Eugene AF & AM Lodge #11 Masonic Cemetery
    • Masonic Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #39101 <2>
  • Eugene Pioneer Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eugene Pioneer Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Eugene Pioneer Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Eugene.
    • The Eugene Pioneer Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Independent Order of Odd Fellows Cemetery
    • Independent Order of Odd Fellows Pioneer Cemetery
    • Pioneer Memorial Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #39286 <2>
  • Mulkey Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Laurel Grove Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Gillespie Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Old Springfield IOOF Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Pioneer Memorial Cemetery Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Memorial Cemetery Park
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Pioneer Memorial Cemetery Park is located in Springfield.
    • The Pioneer Memorial Cemetery Park has also been known as:
    • Independent Order of Odd Fellows Cemetery
    • Pioneer Memorial Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #39451 <2>
  • Springfield IOOF Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • West Lawn Memorial Park
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (107 more) ...
    • Lane Memorial Gardens
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Goshen Grange 561 Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Coburg IOOF Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coburg IOOF Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Coburg IOOF Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Coburg.
      • The Coburg IOOF Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Independent Order of Odd Fellows Cemetery
      • Odd Fellows Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #38670 <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.<3>

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

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

  • Eugene
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Goshen
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Goshen is located in Lane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
  • Springfield
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Irving
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Irving is located in Lane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irving
  • Coburg
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Cresswell
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Natron
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Natron is located in Lane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natron
  • Pleasant Hill
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Jasper
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Thurston
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Hadleyville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Hadleyville is located in Lane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hadleyville
  • Mohawk
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Mohawk is located in Lane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohawk
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Crow
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Crow is located in Lane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crow
    • Walker
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Walker is located in Lane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker
    • Trent
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Trent is located in Lane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trent

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

Newspapers Published in College Hill ...

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 122 newspapers that have been published in the area around College Hill.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of College Hill, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for College Hill.

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 College Hill:

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