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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 Cone Mill (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 Cone Mill. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Cone Mill is located in Wheeler 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 Wheeler County: Crook, Gilliam, Grant, Jefferson & Sherman.

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

  • Wheeler County     (The home county of Cone Mill)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cone Mill, with the one closest to Cone Mill listed first.
    • Kinzua ‑ Historic
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Kinzua is located in Wheeler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinzua
    • Winlock
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Winlock is located in Wheeler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winlock
    • Fossil
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Spray
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Richmond ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Richmond is located in Wheeler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond
    • Waldron ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Waldron is located in Wheeler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldron
  • Gilliam County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cone Mill, with the one closest to Cone Mill listed first.
    • Lonerock
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Lonerock is located in Gilliam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lonerock
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 22 people
    • Mayville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Mayville is located in Gilliam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayville
    • Condon
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Clem
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Clem is located in Gilliam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clem
  • Grant County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cone Mill, with the one closest to Cone Mill listed first.
    • Kimberly
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Monument
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Morrow County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cone Mill, with the one closest to Cone Mill listed first.
    • Hardman
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Hardman is located in Morrow County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardman
      • Hardman has also been known as:
      • Dairyville
      • Dogtown
      • Raw Dog
      • Yaller Dog
    • Eightmile
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Eightmile is located in Morrow County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eightmile
    • Gooseberry
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Gooseberry is located in Morrow County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gooseberry
    • Heck and Gone ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Heck and Gone is located in Morrow County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heck and Gone
    • Heppner
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Wasco County
    • Clarno
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Clarno is located in Wasco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarno

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

Cemeteries Near Cone Mill ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cone Mill.

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 Cone Mill - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Lost Valley Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Lonerock Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Winlock Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Papersack Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Masonic Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Fossil IOOF Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Mayville Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Spray Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Haystack Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Hardman Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Hardman IOOF Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Richmond Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (18 more) ...
    • IOOF Cemetery
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • King of Peace Cemetery
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Masonic Cemetery
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)

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 Cone Mill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Cone Mill.

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

  • Lonerock
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Lonerock is located in Gilliam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lonerock
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 22 people
  • Mayville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Mayville is located in Gilliam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayville
  • Fossil
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Hardman
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Hardman is located in Morrow County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardman
    • Hardman has also been known as:
    • Dairyville
    • Dogtown
    • Raw Dog
    • Yaller Dog
  • Eightmile
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Eightmile is located in Morrow County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eightmile
  • Gooseberry
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Gooseberry is located in Morrow County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gooseberry
  • Condon
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Igo ‑ Historic
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Igo is located in Gilliam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Igo
  • Monument
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)

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

Newspapers Published in Cone Mill ...

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 17 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cone Mill.

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

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 professional and volunteer 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 Cone Mill:

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 Cone Mill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Cone Mill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.