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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 Corey 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 Corey 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 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.

Corey Hill is located in Columbia 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 Columbia County: Clatsop, Multnomah, Washington, Clark (WA), Cowlitz (WA) & Wahkiakum (WA).

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

  • Columbia County     (The home county of Corey Hill)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Corey Hill, with the one closest to Corey Hill listed first.
    • Vernonia
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Pittsburg
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Pittsburg is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsburg
    • Keasey
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Keasey is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keasey
    • Fishhawk ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Fishhawk is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishhawk
    • Clatskanie
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Warren
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Beaver Springs
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Beaver Springs is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Springs
    • Scappoose
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Deer Island
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Saint Helens
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Reuben
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Reuben is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reuben
    • Columbia City
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Goble
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Goble is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goble
  • Clatsop County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Corey Hill, with the one closest to Corey Hill listed first.
    • Jewell
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Jewell is located in Clatsop County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell
    • Vinemaple
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Vinemaple is located in Clatsop County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinemaple
    • Westport
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Clifton
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Clifton is located in Clatsop County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
    • Brownsmead
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Brownsmead is located in Clatsop County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsmead
    • Svensen Junction
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Svensen Junction is located in Clatsop County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Svensen Junction
  • Multnomah County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Corey Hill, with the one closest to Corey Hill listed first.
    • Burlington
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Burlington is located in Multnomah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burlington
    • Vanport City ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Vanport City is located in Multnomah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanport City
  • Tillamook County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Corey Hill, with the one closest to Corey Hill listed first.
    • Ryan's Camp ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Ryan's Camp is located in Tillamook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ryan's Camp
      • Ryan's Camp has also been known as:
      • Idiotville
    • Jordan Creek
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Jordan Creek is located in Tillamook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan Creek
  • Washington County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Corey Hill, with the one closest to Corey Hill listed first.
    • Timber
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Buxton
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Manning
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Banks
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Banks is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banks
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,034 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Banks <1>
    • Christie ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Christie is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christie
      • Christie has also been known as:
      • Carstens
    • Gales Creek
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Kansas City
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Kansas City is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kansas City
    • Mountaindale
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Mountaindale is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountaindale
    • North Plains
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Centerville ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Centerville is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
    • Watts
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Watts is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watts
    • Forest Grove
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Cornelius
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
  • Clark County (WA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Corey Hill, with the one closest to Corey Hill listed first.
    • Ridgefield
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Woodland
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Sara
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Sara is located in Clark County (WA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sara
    • La Center
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Pioneer
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Pioneer is located in Clark County (WA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer
    • Felida
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Felida is located in Clark County (WA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Felida
    • Lake Shore
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Lake Shore is located in Clark County (WA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Shore
    • Mount Vista
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Mount Vista is located in Clark County (WA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Vista
    • Salmon Creek
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Salmon Creek is located in Clark County (WA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salmon Creek
    • Dollar's Corner
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Dollar's Corner is located in Clark County (WA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dollar's Corner
    • Etna
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Etna is located in Clark County (WA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
    • King Corner
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • King Corner is located in Clark County (WA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King Corner
    • Hazel Dell
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Cowlitz County (WA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Corey Hill, with the one closest to Corey Hill listed first.
    • Kalama
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Kalama is located in Cowlitz County (WA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kalama
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,844 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kalama <1>
    • Carrolls
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Oak Point
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Oak Point is located in Cowlitz County (WA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Point
    • Bunker Hill
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Bunker Hill is located in Cowlitz County (WA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunker Hill
    • Stella
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Stella is located in Cowlitz County (WA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stella
    • Longview
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Longview is located in Cowlitz County (WA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longview
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 38,515 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Longview <1>
    • West Longview
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • West Longview is located in Cowlitz County (WA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Longview
    • Kelso
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Kelso is located in Cowlitz County (WA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelso
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,438 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kelso <1>
    • Rose Valley
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Rose Valley is located in Cowlitz County (WA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Valley
    • Coal Creek
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Coal Creek is located in Cowlitz County (WA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Creek
    • Longview Heights
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Longview Heights is located in Cowlitz County (WA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longview Heights
    • Ostrander
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Ostrander is located in Cowlitz County (WA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ostrander
    • Pleasant Hill
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Pleasant Hill is located in Cowlitz County (WA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
  • Wahkiakum County (WA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Corey Hill, with the one closest to Corey Hill listed first.
    • Eagle Cliff
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Eagle Cliff is located in Wahkiakum County (WA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Cliff
    • Cathlamet
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • East Cathlamet
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • East Cathlamet is located in Wahkiakum County (WA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Cathlamet
    • Skamokawa
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Corey Hill ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Corey 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 Corey Hill - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

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

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

  • Vernonia
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Pittsburg
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Pittsburg is located in Columbia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsburg
  • Keasey
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Keasey is located in Columbia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keasey
  • Mist
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Mist is located in Columbia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mist
  • Buxton
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Fishhawk ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Fishhawk is located in Columbia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishhawk
  • Manning
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Dixie ‑ Historic
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Dixie is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
  • Apiary ‑ Historic
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Apiary is located in Columbia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apiary
  • Glenwood
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Glenwood is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood
  • Jewell
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Jewell is located in Clatsop County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell
  • Clatskanie
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...
    • Vinemaple
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Vinemaple is located in Clatsop County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinemaple
    • Scappoose
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Warren
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)

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

Newspapers Published in Corey 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 82 newspapers that have been published in the area around Corey Hill.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Corey Hill, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Corey Hill.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start 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 Corey 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 Corey Hill, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Corey Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.