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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 Crowley (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 Crowley. 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 doctors and hospitals 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.

Crowley is located in Polk County.

To see how the shape of Oregon's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Polk County: Benton, Lincoln, Linn, Marion, Tillamook & Yamhill.

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

  • Polk County     (The home county of Crowley)
  • Benton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Crowley, with the one closest to Crowley listed first.
    • Adair Village
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Adair Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adair Village
      • Adair Village is located in Benton County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 872 people
    • Kings Valley
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • North Albany
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Albany have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Albany
      • North Albany is located in Benton County
    • Lewisburg
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Corvallis
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Wren
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Wren. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wren
      • Wren is located in Benton County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Wren
      • From Crowley to Wren
    • Summit
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Blodgett
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Clackamas County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Crowley, with the one closest to Crowley listed first.
    • Needy ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Barlow
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Barlow. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barlow
      • Barlow is located in Clackamas County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 147 people
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Barlow
      • From Crowley to Barlow
  • Linn County
  • Marion County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Crowley, with the one closest to Crowley listed first.
    • Keizer
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Keizer have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keizer
      • Keizer is located in Marion County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 39,593 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Keizer <2>
    • Salem
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Badger Corner
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Four Corners
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Hayesville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hayesville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayesville
      • Hayesville is located in Marion County
    • Labish Village
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Labish Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Labish Village
      • Labish Village is located in Marion County
    • Brooks
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Turner
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Turner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner
      • Turner is located in Marion County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,130 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Turner <2>
    • Macleay
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Macleay. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macleay
      • Macleay is located in Marion County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Macleay
      • From Crowley to Macleay
    • Gervais
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gervais have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gervais
      • Gervais is located in Marion County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,774 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gervais <2>
    • Aumsville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Santiam City ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Santiam City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santiam City
      • Santiam City is located in Marion County
  • Tillamook County
    • Dolph ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Dolph. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dolph
      • Dolph is located in Tillamook County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Dolph
      • From Crowley to Dolph
  • Washington County
    • Middleton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Middleton. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleton
      • Middleton is located in Washington County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Middleton
      • From Crowley to Middleton
  • Yamhill County

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

Cemeteries Near Crowley ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Crowley.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Crowley, with the one closest to Crowley 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.<5>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Crowley had a post office and railroad service.

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

  • Smithfield
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Smithfield. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithfield
    • Smithfield is located in Polk County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Smithfield
    • From Crowley to Smithfield
  • Rickreall
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Derry
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Derry have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derry
    • Derry is located in Polk County
  • Zena
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • McCoy
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McCoy have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCoy
    • McCoy is located in Polk County
  • Eola
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eola have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eola
    • Eola is located in Polk County
  • Perrydale
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Perrydale have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perrydale
    • Perrydale is located in Polk County
  • Dallas
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Cochrane ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cochrane have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cochrane
    • Cochrane is located in Polk County
  • Lincoln
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Monmouth
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Independence
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Ballston
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ballston have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballston
      • Ballston is located in Polk County
    • Dencer ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dencer have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dencer
      • Dencer is located in Marion County
    • Salem
      (9 miles [14.5 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 Crowley. See our List of 1890's Communities around Crowley.

Newspapers Published in Crowley ...

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 127 newspapers that have been published in the area around Crowley.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Crowley, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Crowley.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Crowley:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Crowley. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Polk County: www.co.polk.or.us/

The official website for State of Oregon: https://www.oregon.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<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 location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>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.
<5>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 Crowley, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>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- Crowley) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Crowley. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.9774, Longitude: -123.2084       In this case, the coordinates for Crowley have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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