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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 Deerhorn (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 Deerhorn. 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 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.

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

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

  • Lane County     (The home county of Deerhorn)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Deerhorn, with the one closest to Deerhorn listed first.
    • Leaburg
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Walterville
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Marcola
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Thurston
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Vida
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Fall Creek
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall Creek
      • Fall Creek is located in Lane County
    • Unity
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Jasper
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Lowell
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Trent
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trent
      • Trent is located in Lane County
    • Dexter
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Pleasant Hill
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • North Springfield
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Springfield have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Springfield
      • North Springfield is located in Lane County
  • Linn County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Deerhorn, with the one closest to Deerhorn listed first.
    • Holley
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holley
      • Holley is located in Linn County
    • Crawfordsville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Foster
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Sweet Home
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sweet Home have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Home
      • Sweet Home is located in Linn County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,021 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sweet Home <1>
    • Brownsville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brownsville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
      • Brownsville is located in Linn County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,838 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brownsville <1>
    • Harrisburg
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Cascadia
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Halsey
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Sodaville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sodaville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sodaville
      • Sodaville is located in Linn County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 346 people
    • Waterloo
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Waterloo have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterloo
      • Waterloo is located in Linn County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 250 people
    • South Lebanon
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Lebanon have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Lebanon
      • South Lebanon is located in Linn County
    • Boston ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Boston. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston
      • Boston is located in Linn County
      • Boston has also been known as:
      • Boston Mills

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

Cemeteries Near Deerhorn ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Deerhorn.

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 Deerhorn covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Greenwood Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Greenwood Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Greenwood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Camp Creek Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Camp Creek Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Camp Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Springfield Memorial Gardens
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Jasper - Wallace Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jasper - Wallace Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jasper - Wallace Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Fall Creek Christian Church Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fall Creek Christian Church Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fall Creek Christian Church Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Marcola Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Marcola Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Marcola Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Stafford Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Stafford Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Stafford Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Mt. Vernon Pioneer Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Vernon Pioneer Cemetery
    • The Mt. Vernon Pioneer Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Mt. Vernon Cemetery
  • Smith - Weyerhauser Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Smith - Weyerhauser Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Smith - Weyerhauser Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Lower Mabel Pioneer Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lower Mabel Pioneer Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Lower Mabel Pioneer Cemetery is located in Mabel.
    • The Lower Mabel Pioneer Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Mabel Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2501321 <4>
  • Mohawk Community Church Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mohawk Community Church Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mohawk Community Church Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Drury Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Drury Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Drury Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (86 more) ...
    • Pleasant Hill Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pleasant Hill Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pleasant Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Hyland Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Mulholland Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mulholland Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mulholland Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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>

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

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

  • Walterville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Leaburg
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Thurston
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Natron
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Natron have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natron
    • Natron is located in Lane County
  • Jasper
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Mohawk
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mohawk have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohawk
    • Mohawk is located in Lane County
  • Trent
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trent
    • Trent is located in Lane County
  • Lowell
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Pleasant Hill
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Dexter
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Springfield
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Goshen
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Goshen. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
    • Goshen is located in Lane County
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Coburg
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Cresswell
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Eugene
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)

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

Newspapers Published in Deerhorn ...

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 104 newspapers that have been published in the area around Deerhorn.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Deerhorn, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Deerhorn.

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 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 Deerhorn:

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

The official website for Lane County: www.lanecounty.org/

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

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 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.
<3>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.
<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 Deerhorn, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Deerhorn) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Deerhorn. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.0818, Longitude: -122.7484       In this case, the coordinates for Deerhorn have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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