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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 Diamond Lake Junction (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 Diamond Lake Junction. 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.

Name Variations for Diamond Lake Junction ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Diamond Lake Junction: Diamond Lk. Jct. (or less commonly used: Diamond Lk. Jctn.)

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Diamond Lake Junction is located in Klamath 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 Klamath County: Modoc (CA), Siskiyou (CA), Deschutes, Douglas, Jackson, Lake & Lane.

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

  • Klamath County     (The home county of Diamond Lake Junction)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Diamond Lake Junction, with the one closest to Diamond Lake Junction listed first.
    • Beaver Marsh
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Marsh
      • Beaver Marsh is located in Klamath County
    • Chemult
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Crescent
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Fort Klamath
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Gilchrist
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Crescent Lake
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Douglas County

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

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 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 Diamond Lake Junction:

Cemeteries Near Diamond Lake Junction ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Diamond Lake Junction.

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 Diamond Lake Junction covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Indian Burial Ground
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Indian Burial Ground have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Indian Burial Ground
  • Ft. Klamath Cemetery
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
  • Ft. Klamath Military Cemetery
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)

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 Diamond Lake Junction in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Diamond Lake Junction.

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

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

The official website for Klamath County: www.co.klamath.or.us/

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>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 Diamond Lake Junction, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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This page was last modified/updated: 07 Apr 2024