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Our Genealogy Helper

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 East Maupin (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 East Maupin. 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 East Maupin ...

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.

For example, a typical abbreviation for East Maupin: E. Maupin

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 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.

East Maupin is located in Wasco 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 Wasco County: Clackamas, Gilliam, Hood River, Jefferson, Marion, Sherman, Wheeler & Klickitat (WA).

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

  • Wasco County     (The home county of East Maupin)
    • The following are listed by their distance from East Maupin, with the one closest to East Maupin listed first.
    • Maupin
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Tygh Valley
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Wapinitia
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Wapinitia is located in Wasco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wapinitia
    • Wamic
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Pine Hollow
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Pine Hollow is located in Wasco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Hollow
    • Kingsley ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Kingsley is located in Wasco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsley
    • Pine Grove
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Pine Grove is located in Wasco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove
    • Friend ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Friend is located in Wasco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friend
    • Nansene
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Nansene is located in Wasco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nansene
    • Dufur
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Shaniko
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Simnasho
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Simnasho is located in Wasco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simnasho
    • Boyd ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Boyd is located in Wasco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyd
  • Jackson County
    • Pinehurst
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Pinehurst is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinehurst
  • Jefferson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from East Maupin, with the one closest to East Maupin listed first.
    • Mecca
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Mecca is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mecca
    • Warm Springs
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
  • Sherman County
    • The following are listed by their distance from East Maupin, with the one closest to East Maupin listed first.
    • Kent
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Grass Valley
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Rosebush ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Rosebush is located in Sherman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosebush
    • Moro
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Moro is located in Sherman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moro
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 332 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moro <1>
    • Gordon ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Gordon is located in Sherman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
    • De Moss Springs
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • De Moss Springs is located in Sherman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Moss Springs
    • Monkland
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Monkland is located in Sherman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monkland

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

Cemeteries Near East Maupin ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of East Maupin.

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 East Maupin - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Kelly Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Buzan Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • IOOF Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Wapinitia Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Criterion Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Warner Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Tygh Valley Pioneer Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tygh Valley Pioneer Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Tygh Valley Pioneer Cemetery is located outside and to the northwest of Tygh Valley.
    • The Tygh Valley Pioneer Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Tygh Valley Cemetery
  • Wamic Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Graveyard Butte Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Catholic Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Bakeoven Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Kingsley Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (30 more) ...
    • Red Lake Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Michigan Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Friend Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 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.<3>

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

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

  • Tygh Valley
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Wapinitia
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Wapinitia is located in Wasco County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wapinitia
  • Wamic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Bakeoven
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Bakeoven is located in Wasco County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakeoven
  • Kingsley ‑ Historic
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Kingsley is located in Wasco County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsley
  • Nansene
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Nansene is located in Wasco County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nansene
  • Kent
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Grass Valley
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Dufur
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Boyd ‑ Historic
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Boyd is located in Wasco County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyd
  • Rutledge
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Rutledge is located in Sherman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutledge
  • Antelope
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Moro
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Moro is located in Sherman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moro
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 332 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moro <1>
  • The Dalles
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)

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

Newspapers Published in East Maupin ...

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 14 newspapers that have been published in the area around East Maupin.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of East Maupin, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for East Maupin.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 East Maupin:

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 East Maupin, 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- East Maupin) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.