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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Estrup. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Estrup to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Estrup, please Contact Us.

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 Estrup (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 Estrup. 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 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Estrup is historic, it would have been located within present day Lane 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 Lane County: Benton, Deschutes, Douglas, Klamath, Lincoln & Linn.

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

  • Lane County     (The home county of Estrup)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Estrup, with the one closest to Estrup listed first.
    • Cheshire
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Franklin
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Franklin is located in Lane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
    • Blachly
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Junction City
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Alvadore
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Elmira
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Fern Ridge Shores
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Fern Ridge Shores is located in Lane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fern Ridge Shores
    • Long Tom
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Long Tom is located in Lane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Tom
    • Noti
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Veneta
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Crow
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Crow is located in Lane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crow
    • Santa Clara
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Santa Clara is located in Lane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Clara
    • Alpha
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Alpha is located in Lane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpha
  • Benton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Estrup, with the one closest to Estrup listed first.
    • Monroe
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Bellfountain Junction
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Alsea
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Jennyopolis ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Jennyopolis is located in Benton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jennyopolis
    • Flynn
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Flynn is located in Benton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flynn
    • Philomath
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Corvallis
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Wren
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Wren is located in Benton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wren
    • Blodgett
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Lewisburg
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Lewisburg is located in Benton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisburg
    • Summit
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Summit is located in Benton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
  • Lincoln County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Estrup, with the one closest to Estrup listed first.
    • Tidewater
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Westwood Village
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Westwood Village is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westwood Village
  • Linn County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Estrup, with the one closest to Estrup listed first.
    • Harrisburg
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Halsey
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Shedd
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Boston ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Boston is located in Linn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston
      • Boston has also been known as:
      • Boston Mills
    • Oakville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Oakville is located in Linn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakville
    • Brownsville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Tangent
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Crawfordsville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)

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

Cemeteries Near Estrup ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Estrup.

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 Estrup - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Union - Turnbow - Mays Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Goldson Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Franklin Grange Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Jones - Kime - Brown Property Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Danish Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Resthaven Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Rest Lawn Memorial Park
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rest Lawn Memorial Park
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Rest Lawn Memorial Park is a large cemetery that is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the west of Junction City.
    • The Rest Lawn Memorial Park has also been known as:
    • Independent Order of Odd Fellows Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #316522 <4>
  • Blachly Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Ferguson Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • St. Rose Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Inman Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Richardson Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (122 more) ...
    • Alpine Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Caldwell Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Milliorn Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)

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.

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

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

  • Franklin
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Franklin is located in Lane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
  • Monroe
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Junction City
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Elmira
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Long Tom
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Long Tom is located in Lane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Tom
  • Harrisburg
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Irving
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Irving is located in Lane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irving
  • Alsea
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Alpha
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Alpha is located in Lane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpha
  • Walton
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Crow
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Crow is located in Lane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crow
  • Hadleyville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Hadleyville is located in Lane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hadleyville
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Coburg
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Rowland
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Rowland is located in Linn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowland
    • Halsey
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)

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

Newspapers Published in Estrup ...

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 37 newspapers that have been published in the area around Estrup.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Estrup, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Estrup.

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 Estrup:

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Estrup, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Estrup) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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.