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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 Glenbrook (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 Glenbrook. 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.

Glenbrook is located in Benton 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 Benton County: Lane, Lincoln, Linn, Marion & Polk.

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

  • Benton County     (The home county of Glenbrook)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Glenbrook, with the one closest to Glenbrook listed first.
    • Monroe
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Bellfountain Junction
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Alsea
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Jennyopolis ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jennyopolis is located in Benton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jennyopolis
    • Flynn
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Flynn is located in Benton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flynn
    • Philomath
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Wren
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Wren is located in Benton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wren
    • Corvallis
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Blodgett
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Lewisburg
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Lewisburg is located in Benton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisburg
    • Summit
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Summit is located in Benton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
    • Adair Village
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Adair Village is located in Benton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adair Village
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 872 people
    • Kings Valley
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
  • Lane County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Glenbrook, with the one closest to Glenbrook listed first.
    • Cheshire
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Blachly
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Franklin
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Franklin is located in Lane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
    • Junction City
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Alvadore
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Fern Ridge Shores
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Fern Ridge Shores is located in Lane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fern Ridge Shores
    • Elmira
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Noti
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Alpha
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Alpha is located in Lane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpha
    • Long Tom
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Long Tom is located in Lane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Tom
    • Veneta
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Santa Clara
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Santa Clara is located in Lane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Clara
    • Coburg
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Lincoln County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Glenbrook, with the one closest to Glenbrook listed first.
    • Tidewater
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Westwood Village
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Westwood Village is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westwood Village
    • Eddyville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Linn County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Glenbrook, with the one closest to Glenbrook listed first.
    • Harrisburg
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Halsey
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Oakville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Oakville is located in Linn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakville
    • Shedd
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Boston ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 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
    • Brownsville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Tangent
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Albany
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Crawfordsville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Irvinville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Irvinville is located in Linn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irvinville
    • Lebanon
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Sodaville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Sodaville is located in Linn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sodaville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 346 people
    • South Lebanon
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • South Lebanon is located in Linn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Lebanon
  • Polk County
    • Airlie
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Airlie is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airlie

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

Cemeteries Near Glenbrook ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Glenbrook.

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

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

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

  • Alpine Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • St. Rose Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Bellfountain Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Monroe Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Reeves Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Union - Turnbow - Mays Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Ferguson Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Danish Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Resthaven Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Rest Lawn Memorial Park
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • 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 <2>
  • Oscar Dow Burial Site
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Lancaste - Young Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (135 more) ...

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.<4>

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

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

  • Monroe
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Alsea
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Franklin
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Franklin is located in Lane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
  • Junction City
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Harrisburg
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Peoria
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Peoria is located in Linn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoria
  • Halsey
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Philomath
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Rowland
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Rowland is located in Linn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowland
  • Alpha
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Alpha is located in Lane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpha
  • Elmira
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Shedd
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Oakville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Oakville is located in Linn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakville
    • Long Tom
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Long Tom is located in Lane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Tom
    • Irving
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Irving is located in Lane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irving

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

Newspapers Published in Glenbrook ...

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 46 newspapers that have been published in the area around Glenbrook.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Glenbrook, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Glenbrook.

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 Glenbrook:

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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Glenbrook) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<4>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 Glenbrook, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.