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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 Government Camp (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 Government Camp. 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 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.

Government Camp is located in Clackamas 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 Clackamas County: Hood River, Marion, Multnomah, Wasco, Washington & Yamhill.

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

  • Clackamas County     (The home county of Government Camp)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Government Camp, with the one closest to Government Camp listed first.
    • Rhododendron
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Zigzag
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Welches
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Mount Hood Village
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Hood Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hood Village
      • Mount Hood Village is located in Clackamas County
    • Brightwood
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Marmot
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Dover
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
      • Dover is located in Clackamas County
    • George
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for George
      • George is located in Clackamas County
    • Aims
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aims
      • Aims is located in Clackamas County
    • Sandy
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy
      • Sandy is located in Clackamas County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,566 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sandy <1>
    • Currinsville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Currinsville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Currinsville
      • Currinsville is located in Clackamas County
    • Estacada
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
  • Hood River County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Government Camp, with the one closest to Government Camp listed first.
    • Parkdale
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Parkdale have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkdale
      • Parkdale is located in Hood River County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Parkdale <1>
    • Mount Hood
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hood
      • Mount Hood is located in Hood River County
    • Odell
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Odell have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odell
      • Odell is located in Hood River County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Odell <1>
    • Lenz
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenz
      • Lenz is located in Hood River County
      • Lenz has also been known as:
      • Sherman Spur
    • Cascade Locks
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cascade Locks have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade Locks
      • Cascade Locks is located in Hood River County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,155 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cascade Locks <1>
    • Pine Grove
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove
      • Pine Grove is located in Hood River County
    • Hood River
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Jackson County
    • Pinehurst
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinehurst
      • Pinehurst is located in Jackson County
  • Multnomah County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Government Camp, with the one closest to Government Camp listed first.
    • Bonneville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bonneville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonneville
      • Bonneville is located in Multnomah County
    • Dodson
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodson
      • Dodson is located in Multnomah County
    • Warrendale
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrendale
      • Warrendale is located in Multnomah County
    • Bridal Veil
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Latourell
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latourell
      • Latourell is located in Multnomah County
      • Former names for Latourell:
      • Latourell Falls
      • Rooster Rock
    • Corbett
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Wasco County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Government Camp, with the one closest to Government Camp listed first.
    • Pine Hollow
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pine Hollow have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Hollow
      • Pine Hollow is located in Wasco County
    • Friend ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friend
      • Friend is located in Wasco County
    • Pine Grove
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove
      • Pine Grove is located in Wasco County
    • Wamic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wamic have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wamic
      • Wamic is located in Wasco County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wamic <1>
    • Kingsley ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsley
      • Kingsley is located in Wasco County
    • Wapinitia
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wapinitia
      • Wapinitia is located in Wasco County
    • Tygh Valley
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Simnasho
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simnasho
      • Simnasho is located in Wasco County
  • Skamania County (WA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Government Camp, with the one closest to Government Camp listed first.
    • North Bonneville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Skamania
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skamania
      • Skamania is located in Skamania County (WA)
    • Moffetts Hot Springs
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moffetts Hot Springs
      • Moffetts Hot Springs is located in Skamania County (WA)
    • Stevenson
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Cruzatt
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cruzatt
      • Cruzatt is located in Skamania County (WA)
    • Carson
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Hood
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hood
      • Hood is located in Skamania County (WA)

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

Newspapers Published in Government Camp ...

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 32 newspapers that have been published in the area around Government Camp.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Government Camp, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Government Camp.

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 Government Camp:

Cemeteries Near Government Camp ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Government Camp.

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

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

  • Summit Meadows Pioneer Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Summit Meadows Pioneer Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Summit Meadows Pioneer Cemetery is located outside and to the southeast of Government Camp.
    • The Summit Meadows Pioneer Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Summit Meadows Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Summit Meadows Pioneer Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #39467 <5>
  • Pioneer Womans Grave
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pioneer Womans Grave have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pioneer Womans Grave
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #39287 <5>
  • Upper Valley Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Cherryville Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Cherryville Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cherryville Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2301597 <5>
  • Mt. Hood Community Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Hood Community Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Hood Community Cemetery
  • Wamic Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wamic Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wamic Cemetery
  • Friend Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
  • Scheel Family Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Scheel Family Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • The Scheel Family Cemetery has also been known as:
    • German Hill Cemetery
    • Scheel Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Scheel Family Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2264171 <5>
  • George Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
  • Graveyard Butte Cemetery
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Graveyard Butte Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Graveyard Butte Cemetery
  • Shelley Family Cemetery
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Shelley Family Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Shelley Family Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Shelley Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Shelley Family Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #39416 <5>
  • Cliffside Cemetery
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (40 more) ...
    • Revenue Cemetery
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Revenue Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Revenue Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2347053 <5>
    • Jackson Family Cemetery
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jackson Family Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jackson Family Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #38979 <5>
    • McQuinn Cemetery
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the McQuinn Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the McQuinn Cemetery

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.<6>

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

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

  • Salmon
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Salmon have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salmon
    • Salmon is located in Clackamas County
  • Marmot
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Cherryville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cherryville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherryville
    • Cherryville is located in Clackamas County
  • Dover
    (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
    • Dover is located in Clackamas County
  • George
    (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for George
    • George is located in Clackamas County
  • Bonneville
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bonneville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonneville
    • Bonneville is located in Multnomah County
  • Wamic
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wamic have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wamic
    • Wamic is located in Wasco County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wamic <1>
  • Dodson
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodson
    • Dodson is located in Multnomah County
  • Aims
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aims
    • Aims is located in Clackamas County
  • Oneonta
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oneonta have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneonta
    • Oneonta is located in Multnomah County
  • Multnomah Falls
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Multnomah Falls have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Multnomah Falls
    • Multnomah Falls is located in Multnomah County
  • Sandy
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy
    • Sandy is located in Clackamas County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,566 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sandy <1>
  • Continue List   (8 more) ...
    • Wapinitia
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wapinitia
      • Wapinitia is located in Wasco County
    • Kingsley ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsley
      • Kingsley is located in Wasco County
    • Bridal Veil
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)

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

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

The official website for Clackamas County: www.co.clackamas.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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Government Camp) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Government Camp. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.3040, Longitude: -121.7532    
<4>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.
<5>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.
<6>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 Government Camp, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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