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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 Gwendolen (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 Gwendolen. 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.

Gwendolen is located in Gilliam 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 Gilliam County: Morrow, Sherman, Wasco, Wheeler & Klickitat (WA).

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

  • Gilliam County     (The home county of Gwendolen)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gwendolen, with the one closest to Gwendolen listed first.
    • Clem
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Clem is located in Gilliam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clem
    • Condon
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Olex
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Olex is located in Gilliam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olex
    • Ajax ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Ajax is located in Gilliam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ajax
    • Mayville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Mayville is located in Gilliam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayville
    • Lonerock
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Lonerock is located in Gilliam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lonerock
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 22 people
    • Arlington
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
  • Morrow County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gwendolen, with the one closest to Gwendolen listed first.
    • Gooseberry
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Gooseberry is located in Morrow County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gooseberry
    • Eightmile
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Eightmile is located in Morrow County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eightmile
    • Ione
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Lexington
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Hardman
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Hardman is located in Morrow County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardman
      • Hardman has also been known as:
      • Dairyville
      • Dogtown
      • Raw Dog
      • Yaller Dog
    • Heppner
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
  • Sherman County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gwendolen, with the one closest to Gwendolen listed first.
    • Monkland
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Monkland is located in Sherman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monkland
    • De Moss Springs
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • De Moss Springs is located in Sherman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Moss Springs
    • Emigrant Springs ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Emigrant Springs is located in Sherman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emigrant Springs
    • Klondike
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Klondike is located in Sherman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klondike
    • Kent
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Rosebush ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Rosebush is located in Sherman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosebush
    • Sinks ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Sinks is located in Sherman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sinks
    • Gordon ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Gordon is located in Sherman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
    • Moro
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • 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>
  • Wheeler County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gwendolen, with the one closest to Gwendolen listed first.
    • Fossil
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Kinzua ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Kinzua is located in Wheeler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinzua
  • Klickitat County (WA)

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

Cemeteries Near Gwendolen ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Gwendolen.

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

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

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

  • Brown Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Flett Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • IOOF Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • King of Peace Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Masonic Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • St. Joseph Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Clem Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Igo Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Olex Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Potters Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Gooseberry Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Valby Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (27 more) ...
    • Tommy Dean Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tommy Dean Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Tommy Dean Cemetery is located 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the southeast of Arlington.
    • Papersack Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Junkins Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 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.<3>

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

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

  • Clem
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Clem is located in Gilliam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clem
  • Condon
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Igo ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Igo is located in Gilliam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Igo
  • Olex
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Olex is located in Gilliam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olex
  • Gooseberry
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Gooseberry is located in Morrow County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gooseberry
  • Ajax ‑ Historic
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Ajax is located in Gilliam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ajax
  • Eightmile
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Eightmile is located in Morrow County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eightmile
  • Mayville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Mayville is located in Gilliam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayville
  • Ione
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Cecil
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Cecil is located in Morrow County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cecil
  • Lonerock
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Lonerock is located in Gilliam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lonerock
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 22 people
  • Lexington
    (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (10 more) ...
    • Fossil
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Rutledge
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Rutledge is located in Sherman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutledge
    • Hardman
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Hardman is located in Morrow County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardman
      • Hardman has also been known as:
      • Dairyville
      • Dogtown
      • Raw Dog
      • Yaller Dog

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

Newspapers Published in Gwendolen ...

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 Gwendolen.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Gwendolen, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Gwendolen.

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 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 Gwendolen:

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>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- Gwendolen) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Gwendolen, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.