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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 Hemlock (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 Hemlock. 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 southeast 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 south.

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 south 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.

Hemlock is located in Multnomah 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 Multnomah County: Clackamas, Columbia, Hood River, Washington, Clark (WA) & Skamania (WA).

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

  • Multnomah County     (The home county of Hemlock)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hemlock, with the one closest to Hemlock listed first.
    • Fairview
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Rockwood
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Rockwood is located in Multnomah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwood
    • Hazelwood
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Hazelwood is located in Multnomah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelwood
    • Wood Village
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Russellville
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Russellville is located in Multnomah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russellville
    • Maywood Park
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Troutdale
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Gresham
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Gresham is located in Multnomah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gresham
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 110,031 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gresham <1>
    • Montavilla
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Montavilla is located in Multnomah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montavilla
    • Powell Valley
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Powell Valley is located in Multnomah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powell Valley
    • Laurelhurst
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Laurelhurst is located in Multnomah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurelhurst
    • Woodstock
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Woodstock is located in Multnomah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
  • Clackamas County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hemlock, with the one closest to Hemlock listed first.
    • Happy Valley
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Damascus
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Sunnyside
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Sunnyside is located in Clackamas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
    • Carver
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Clackamas
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Johnson City
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Johnson City is located in Clackamas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson City
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 627 people
    • Boring
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Oak Grove
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Oatfield
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Oatfield is located in Clackamas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oatfield
    • Christie ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Christie is located in Clackamas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christie
    • Gladstone
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jennings Lodge
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Jennings Lodge is located in Clackamas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jennings Lodge
  • Columbia County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hemlock, with the one closest to Hemlock listed first.
    • Scappoose
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Warren
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Saint Helens
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Columbia City
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Marion County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hemlock, with the one closest to Hemlock listed first.
    • Aurora
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Butteville Station ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Butteville Station is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butteville Station
    • Butteville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Butteville is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butteville
    • Champoeg ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Champoeg is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Champoeg
    • Donald
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Hubbard
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Washington County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hemlock, with the one closest to Hemlock listed first.
    • Raleigh Hills
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Raleigh Hills is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raleigh Hills
    • West Slope
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • West Slope is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Slope
    • Metzger
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Metzger is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metzger
    • Progress
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Progress is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Progress
    • Cedar Hills
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Cedar Mill
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Marlene Village
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Marlene Village is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlene Village
    • Durham
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Durham is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durham
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,908 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Durham <1>
    • Tigard
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Tigard is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tigard
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 56,049 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tigard <1>
    • Beaverton
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Bethany
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Bethany is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany
    • Oak Hills
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Oak Hills is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hills
  • Yamhill County
    • Newberg
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Clark County (WA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hemlock, with the one closest to Hemlock listed first.
    • Fisher
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Fisher is located in Clark County (WA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher
    • Cascade Park East
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Cascade Park West
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Cascade Park West is located in Clark County (WA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade Park West
    • Camas
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Camas is located in Clark County (WA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camas
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 25,981 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Camas <1>
    • Mill Plain
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Mill Plain is located in Clark County (WA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Plain
    • Washougal
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Fern Prairie
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Fern Prairie is located in Clark County (WA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fern Prairie
    • Proebstel
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Proebstel is located in Clark County (WA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Proebstel
    • Sunnyside
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Sunnyside is located in Clark County (WA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
    • Orchards
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Walnut Grove
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Walnut Grove is located in Clark County (WA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
    • Five Corners
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Five Corners is located in Clark County (WA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Corners
  • Cowlitz County (WA)
    • Ariel
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
  • Skamania County (WA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hemlock, with the one closest to Hemlock listed first.
    • Cruzatt
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Cruzatt is located in Skamania County (WA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cruzatt
    • Skamania
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Skamania is located in Skamania County (WA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skamania
    • North Bonneville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Moffetts Hot Springs
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Moffetts Hot Springs is located in Skamania County (WA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moffetts Hot Springs

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

Cemeteries Near Hemlock ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hemlock.

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

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

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

  • Knight Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Powell Grove Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Columbia Masonic Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Brainerd Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • St. Joseph Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Escobar Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Forest Lawn Memorial Park
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Gresham Pioneer Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Multnomah Park Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Mountain View Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Douglas Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Rose City Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (196 more) ...
    • Lincoln Memorial Park
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Memorial Park
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Lincoln Memorial Park is a very large cemetery that is located in Portland.
      • The Lincoln Memorial Park has also been known as:
      • Lincoln Memorial Cemetery
      • Mt. Scott Park Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #39045 <2>
    • Willamette National Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Williamette National Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)

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 Hemlock in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hemlock.

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

  • Fisher
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Fisher is located in Clark County (WA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher
  • Rockwood
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Rockwood is located in Multnomah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwood
  • Fairview
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Clarnie
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Clarnie is located in Multnomah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarnie
  • Russellville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Russellville is located in Multnomah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russellville
  • Montavilla
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Montavilla is located in Multnomah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montavilla
  • Gresham
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Gresham is located in Multnomah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gresham
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 110,031 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gresham <1>
  • Troutdale
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Sycamore
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Sycamore is located in Multnomah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
  • Powell Valley
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Powell Valley is located in Multnomah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powell Valley
  • Lents
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Lents is located in Multnomah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lents
  • Woodstock
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Woodstock is located in Multnomah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Washougal
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Fern Prairie
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Fern Prairie is located in Clark County (WA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fern Prairie
    • East Portland
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • East Portland is located in Multnomah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Portland

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

Newspapers Published in Hemlock ...

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 235 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hemlock.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hemlock, there are papers which were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hemlock.

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 Hemlock:

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 Hemlock, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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 from Point A (ie- Hemlock) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.