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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Hudson. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Hudson to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Hudson, 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 Hudson (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 Hudson. 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Hudson is historic, it would have been located within present day Columbia 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 Columbia County: Clatsop, Multnomah, Washington, Clark (WA), Cowlitz (WA) & Wahkiakum (WA).
Below are the counties that are near Hudson. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hudson:
- Columbia County (The home county of Hudson)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hudson, with the one closest to Hudson listed first.
- Rainier
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Beaver Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Beaver Springs is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Springs
- Mayger
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mayger is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayger
- Prescott
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Prescott is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prescott
- Population from the 2020 Census: 63 people
- Quincy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Quincy is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quincy
- Goble
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Goble is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goble
- Reuben
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Reuben is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reuben
- Clatskanie
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Deer Island
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Pittsburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pittsburg is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsburg
- Columbia City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fishhawk ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Fishhawk is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishhawk
- Clatsop County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hudson, with the one closest to Hudson listed first.
- Westport
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Clifton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Clifton is located in Clatsop County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
- Jewell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jewell is located in Clatsop County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell
- Brownsmead
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Brownsmead is located in Clatsop County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsmead
- Vinemaple
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Vinemaple is located in Clatsop County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinemaple
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hudson, with the one closest to Hudson listed first.
- Timber
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Buxton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Manning
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Clark County (WA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hudson, with the one closest to Hudson listed first.
- Woodland
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Etna
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Etna is located in Clark County (WA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
- La Center
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ridgefield
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Pioneer
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pioneer is located in Clark County (WA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer
- Fargher Lake
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Fargher Lake is located in Clark County (WA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fargher Lake
- Sara
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Sara is located in Clark County (WA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sara
- King Corner
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- King Corner is located in Clark County (WA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King Corner
- Cherry Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cherry Grove is located in Clark County (WA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Grove
- Dollar's Corner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Dollar's Corner is located in Clark County (WA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dollar's Corner
- Amboy
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Felida
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Felida is located in Clark County (WA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Felida
- Cowlitz County (WA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hudson, with the one closest to Hudson listed first.
- West Longview
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- West Longview is located in Cowlitz County (WA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Longview
- Longview
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Kelso
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Kelso is located in Cowlitz County (WA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelso
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,438 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kelso <2>
- Longview Heights
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Longview Heights is located in Cowlitz County (WA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longview Heights
- Carrolls
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Coal Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Coal Creek is located in Cowlitz County (WA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Creek
- Stella
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Stella is located in Cowlitz County (WA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stella
- Rose Valley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Rose Valley is located in Cowlitz County (WA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Valley
- Ostrander
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Ostrander is located in Cowlitz County (WA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ostrander
- Bunker Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bunker Hill is located in Cowlitz County (WA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunker Hill
- Oak Point
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Point is located in Cowlitz County (WA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Point
- Kalama
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lewis County (WA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hudson, with the one closest to Hudson listed first.
- Vader
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Toledo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Winlock
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Saint Urban
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Saint Urban is located in Lewis County (WA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Urban
- Wahkiakum County (WA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hudson, with the one closest to Hudson listed first.
- Eagle Cliff
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Eagle Cliff is located in Wahkiakum County (WA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Cliff
- East Cathlamet
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- East Cathlamet is located in Wahkiakum County (WA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Cathlamet
- Cathlamet
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Skamokawa
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Brookfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Brookfield is located in Wahkiakum County (WA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield
- Dahlia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Dahlia is located in Wahkiakum County (WA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dahlia
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hudson, see our County-by-County Page for Hudson.
Cemeteries Near Hudson ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hudson.
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 Hudson - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hudson covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hudson, with the one closest to Hudson listed first.
- Woodbine Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Green Mtn. Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Hudson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Knights of Pythias Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Dibblee House
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Longview Memorial Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Mt. Solo Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Apiary Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Mayger Downing Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Catlin Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Neer City Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Welter Family Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (75 more) ...
- Prescott Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cowlitz View Memorial Gardens
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowlitz View Memorial Gardens
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Cowlitz View Memorial Gardens is a very large cemetery that is located in Kelso (WA).
- The Cowlitz View Memorial Gardens has also been known as:
- IOOF Cemetery
- IOOF Cemetery
- Kelso IOOF Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #281134 <3>
- Stewart Creek Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
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 Hudson in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hudson.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hudson, with the one closest to Hudson listed first.
- Rainier
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Apiary ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Apiary is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apiary
- Kelso
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Kelso is located in Cowlitz County (WA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelso
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,438 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kelso <2>
- Mayger
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mayger is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayger
- Carrolls
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Reuben
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Reuben is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reuben
- Goble
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Goble is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goble
- Lexington
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Lexington is located in Cowlitz County (WA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lexington
- Stella
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Stella is located in Cowlitz County (WA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stella
- Clatskanie
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Kalama
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Point
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Point is located in Cowlitz County (WA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Point
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Eagle Cliff
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Eagle Cliff is located in Wahkiakum County (WA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Cliff
- Waterford
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Waterford is located in Wahkiakum County (WA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterford
- Mist
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mist is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mist
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hudson. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hudson.
Newspapers Published in Hudson ...
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 74 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hudson.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hudson, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hudson.
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 Hudson:
- Websites specific to Oregon
- Pages specific to Columbia County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clatsop County
- Washington County
- Clark County
- Cowlitz County
- Lewis County
- Wahkiakum County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Oregon
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 Hudson, 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> | 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. |
| <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 drawn from Point A (ie- Hudson) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |