Our Genealogy Helper

Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Izee. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Izee to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Izee, please Contact Us.

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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 Izee (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 Izee. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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 Izee is historic, it would have been located within present day Grant 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 Grant County: Baker, Crook, Harney, Malheur, Morrow, Umatilla, Union & Wheeler.

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

• Grant County     (The home county of Izee)
  • The following are listed by their distance from Izee, with the one closest to Izee listed first.
  • Seneca
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Seneca have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca
    • Seneca is located in Grant County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 225 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Seneca <3>
  • Mount Vernon
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Vernon
    • Mount Vernon is located in Grant County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 511 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mount Vernon <3>
  • Dayville
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dayville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dayville
    • Dayville is located in Grant County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 144 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dayville <3>
• Crook County
  • Paulina
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paulina
    • Paulina is located in Crook County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Paulina <3>

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

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Izee:

• Websites specific to Oregon
  • Jump to Cyndi's List
  • Jump to Family Search
  • Jump to Genealogy Trails
  • Website for the Oregon State Archives

• Pages specific to Grant County
  • Jump to Cyndi's List
  • Jump to Family Search
  • Jump to Genealogy Trails

• Genealogy information for nearby counties
  • Crook County
    • Jump to Cyndi's List
    • Jump to Family Search
    • Jump to Genealogy Trails

• Cemetery Information and Directories for Oregon
  • Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Oregon
  • Cyndi's List
  • Cemeteries of Oregon
  • Cemeteries of Grant County
  • FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Oregon
  • Find-A-Grave: Home Page
  • Interment.net
  • Cemeteries of Oregon
  • Cemeteries of Grant County

Cemeteries Near Izee ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Izee.

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

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

• Izee Cemetery
  (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Izee Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Izee Cemetery
• Southworth Cemetery
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Southworth Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Southworth Cemetery
• Hankins Cemetery
  (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hankins Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hankins Cemetery
• Silvies Cemetery
  (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Silvies Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Silvies Cemetery
• Beaver Creek Cemetery
  (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
  • The Beaver Creek Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Listar Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Beaver Creek Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #38567 <4>
• Moon Creek Cemetery
  (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Moon Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Moon Creek Cemetery
• Cummings Cemetery
  (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cummings Cemetery
• Aldrich Grave
  (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Aldrich Grave have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Aldrich Grave
• Ingle Cemetery
  (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ingle Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ingle Cemetery
• Fletcher Cemetery
  (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fletcher Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fletcher Cemetery
• Hester A. Lemons Grave
  (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Hester A. Lemons Grave is located outside and to the west of Mount Vernon.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hester A. Lemons Grave

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.

Izee itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a post office and no railroad service.

• Mount Vernon
  (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Vernon
  • Mount Vernon is located in Grant County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 511 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mount Vernon <3>

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for State of Oregon: https://www.oregon.gov/